I vote YES. This guy is tough as nails, hits like a hammer and has excellent skills. If he hadn't hurt his hand v.s. Margo he would have absolutely won that fight. Man I'd love to see him get a shot at a title soon.
I actually think he's overrated. At first glance he might look similar to an Ike Quartey with his style, but he's not really on Ike's level at all.
well for your sake i hope you guys are wrong cause I will talk **** to no end once he starts whooping these welterweight contenders. It will be one of them 'Yeah sweet pea but remeber when you said....'
Ike would've stopped Corrales handily at 147 and countered Margarito to death. He also wouldn't look as unimpressive against the likes of Alvarez as Clottey did.
funny, dont remeber ike breaking any jaws. and clottey still got the UD against Alvarez, cant knock the man for fighting on cruise control against someone far beneath him. The man has got hand problems give him a break. And he got to work on his boxing a little.
Ike was known as one of the hardest hitters in the WW division coming up. In reality, he wasn't a bomber like Jackson or anything like that, but the leverage he got on his punches and his accuracy were what made him so dangerous. He was always in front of you, pressing and pumping out that dagger like jab. He was also very skilled in close, in the pocket with accurate counters. Very difficult to deal with in a pure boxing sense.