fighters who may have been great but got destroyed

The irony is that Manny is known for teaching his super-heavies (LL & Wlad) safety-first fighting styles but his smaller fighters had some costly defensive flaws (i.e. McCrory and Hearns keeping their lefts too low).

 

I've heard that many times. Didn't they crank the heat too.

 

I thought Abdullaev was on his way to being a real good fighter with the possibility of having an excellant career. Great? no. Then again I sure don't throw that term around like other folks do.

But I thought the guy had the makings of a real good and solid champion. Man, did that go downhill overnight. Penny stock status in 45 minutes. What a tough sport. Speaking of which that's another boxing trait---ability to absorb a loss. Or a bad loss. I thought an Abdullaev could handle it. Like lots of others, he could not.