Ding would have a valid shot against Jean-Marc

The boxers will get him, but Mormeck is not a boxer. Bell's got such an incompetant defence and shaky jaw... I feel Ding would get him also.

 

I think people are going a little overboard here. Let us not forget that Nwodo, who is not nearly as skilled as Mormeck, was soundly outboxing Wilson, doubling and even tripling him in the punchstats, through nine rounds. The knockout was extremely impressive, but it was a come-from-behinder against a guy with a questionable chin. I doubt Mormeck would've had that much difficulty dealing with Nwodo.
Wilson is a devastating hitter with heart and a granite jaw, so he has a legitimate shot against anyone at cruiserweight, but he also has limited boxing skill, isn't terribly fast and doesn't have a very high workrate, so against real top opponents, he has to rely on landing the big pay-off punch, which he is certainly capable of delivering, but that isn't going to work for him all the time.

 

Ding's stamina is even worse tha Mormeck's both guys could be gassed terribly by round 5.

 

The more and more I think about it, I can see Ding stopping Mormeck...I see them going toe to toe early and Mormeck and Ding both eat up some big shots. But as the fight progresses, Ding's superior chin is the difference and he comes on strong while tired to stop a tired Mormeck.

 

If Ding can get his shot, take it. Train as hard as you possibly can, get to a high elevation and run run run..swing for the fences or rope a dope until JM gasses and engage. Now or never if you ask me, he might run into a real slick boxer and that style would devastate Ding version 1.1

 

Ding KO's Mormeck easier than Ndowo.

 

Most of us have said he would beat Mormeck, Bell and Adamek (not brought up by us, but rather an Adamek fan...not even sure why the guy would be included).

So in other words, we said he would be a fighter that fights coming forward and is prone to gassing out in tough physical fights (Mormeck), a guy who has below average defense and is "chinny" (Bell) and a much smaller guy who tends to eat right hands (Adamek)...which just so happens to be Ding's bread and butter.

Its not like a soul has said he would be favored over any of the great CWs of the past...but the three we have mentioned...stylistically Ding would have a HUGE advantage over them.

How is that in anyway overrating him???

And plus, quite a few of us have become friends with the guy over the time he has posted on here....SO WHO ****IN CARES IF WE OVERRATE HIM????

 

So you've basically never paid attention when Ding has explained what was going on around the time of that losing streak, huh? And I didn't realize Vadim Tokarev was "pretty average". Especially considering he took the fight, in Moscow, on two weeks notice.