I have not brought one for a fair while, but KO always did a colour pose of a top fighter of the time with a career summary and full pro record of the said fighter on the back. Also they did a report card grading the fighters: Below is a couple of the said report cards, I will add more as I go along. Obviously fill free to comment and add your own or other KO report cards you have yourself. KO from January 94: Orlando Canizales Style: Aggressive box/puncher who likes to mix it up. Strengths: KO power in both hands; boxing skills; sturdy chin Weaknesses: Facial cuts; has trouble catching runners Best Performance: Hardy KO8 Worst Performance: Hardy WS12 Future: Wants to top Ortiz' division record 18 successful defences Report card: Boxing Ability: B+ Power: A+ Defence: B- Ring Generalship: A Experience: A Quality of Opposition: B Chin: A Stamina: A Overall Grade: A- KO from May 1993: Terry Norris Style: Consummate box-puncher Strengths: Lethal blend of speed and power Weaknesses: Too easily chooses to brawl, and has a bad habit of hitting opponents while they are down (Leonard, Curry and Walker) Best Performance: WU12 Ray Leonard Worst Performance LTKO2 Julian Jackson Future: Roy Jones and title unification matches with Rosi or Vazquez. Also talk of fights with Chavez or McGirt Boxing Ability: B+ Power: B+ Defence: B Ring Generalship: B+ Experience: A Quality of Opposition: A Chin: B Stamina: B Overall Grade: B+
This up to the Lawlor fight. Norris had only been stopped by Jackson, and had destroyed Mugabi, and beaten some other respected puchers without too much trouble (Curry/Leonard) so I guess was given the benefit of the doubt at the time.