Skinny vs. Pacman knockdown

Skinny is one bloke i loved and one bloke that constantly frustrated me. Awesome bodyshot artist.

 

My favourite Aussie fighter up until the day he retired..Saw him live quite a few times and got collection of his fights on tape.

World class operator at a time when we had so few...It was very frustrating watching him and his career but I enjoyed it still..His work ethic was poor by the time he got his title shots because he had been put in against easy beat after easy beat..What the hell can you learn from your 20th first round body shot KO when you are ranked in the top 5?

I certainly wouldnt say a wasted talent..he got two shots against middle of the pack champions and just wasnt good enough but quite possibly a prime example of what happens when you pad a blokes record for such a long time. And Im not even going to say its his handlers and Fenech's fault because boxing just doesnt have the following anymore to bring out suitable opponents with a price tag. And with a name like Hussein you arent exactly going to have doors opening left, right and centre in the U.S either.

 

Nice slow count for Pac there

 

Is there an Aussie alive who gets sick of watching this beauty?

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The rematch was even sweeter, ole Nate thought he had it in the bag :yep

 

Skinny had everything against him that night. In rd 9, his corner got pelted with bottles and all sorts of stuff and it continued to the point where they couldn't attend to his cut eye as they were too busy protecting him and themselves.

The funny thing is that many Pac followers consider Skinny a dirty fighter and that Pac was hard done by.

Incredibly stupid. Pac was hanging on for dear life.

 

I'd agree with that mate. It was a schooling! Robbie looked ultra ****ing confident at the weigh in. In a kinda "you gave me your best and THEN I knocked you the **** out" way!

 

Yet another example of a fighters' beard getting stronger when they don't have the constrictions of making weight.

On topic though, Pac's supporters are so over the top, it's unreal. Even watching his last fight up here in the Isa, there were more Pinoys in the room then, than I had see in my entire time up here.

 

Pac was in all sorts for a bit there....Skinny was pretty dirty in there that night though but Pac was no angel himself and the crowd & ref were certainly not helping the situation. Certainly was quite a few stories of harsh treatment by the locals towards Team Hussein leading up to the fight, supposedly Skinny was pretty sick the night of the fight because of this treatment.

Skinny always was partial to the old forearm to the throat...Id like to say it wasnt malicious, lets face it was but its not darts in there, to objective is the hurt.

 

Hey Ippy they'll be replaying Bomber knocking out Nate like that in the US for the next century. That moment in time will become a part of boxing history and how sweet it truly is.

 

Iv never seen that before, wtf happened, he was dropped hard by a jab?

I also love seeing Nate get cocky and then KTFO

 

Id call it more a straight left...Skinny had the ability to stiffen up his jab and follow through with more on it..Caught Pac pretty much right on the button.

Hatton often does the same for example.

 

Ive heard for years now how the count was slow, some even say 12-15 seconds, but i dont think it was all that slow. Pac was on his feet at the count of 8 for me.

 

Watch your timer on the youtube square.