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Old 05-04-2008, 12:31 PM   #10 (permalink)
Syd Thrift
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Props to Forbes for going the distance with the naturally bigger fighter. Read this week about how that Steve weighed only two pounds at birth, (hence the nickname), and overcame tremendous odds just to live, let alone become a world champion boxer. Have to respect a guy like that.
The backstory is interesting but I'm not sure if I "respect" a guy who fights not to get knocked out rather than to actually try to win. Despite the ravings of the HBO guys I learned very little about ODLH from this fight. Maybe 150 is a better weight for him than 160 or 168 and maybe that will give him the edge he didn't have in the past but I sure couldn't tell against Teve Torbes.
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