Finally leaves it all in the ring, gets his belt back and wins the crowd over. Based on his last two fights, though, T-Rex is entering his late Cretaceous period. This style of fighting has served to ultimately vindicate him in the twilight of his career, at least in the eyes of some in the peanut gallery (those who equate defensive emphasis with "running" and use slickster as an epithet) but it won't serve him as a sustainable strategy in the long run. At the end of the day, despite deserving the decision against both Phillips (except not in the opinion of Steve Farhood? :? All the quality TV boxing analysts always find strange, random ways to intermittently break my heart with unconscionably insipid bull****) and Latimore, one guy was an old punching bag and the other a green nobody who got lucky. Without his speed and reflexes, Spinks gets absolutely ragdolled by the legitimate top ten at 154. I'd not heavily favor Spinks over Simms, actually - let alone a Martinez or Forrest, both of whom would tear him to pieces. Go ahead and retire with a solid legacy (if underappreciated in your time), and let the young dogs at the weight fight for the scraps. Don't let DK string you along promising you the world and a bag of chips. That was the last hurrah. And some hurrah it was - thank you. :good
Exactly, he's more or less grounded at this point and it's too late to shift focus entirely on upper body movement. He's always been on the smaller side, he can't just trade shots with natural LMWs who can actually fight. KO waiting to happen if he persists.
His reputation proceeds him. He really tried last night to put on a show but at this point it's once bitten twice shy for Cory.
