After making a good start in the contest that included stunning the Brooklyn fighter in the opening round, Bruno couldn’t find anything else to disrupt the champion’s momentum. Tyson found the form that made him boxing’s most feared fighter at the time as he stopped an outgunned Bruno in five rounds.
Roy Jones Jr vs. Clinton Woods, 2002
Clinton Woods had built himself a stellar reputation at domestic and continental level, but he quickly found out that wouldn’t be enough when taking on Roy Jones Jr. The Florida man was boxing’s most outstanding fighter for the majority of the 1990s and he carried that form into the early millennium on his way to becoming heavyweight champion in 2003.
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Boxing can be a very “what have you done for me lately?” world, and in some respects, there’s good reason for that.
The most recent performances of a fighter are generally the most important in trying to figure out how they’re going to look the next time out. That’s not to say that fights further back don’t matter at all, but people improve, decline, make various changes in their careers or approaches.
With two guys in their prime years like Canelo Alvarez (55-1-2, 37 KO) and Billy Joe Saunders (30-0, 14 KO), it’s probably less vital than when you’re matching someone in their prime against someone past theirs, but living off of old name value and maybe some old wins that don’t reflect their quality anymore.
Canelo Alvarez reveals the circumstances that turned him into a fighter, how he copes with the pressures of superstardom and what makes him tick outside the ring. By Don McRae
Canelo Alvarez in a strong effort to leave a legacy like a great pound against Billy Joe Saunders
Until this weekend’s last change in the period to unify the super middleweight title, when Canelo Alvarez began to speak English in public and largely stopped making any kind of blows about almost anything, the Mexican super star is usually predictable. affair.
Of course, 30-year-old Alvarez was always polite and courteous. With red hair and the appearance of an action hero, the Jalisco native of Guadalajara fits the role of almost the main male in boxing in almost every category. However, his conversations were short, short, straightforward, and, again, very predictable.
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