Herol Graham vs. Terry Norris

Point is it was the deciding factor in his two of his title shots where it betrayed him heavily. Granted against two pretty big punchers.

 

He did fight Brewer didnt he? :think ...or was it just McCallum and Jackson?

 

Yeah he fought Brewer and got stopped in the 10th. Past his prime though and not at his best weight.

 

Graham's chin was glass after the Jackson fight, before that it was just a typical world class middle chin.

 

There's no evidence to suggest that Graham ever had a world class chin, simply because he did not get hit by punches.

 

Sure he did.he got hit flush in every fight i have of him, as all fighters do.

How do you think he lost to kalambay and McCallum if he didn't get hit by punches?.

 

Id go with Terrible Terry

 

You took me literally, which wasn't the idea. Sure he got hit by punches and in Kalumbay he was fighting one of the slickest middleweights in years. Again the loss to McCallum, when he was slightly faded, was against one of the best light middleweights ever. Certainly in the McCallum fight he modified his style as a result of the loss to Kalambay but before his first defeat he was almost impossible to hit. Ask Alan Minter. Back in 1979, he canceled Graham as a sparring partner and later claimed; "You couldn’t hit him with a hand full of stones." Graham, at his best and when he wasn't trying to be aggressive, was as elusive a fighter as I've ever personally seen.

 

Is "il Genio" a reference to Dejan savicevic by the way.

 

Yes! One of my favourite footballers of all time. His performance in the 1994 Champions League final was one of the greatest individual performances in the competition's history. Check out his goal.

 

I feel like this fight would be a pretty interesting affair, would like to hear more thoughts

 

I think what is being slept on is Norris had incredibly fast hands to go along with his power.
I don't think Graham ever meant someone with that type of hand speed just like Norris never meant someone with that type of style.

 

I like Herol here, but knowing his luck he'd get tagged whilst miles ahead.

 

This is a helluva fight.

@Dorrian_Grey who you got here?

 

I'd take Norris with a fair deal of confidence. I think he's a better boxer and a bigger puncher. Certainly more proven at world level imo. I'd take him to win a UD somewhere in the region of 8-4 or 9-3.