Pipino Cuevas v Colin Jones April 1980

His decline did not begin until after Hearns nailed him with that mind-numbing shot in August of that year. The cerebral effect that punch had was the same as what Weaver landed on Tate, what McCallum landed on Curry, what Ganigan landed on O'Grady and what Rosario landed on Bramble. Not one of these fighters had a decent jaw anymore after those career-changing KOs

 

I wouldn't put Rosario Bramble in there.

bramble was still durable after that and the Rosario fight wasn't really a clean KO, more a case of Bramble staying down while still plenty aware.imo he quit in that fight.Just didn't want what Rosario was putting on him, a lack of heart rather than being badly knocked out.

 

I just always remember him in the Freddie Pendleton fights being so shaky. It was like this wasn't the same Bramble who stood up to everything Boom Boom Mancini threw at him for 29 rounds. His punch and reflexes appeared OK, but just shaky or shell-shocked to me.

 

In 1980, Pipino Cuevas would destroy Colin Jones. Jones knocked out a bunch of nobodies. I never watched Jones and thought he was a murderous puncher. In fact, I was kind of surprised to read some people in this thread describe him that way. On the other hand, Cuevas absolutely destroyed guys like Harold Weston Jr., Clyde Gray and Angel Espada who were far better than anyone Jones ever beat.

Cuevas would've ruined Jones. The way Jones was weeping in the ring after the Curry fight ... he would've been doing the same against Cuevas ... but he'd have been crying because his cheekbone would've been laying on the canvas and a rib would've been poking out his back.

Cuevas literally broke stuff on top fighters.

Cuevas by ko in three brutal, one-sided rounds.