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djday45 · 12-04-2008, 02:03 AM

Rademacher is a real hard fighter to rate, his career was total contradiction. He was an Olympic champ with great amateur experiance but he also as a pro lost the vast majority of his big fights and only fought 23 times and was down 25 times in those bouts.

As usual if I agree with a rating I wont mention it.

STYLE - Boxer. He was not really a boxer/puncher he was not that good, his style was really a hard counter puncher.

CONDITIONING -3. Im changing this to reflect the trouble he had adapting to the pros at such a high level so quickly.

CONTROL VS BOXER/SLUGGER - 9. Improving both of these by two. Now a seven is way too low for him he was an Olympic champ with a great amateur record, general boxing nous and skills were not his problem he in fact in these departments was just under main contender level.

CHIN VS KNOCKOUT -6. Degraded two steps. This was his problem his chin, it was truly, truly awful. as I said down 25 times in 23 bouts.

CHIN VS KNOCKOUT -4. Degraded one step, again this was bad knocked out 6 times in his seven defeats.

RECOVERY -7. Degraded four steps, this is the real killer for him, time and time again he just collapsed in fights eight times against Moore and six against Patterson were only the worst examples, in nearly all his ko defeats there were many knockdowns.

KILLER INSTINCT -7. Up one, when he did get foes in trouble he could be quite an effective finisher himself.

AGRESSIVNESS -7. Down one, being a counterer he didnt really lead much agressively.

ENDURANCE -6. Down one, here was his other big problem, he just had no stamina in the pros and was continually stopped once he had taken damage and run out of puff, over three rounds he would have been a pretty good fighter but not over ten or fifteen.

DEFENSE -0. Improved one step, he was in fact ok defensively due to his cautious style and good amateur experiance, not great but was ok.

FAST STARTER -0. Used to starting out quickly with the amateurs and this bled through into his pro career, prob one of the factors in not pacing himself properly.

HITTING POWER -7. Up one, he was quite a solid puncher and could be dangerous and the fights he did win his stoppage percentage is pretty good.

COUNTERPUNCHING -40. Up one, improving this to show his style as a counterer, where he would step back and wait for them to lead then hit them hard, but woe betide Pete if they landed lol.

OVERALL RATING -4. Down one. God hes hard to rate, in the game he was under estimated skills wise but over estimated big time with that awful, terrible chin.

12-04-2008, 02:03 AM	#165 (permalink)
djday45 All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,474 Thanks: 3 Thanked 19x in 12 posts	Pete Rademacher Rademacher is a real hard fighter to rate, his career was total contradiction. He was an Olympic champ with great amateur experiance but he also as a pro lost the vast majority of his big fights and only fought 23 times and was down 25 times in those bouts. As usual if I agree with a rating I wont mention it. STYLE - Boxer. He was not really a boxer/puncher he was not that good, his style was really a hard counter puncher. CONDITIONING -3. Im changing this to reflect the trouble he had adapting to the pros at such a high level so quickly. CONTROL VS BOXER/SLUGGER - 9. Improving both of these by two. Now a seven is way too low for him he was an Olympic champ with a great amateur record, general boxing nous and skills were not his problem he in fact in these departments was just under main contender level. CHIN VS KNOCKOUT -6. Degraded two steps. This was his problem his chin, it was truly, truly awful. as I said down 25 times in 23 bouts. CHIN VS KNOCKOUT -4. Degraded one step, again this was bad knocked out 6 times in his seven defeats. RECOVERY -7. Degraded four steps, this is the real killer for him, time and time again he just collapsed in fights eight times against Moore and six against Patterson were only the worst examples, in nearly all his ko defeats there were many knockdowns. KILLER INSTINCT -7. Up one, when he did get foes in trouble he could be quite an effective finisher himself. AGRESSIVNESS -7. Down one, being a counterer he didnt really lead much agressively. ENDURANCE -6. Down one, here was his other big problem, he just had no stamina in the pros and was continually stopped once he had taken damage and run out of puff, over three rounds he would have been a pretty good fighter but not over ten or fifteen. DEFENSE -0. Improved one step, he was in fact ok defensively due to his cautious style and good amateur experiance, not great but was ok. FAST STARTER -0. Used to starting out quickly with the amateurs and this bled through into his pro career, prob one of the factors in not pacing himself properly. HITTING POWER -7. Up one, he was quite a solid puncher and could be dangerous and the fights he did win his stoppage percentage is pretty good. COUNTERPUNCHING -40. Up one, improving this to show his style as a counterer, where he would step back and wait for them to lead then hit them hard, but woe betide Pete if they landed lol. OVERALL RATING -4. Down one. God hes hard to rate, in the game he was under estimated skills wise but over estimated big time with that awful, terrible chin.