Dominick Guinn vs Jean Francois Bergeron KO

[lordblighty]

I see so much talent in Guinn, Yet sometimes he seems to be battling through a depression as well as against his opponent. He had the talent to be America's next best thing at heavyweight, he just hasn't got the mental make up to be the best. A real shame.

[safouettelol]

bergeron lache t mon poid lourd preferer quebecois lache pas

[comedicstuff]

Bergeron was doing a good job of covering up/blocking Guinn's punches on the ropes just before he was stopped. He just seemed to get scared more than anything and panicked. Then you could see that he wanted the ref to stop it. And like most, he acts as if he wanted to continue afterwards. He'd never put his hands up, walked forward, or told the ref he was ok.

[comedicstuff]

Guinn had all the tools to be heavyweight champion of the world. Shit happens, I guess.

[tgoodm1]

@comedicstuff

I agree that he did have what it took to go all the way in the division. I think he has psychological issues in the ring. If he is disturbed by something or thinking about the wrong thing, he just does not bring anything in the ring. He really has issues when he is expected to win against opponents with some level of popularity.

[comedicstuff]

@tgoodm1 - Yeah, it's something in his psychological makeup. It's like he boxes like it's a "job" more than something that he really wants to do at times. There have been boxers that didn't really like boxing - they did it because they were good at it and could make more money in 1 fight than working a job for 10 years. Guinn seems like one of those fighters. He doesn't like to hit or hurt people, but he's forced to do so as part of his job.

[comedicstuff]

Some guys are just too nice for boxing, but they do it anyway. Another fighter whose mentality reminds me of Guinn is Rocky Juarez. He'd won so many fights in a row leading up to the Olympics, turned pro and was off to a good start, then started fighting as if he didn't really want to fight. He does enough to keep the fight close and lose a close decision in some fights. Guinn & Juarez are missing that "fire" in their belly that a fighter like Marvin Hagler had.

[comedicstuff]

The reason why fighters like Guinn don't get hurt is because their opponents will do just enough to beat them instead of really going after them. They don't want to wake a sleeping giant, so the opponent will settle for the win by decision.

[comedicstuff]

Funny how they always act brave AFTER the ref stops it! You can see that he didn't want anymore!

[keven1111]

on peut voir maintenant les limites de Bergeron, il a connue son apogée contre Valuev.

Bergeron restera un bon boucheur de trous pour les soirées d'Interbox, c'est toujours interressant de voire un combats de poids lourds. J'aimerais bien que bergerons se mesure a David Cadieux.

Ça serait un bon combat local qui pourrait vendre beaucoup comme Cadieux vs Leureux