05-08-2017, 05:51 PM
(05-08-2017, 05:20 PM)Msreef Wrote:(05-08-2017, 05:07 PM)diehard Wrote: I agree. In defense of Joe, what was he supposed to do? Cojanu covered up most of the fight, and threw nothing. Joe outpunched him 5 to 1. And he won 11 of 12 rounds. And as Sham will tell you, it's hard punching up, and takes a lot out of you. Remember Joey Wilson, Sham?
Still, as champ, his job was to find a way to break him down. Dennis did it with a KO. I didn't like Joe's physique, nor his speed in that fight.
I think Parker should have taken the fight to him. He should have fought on the inside.
Maybe KB thought it was too risky, being a heavyweight title defence and all, but cmon, Joe needs the experience.
I don't think Kevin Barry knows how to coach Joe to fight on the inside.
Probably because as a fighter KB never learned how to infight, why would he , he was a lanky amateur. His coaches would have told him don't fight on the inside , tie up then go back to the outside and jab.
Two things I thought he never taught Tua were bridging the gap as the smaller man , and inside game. They were tools KB never had to develop in himself when he was a fighter.
It meant Tua was more one dimensional .
Imagine if Tua had those strings to his bow , he would have been unstoppable.