Razor Ruddock vs Michael Dokes - Pre Fight

Clips from prior bouts and interviews from both fighters.

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• ruddock
• heavyweight
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• morrison
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• tyson

[capablemachine]

@sikhman100 I only learned recently he had some kind of lung disorder and he was a protégé of Chuvalo.

[capablemachine]

@johnosandra I was talking about Atlas criticising Mike from a distance.

[johnosandra]

@capablemachine no its not the ones that ko you come from a distance

watch some gerald mcclellan and manuel marquez

theres more raw power on the end of the punch but short punchs that catch you ussually knock you out more just because you dont see them and they effect you more mentally

taking a punch is 66% mental

[sikhman100]

@comedicstuff true. ruddock was the most feared hw in the world after tyson and with tyson people were prepared to fight him for the money. ruddock was fast of hand and foot , a powerpuncher and great stamina usually. his problem was his defence and balance. his chin could be granite in his prime. he also wanst always focused and surrounded by bums like murad. still he fought in a great era of tyson/foreman/holmees/bowe/hol­y/merce3r/morrsion/moorer as well as the 80s hws

[capablemachine]

@comedicstuff Yeh and Atlas says Tyson wants to quit when people stand up to him and that he lacks character but in that fight he has no head movement and he's being punched with hard shots. It's easy to take shots at people from a distance.

[luigi12356]

lol 7:18

[comedicstuff]

Tyson doesn't get enough credit for beating Ruddock - and for being willing to give him a rematch after the controversial stoppage of the 1st fight. People like to say that Tyson didn't fight anyone and that they all were scared, not good, washed up, etc. But Ruddock was a stud, in his prime, feared & avoided by most, and far from scared.

[comedicstuff]

@fadethetrade - The Tyson-Ruddock fights proved that Tyson wasn't "overrated" or "done" after the loss to Douglas. Losing almost 4 years to the court case and prison is what really hurt Tyson. Sure, he wasn't the same after the money came in and he fired Kevin Rooney (Tyson's combination punching, head movement, partying & drama outside the ring was evident), but Tyson still had a lot left as a fighter and was still feared and unbeatable to most of the top heavyweights.

[comedicstuff]

@fadethetrade - After the 2nd Tyson fight, Ruddock had finally made a piece of money that made him feel financially secure. That helped soften Ruddock up. We never got to see the real Razor Ruddock again. Plus, the Tyson fights did take something out of Ruddock; they had to...Ruddock absorbed Tyson's best for 19 rounds.

[comedicstuff]

@fadethetrade - True. You never heard Riddick Bowe, Ray Mercer or a number of other top heavyweights at the time mention Ruddock's name. There's no way Tommy Morrison would've fought the prime version of Ruddock (unless it was for a heavyweight title).