what a terrible choice of opponent for a supposed dominant pound for pound champion. Great performance, but come on, Vinny Paz, who was basically an arturo gatti (in size and style...sort of, vinny paz stronger, but gatti had a better jab).
nothing dumb about it...y so sensitive? It wouldve been like Hopkins fighting Gatti....did people seriously think Paz would win?
if you dont wanna discuss, kindly leave the thread then. adios. And no, this isnt like oscar-mayorga. Mayorga was at least a titlist in his division.
Actually at the time of the fight Paz was ranked third by Ring mag at 168, ahead of guys like Nunn, Collins and Eubank. In fact Jones was looking to fight then number two Frankie Liles who rejected the fight then Jones went after then number three paz. I know in hindsight its a fight that people cant pick on Jones for taking, but its a fight that would have been one that people would now be claiming that Jones ducked had he not took the fight.
damn, never knew he was ranked so high at 168. I guess beating a 43 yr old duran is great for rankings.
Damm sure Pazienza was very overated at that time by beating a very old Duran. rember pazienza was outboxed by a former super featherweight Camacho.
