He threw about 12 jabs in a WHOLE fight against the Filipino. That is so gangster. He is strong as **** and hits as hard as ****! He does have a defence but speed and reflexes just aren't his forte. People sleep on how well he paces himself and how he isn't just a straight a head fighter. Watch him circle in ring centre and ultimately only let 40-50 shots go a round. REALLY reminds me of Marciano in that respect. He has areas to work on and hopefully he will while maintaining his approach. He needs a jab ASAP, he needs to move his head and I'd like to see him massacre the body more. Ultimately we all love his mindset. I did read about his training on max boxing and it's strongman/caveman type ****. It's great. Sort of **** that makes for a great 24/7, countdown etc
I don't think you can look at it like that. That Filipino showed an unreal level of durability in terms of chin, heart, stamina etc The effects were proven biologically as the Filipino appears seriously injured.
I like blood and guts warriors, but elite class ones that deserve their elite class merits. Such as Diego Corrales, Gatti was just a punching bag the last couple of years, it was sick to watch and people still ate it up. Gatti's fights lacked the type of finesse that a Castillo-Corrales fight has with their masterful showcase of infighting. I am by no means stating that I don't appreciate lower level area's of boxing, but just that I don't appreciate them when they are showcased as the best of lot, which Gatti-Ward and several others were. They really didn't thrill me, not even to the level that JMM-MAB did.
These guys are still titlists so they are quality fighters, even if they aren't top P4Pers. If you are not thrilled by what guys like Gatti and Katsidis do then I maintain you are weird. What they do takes ALOT of skill even if it appears brutal.
I know that I am eccentric, I admit it fully. It's okay though. I know that it takes a lot of skill, just you should realise what my reaction to overhyping is by now, it does me all wrong.. Look at my favourite Calzaghe, bashed for years, while jokes are highly touted.:yep How about another favourite, Kostya Tszyu, underappreciated just because of his loss to Hatton. It's annoying that lesser than top class guys like Gatti are more well known than PHENOMINAL guys. Gatti was GOOD, not PHENOMINAL. Hell, look how I defend guys people bash, I'm not all bad. I just hate hype trash, hate it to the core.
At first I thought it was cheese but his gimmick is cool. He is Achilles, with the Achilles tattoo, he comes from the same city, wears the gear etc
Achilles was an unbeatable god like warrior, like a prime Roy Jones Jr. Rocky Katsidis is more like Achilles cousin who gets killed by Hector, he wanted to be Achilles, but wasn't even close.
I have always said Britain has a MAJOR problem with not supporting the guys who are actually good or better i.e. Bruno instead of Lewis. Calzaghe and Hatton should be icons in Britain. Before they had to have 43 fights.