Page probably peaked in 1981. His lateral movement and hand speed were top notch. His chin was good when he did get hit, which wasn't too much. He had real right hand power, something Holmes would have been wary of. I can envision Page boxing around a plodding Holmes. Holmes would have to instigate a body attack very early. This could possible slow down Page late. I do not think it would have been an easy fight for Holmes. He could possibly stop Page late.
Greg looked good, probably one of his top two or three fights, but there's no way he should have let Ward clock him repeatedly like he did.Don't see Larry stopping Greg, but this version still had a little learning to do, so probably a decision win.
Poor Stan Ward. I always liked the guy but man, what a tough set of matchmaking the guy went through. Never ever the easy stuff. His first high visibility bout where he finally got some attention was the Lyle fight. tough guy to take on w/ so few bouts. And Ward first came to prominence as a Foreman sparring partner during George's run. And that was no easy assignment.
Yep. Live live underdog and I thought that back then. I thought norton was ripe for the taking back then. And Duane Bobick. I thought Stan could have ended Duane's undefeated run. But he just didn't get any of those type fights.
Greg Page fought and beat a lot of very good low profile fighters who were better than their actual status suggested. Marty Monroe, Stan Ward, George Chaplin, Scott Ledoux, Larry Alexander, Alfredo Evangelista, Larry Frazier, Renaldo Snipes , James Tillis and even an aged Jimmy Young were better than average opponents and he fought all 10 of them within about a two and half year period. Page was a true prospect who took on high risk low reward opponents.