Greg Page's chin: good, bad or shaky??

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  1. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Folks,

    I'm in my Greg Page fight review process right now. All in all, most will agree he was a talented boxer who wasted a lot of his talent by being a lazy slob at crucial times during his career. Still, be as that may be true, Page could box well when motivated...

    Now, we all know he suffered a dozen or more losses by the time he was 43 or so and getting parked by Dale Crowe in 2001, and he had been KO'd several times already as well, but how do you all out there in ESB Land rate Page's overall chin.?.?

    Could Greg Page take a wicked shot ot not?

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  2. D.T

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    Good chin.
     
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  3. MRBILL

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    I'll buy that too...:good

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  4. SLAKKA

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    Onna the Louisville writers who saw everything from the beginning said hes dad always forced him to box. He preferred B ball. Makes sense
     
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  5. Stevie G

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    Yeah. Greg could take as good a shot as most.
     
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  6. MRBILL

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    I've never seen the 'Crowe' fight of 2001, but I'd like to find a tape of it...

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  7. Il Duce

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    How was Greg Page in his amateur career.
    He did fight some good Cuban Heavyweights without flinching.

    One problem, he took punches flush.
    Never mastered the slip and roll.
     
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  8. MRBILL

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    Just how the **** did Page secure his WBA title shot against Gerrie Coetzee to close out 1984?
    :huh

    Page lost earlier in 1984 to "Spoon and Bey.":deal

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  9. Stevie G

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    It's a pity Greg and Larry Holmes never fought. After 1983,Greg could have won.
     
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  10. MRBILL

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    After 1983 Page became an enigma...:deal

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  11. Il Duce

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    David Bey refused to go to Sun City,,,,,,apartheid.

    David Bey was the legitimate #1 contender, but would not accept the
    fight and go against his principles.

    Greg Page accepted, as a replacement.
     
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  12. MRBILL

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    That's what I figured... At least guys like "Weaver & Page" saw the light and went to South Africa because the pay was good there...

    Weaver collected 2.2 million by kayoing Coetzee in 13 rds back in 1981...

    I'm not sure what Page earned as a challenger in 1984, but it had to be decent, plus a chance to get the title made it viable to fly over there...

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  13. Il Duce

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    The move by Greg Page, to go over to South Africa was a God Send.

    It saved his floundering career, at least for awhile.

    A badly managed and poorly motivated fighter.
     
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  14. Kalasinn

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    Decent chin.
     
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  15. anut

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    Go watch page/ruddock............. He took bombs from razor and never went dowwn.....so he had a very good chin
     
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