Barry's manager lost that fight for him....we all know that fair skinned people have to be a bit carefull of sunny conditions....Barry is extremely fair skinned, and to make him go fifteen rounds in hot weather like that, showed unbelievable bad judgement.
actually ,and I have it on good authority (Gordon Ferris who was another british/irish boxing champ and buddy of Barrys) that Barry was very sick before and after that fight due to heat exhaustion and de -hydration...Gordon is a customer of mine
@RickstaRIIx Dont contradict yourself my friend,make up your mind,did Cruz win fair and square or did the heat beat Barry and Cruz deserves no credit or respect for his hard erarned win? Nice excuse,nobody likes extreme hot weather even if you are born in a hot town,heat will punish everyone not just McGuigan.
@cainey66 the only thing the heat did is let Barry get a hot ass whooping! That's it!!!!Stevie fought in the same heat so the heat played no part, just something to make excuses for!
Barry's manager lost that fight for him....we all know that fair skinned people have to be a bit carefull of sunny conditions....Barry is extremely fair skinned, and to make him go fifteen rounds in hot weather like that, showed unbelievable bad judgement.
hugoforth 2 months ago 2
@4272mana might be. they were both ft. worth guys
cstrait 3 months ago
Was that Troy Dorcey in the end jumping on Cruz? Dorcey had a some great fights vs Maromero Paez.
4272mana 4 months ago
On Cruz side of the ring there was cool weather and on McGuigans side of the ring there was extreme hot weather,hehee
josemezatorrez 4 months ago
actually ,and I have it on good authority (Gordon Ferris who was another british/irish boxing champ and buddy of Barrys) that Barry was very sick before and after that fight due to heat exhaustion and de -hydration...Gordon is a customer of mine
ianpatterson123 5 months ago
@RickstaRIIx Dont contradict yourself my friend,make up your mind,did Cruz win fair and square or did the heat beat Barry and Cruz deserves no credit or respect for his hard erarned win? Nice excuse,nobody likes extreme hot weather even if you are born in a hot town,heat will punish everyone not just McGuigan.
josemezatorrez 5 months ago
Its a tough world in the fighting game
Barry was beaten in this fight fair and square
But i have no doubt had the fight taken place in Ireland or england Barry would of stopped him.
Barry McGuigan was a very talented world class boxer who as lived the dream,and with that comes respect
RickstaRIIx 6 months ago
heat factor won it.......cruz lives in 30c conditions in ireland lucky to have 18c in the summer.
totes32 7 months ago
@cainey66 the only thing the heat did is let Barry get a hot ass whooping! That's it!!!!Stevie fought in the same heat so the heat played no part, just something to make excuses for!
johnnyraydonuts 7 months ago
DAMN.... Steve had no damn head movement!!!! if he did then he would have done a hell of alot better
dannyboyAZUSA 9 months ago