Dennis Andries and Trevor Berbick

i cant speak for all of the UK fight buffs, but on the whole we dont,t rate or talk much about Andries, he is viewed as a clumsy, crude, boxer, with no discernible skills, when it comes to LH talk, the likes of Conteh, ( No 1 for me) Mills, Harvey, even Finnegan, are referred too, much more than Andries, unfairly really, but his style , albeit he was a champion, nether went down well.

 

They were both fun fighters to watch when they were on. Andries trilogy with Harding was an excellent series.

 

They both reminded me of Battling Siki

 

Andries got a ton of respect when he was the only British fighter for periods in the 80s with a world title. Even in that era there were potentially 51 titles, so to a degree it shows how weak UK boxing was at the time.

 

Great post. I too see the similarity.

Btw...This fight was the start of Hearns chin going from a pretty good one to his Achilles heel (the Roldan and Barkley fights completed the transition)....the fight superficially looks like a wild massacre...the British commentary dont pick up on it blinded by Tommys aura of superiority....but Andries twice hurt Hearns badly...but Tommys chin was a very good one at this point in his career and he hid it well. One was a huge right hand bang on the chin that momentarily caused Hearns legs to freeze as if jolted by electricity...the other was a wild left hook that although a cuffing shot floored Thomas.

After these 3 fights fights..tommys chin and legs totally went during the rest of 1988/89...Emanuel Steward instigated specified leg strengthening conditioning to rehabillitate him including a special bike

 

Dennis was as strong as an ox and always in great shape.looked easy to beat .doing it was a different matter.