exactly...a fight had just broken out and then ended by a **** ref. that takes away from tommys win through no fault of his own... Tommy might have last a few more rounds because of his stamina.... but the left hook he landed earlier was one for the ages, how ruddock got up is just as amazing, but he did recover in typical razor fashion
Let's not pretend that this is the same fighter who held his own against a prime Holyfield and KO'd Michael Moorer. Beating Big George was no small accomplishment for any fighter.
Bert Cooper looked more impressive in losing to Holy and Moorer. Nobody gives much of **** about him.
Marketing, management and promotion. These three play a major role. The Rocky movie all alone made him far more famous than many better boxers out there.
Razor is my favourite of all time, but when he got knocked down, he always fell like the floor just opened up beneath him. He'd be standing there fighting, then all of a sudden, in a blink of an eye, he would be on the ground. I think he would fall quicker than the speed of gravity.