edsel77x Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I have to admit that I do not know too much about Chris John. I was privaleged enough to be able to download a rare fight between him and Marquez. Marquez has since gotten much better but even in the fight, which was a very technical one, Marquez should have won. A little bit of home cooking yes. Other then Rocky Juarez (who always came up short in championship fights), who else has he fought that's made him so "great"? I say that with a lot of speculation? ???? Who is Chris John (Where's Waldo type question? We know who he is but why?)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapevine241 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 its not so much who hes fought but the length of his reign ('04 to present). i dont think anyone considers him as "great" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donlevy Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 He's content with staying at home and picking up decent money against opponents that he knows stand no real chance of beating.It's a shame,because he is actually a good boxer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Didn't he fight in the US last year but struggled? Arum was linking him as an opponent for Gamboa later this year - be good if true but more likely Bob just creating column inches by using other fighters names. I think John deserves alot of respect he has the Marquez win and alot of defenses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 He appeared on HBO, which is usually the "break out move" that fighters from the Orient seldom are allowed to take, their promoters usualy don't like to have them venture beyond home because that's where they lose them to the bigger name outfits. But despite the Maquez win(which if you seen it, is not as impressive as it appears on paper) and fighting in the USA, he's still not getting the coverage one would expect for 14 times defenses (that's what Yourdan represents). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Is the best product all-time of Indonesian boxing and deserves respect and credit I do not know whether it is a great, certanly not remain at the top of category and defends the title so much if do not have very good quality.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londoner Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 He needs to fight the very best on a regular basis which is not what he does. He has fought some very good fighters but just not regularly enough and for that it's hard to judge how good he really is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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