Just watched the 3rd round again and...

toney would have survived it no doubt

 

he also learned a lesson not to take anybody too lightly and that he isn't head and heals above everybody. He must have been on ESB and read the posts that you Zackman, Amsterdam,fourtyonce and a few others were writing about him. He must have thought he was unbeatable if he read some of those things.

 

A lot of people underestimate Mccline but all his problems are all mental problems i think when he put his mental problems away he can definitly bang
look at his body (real or not real) 6'6 and 260+ pounds
is there not even the rumour that Mccline knocked out the legendary
"Good times" Lennox Lewis in sparring out.

 

swedeone you are correct. but i must say the hooks and uppercuts indicated he can be hurt. it seems peter is immune to straight right hands to the nose and forehead area. (well to me i've always thought fighters are weaker verses certain types of punches than others)

he'll need to be even fitter than he was in the wlad fight to have a punchers chance in rematch. if not wladiimir or even oleg will use many hooks and uppercuts to see if they can replicate mccllnes results.

i believe if peter had come into the wladimir fight at 250, we would not be talking about peter still. with peter's shortness compared to some other heavies he really needs to incorporate the duck and weave to increase his chances significantly.

can he? will he? only time will tell.

p.s. on a side note anyone notice the miscommunication between peter and jim gray?

"it was pure guts" - gray

"excuse me!?!" - peter

"pure guts... you know, pure heart" - gray

"oooh! right! yeah it was" - peter (while thinking for a moment that gray was saying it was his gut that caused the knock downs :rofl :rofl )

 

The second knockdown was a massive right hand that caught him flush on the chin when he didn't see it coming. I'm surprised he survived that...

 

guess you'll say the same about wlad klitschko then

 

They could have easily stopped it, Peter is lucky for that....

 

Those were real good punches, I think that Peter still has a hell of a chin. However, Mcline really poor stamina and lack of a killer instinct saved him, more than anything. I'd say any top 10 heavyweight would have finished him.

 

Peter has heart. No question.

 

Other fighters would of finished Peter. Mccline fights scared and passive, it is not his nature to load up on power shots.

Look how severely he hurt Peter. But Mccline stopped throwing power punches after the midrounds , and was exhausted breathing with his mouth wide open. You have to wonder why Mccline ababonded the uppercut after it led to two KD's ?

 

Wlad isnt a slow one dimenisional boxer though, that is easy to hit. Mccline is very conservative about throwing power punches, he is timid in the ring.

For Mccline to almost Ko someone, you really have to be asking to get hit! Because Mccline will not let his hands go.