Montel Griffin = underrated?

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  1. radianttwilight

    radianttwilight Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He 2-0'd a young + not fat Toney, and yet people seem to always lump him in with "bums" when they trash RJJ's resume.

    At the time of the DQ in the first RJJ fight he was only down by point or two up through round 9.

    Underrated?
     
  2. Smith

    Smith Monzon-like Full Member

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    No & Yes.

































    Except not Yes.







    So No.....
     
  3. Weber

    Weber Active Member Full Member

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    Maybe, but he sure got ****ed up in RJJ vs. Griffin II. RJJ's performance was so superhuman that Griffin came across looking like an amateur, guess that has something to do with it.
     
  4. maracho

    maracho Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He heavily out boxed Jones in the first fight but lost by a flash 1st round KO in the second.
     
  5. Sonny Carson

    Sonny Carson Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Toney won the second fight atleast.
     
  6. Weber

    Weber Active Member Full Member

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    That was not just a "flash" konckout, within the first 10 seconds he was flying to the ropes, but he still had a chance to get back at him, he did not seem particularly shaken. But he did not. He was fumbling around, letting Jones outbox him with superior reflexes and counterpunching.

    Does this look like a man who had any chance to win:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Khbw82qUM&feature=related

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  7. radianttwilight

    radianttwilight Well-Known Member Full Member

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    You're telling me Toney won a fight where the scorecards read like this?

    judge: John Rupert 116-112
    judge: Keith MacDonald 116-112
    judge: Doug Tucker 119-109

    ...All for Griffin?
     
  8. maracho

    maracho Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hmm but I still think he was on his way out after that very first hook.
     
  9. knockout

    knockout Make my day Full Member

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    Heavily boxed my ass he didnt really throw anything.
     
  10. maracho

    maracho Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Well in that case its to bad your not a judge or a ref because youd be real rich by now.:yep
     
  11. theunderdog

    theunderdog Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    i'll remember him being the only fighter i know who won a fight on his knees ang being knocked down three times by a single punch
     
  12. Jbuz

    Jbuz Belt folder Full Member

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    :lol: :yep
     
  13. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    Can you believe that some diehard Bernard fans believe BHop would have beaten that version of Roy ?
     
  14. Weber

    Weber Active Member Full Member

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    It's simply ridiculous. Jones was as unbeatable in the mid-90's as Tyson was in the late 80's. He was simply faster, stronger and more technically sound than any of his opponents, which was why all of them tried to disrupt his game, rather than actually trying to fight him fair 'n square.
     
  15. Weber

    Weber Active Member Full Member

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    And let's not forget: a 24 year-old Jones outclassed a 28 year-old (physically prime) Hopkins in '93.