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Old 11-26-2008, 11:53 AM   #148
djday45
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Mike DeJohn

De John was a very big puncher who didnt have much more to him than that but was a minor contender in the late 50's due to his power.

DRAW POWER -3. up one, his style and power made him a minor draw.

INTELLECT -5. up one, im careful that I dont like this attribute to low unless the fighter is either very bad or known as stupid in the ring a 5 or 6 is a avergae score here.

CONTROL VS SLUGGER -9. Up one. he was most dangerous against fellow punchers his biggest losses came to the quality boxers of the period.

CHIN VS KNOCKDOWN -4. Improved one step, he had a below average chin, but at the same time he lasted 6 rounds against Liston. He tended to collpase in fights once hurt so im improving this a touch and degrading his recovery the same amount.

RECOVERY -4. See above.

KILLER INSTINCT -8. Up two. Was known as an excellent finisher once his big bombs hit home.

ENDURANCE -7. degraded one step, like many one dimensional big pucnhers he often ran out of gas and had atoppages and kncokdowns against him in the last stages of fights.

FAST STARTER -0. He had quite a few 1st round stoppages and should be ready from the off.

FIGHT ON ROPES -3. Not exactly a master on the defensive.

DEFENSE - +4. Degraded one step, he was not a defensive boxer, he let it all hang out to get his punches in.

HITTING POWER -11. Up 3. This is his big one his big boon. The power in his fists. i consider anything 10 plus here to be one punch ko power and he certainly had that according to the research. For example Chuvalo says that DeJohn and Foreman hit the hardest of all his opponents.
Im keeping it scaled back at 11 despite this kind of endorsement due to him not stopping many good quality opponents.

OVERALL RATING -5. Up one. This looks like as normal a good overall rating for a minor contender who is dangerous but also has extrem weaknessess.

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