Jones, Gastineau and Highsmith - Any Good?

One is not like the others....

Too Tall Jones was a much better athlete than the two stiff, uncoordinated, and career-challenged mentioned in the same breath. He was personally committed to making a run at being a "real" fighter and it showed. The other two were just sideshow attractions being hustled by proomoters on name value alone.

If you would've seen Jones fight and not known he was a Dallas Cowboy, you would've thought to yourself "If he keeps working and does----------, then he might become somebody before its' all over".

 

Gastineau actually fought Highsmith on that Foreman-Savarese undercard in Tokyo

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my cousin is about 10 years older than me, (early 40s) his young prime was in the 80s, and he was a good football player, never really a boxing fan, but watched Tyson and all....the other day he mentioned Gastineau...it took me a minute to remember who he was.

 

i think that was Foreman Grimsely...but good find

 

quality ref work..should have been a knock down after Mark was hanging on the ropes the first time..having said that..fight would have been over either way.


Highsmith actually looks pretty decent...

 

i agree with this. too tall was much better than highsmith and then gastineau was a complete joke. highsmith worked hard but started too late. with that said, he gave a good account of himself.

 

There's a huge gap between the two. Highsmith looks like he acatully took the sport serously. He was never going to win a championship though.

 

Was Gastineau actually any good at American Football?

He's a big guy and well put together but he doesn't appear blessed with athleticsm or coordination particularly.