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Russell
01-01-2009, 09:38 PM
Is it true that this guy beat Riddick Bowe and Mike Tyson as amateurs?
Anyone know anything else about him?
mr. magoo
01-01-2009, 09:43 PM
Never was very impressed by him as a pro. Saw him fight a few times years ago. He looked like a better than average journeyman, but a journeyman nonetheless.
salsanchezfan
01-01-2009, 09:51 PM
.................I'm pretty sure he liked ice cream.
Vantage_West
01-01-2009, 10:11 PM
he was a non caring swarmer/slugger made boxers look bad becuase they didnt get the distance and made punchers worse becuase they couldnt set the feet.

good amatuer but nothing that really made him a elite star in reality tho he was a clumsy left, right, left, right kinda guy. reminds me of tony oakey.

did he fight stevenson
D9Garrard
01-02-2009, 12:15 AM
Payne's reputation was that of a guy who waited too long to turn pro and that had already acquired adult habits as well. I remember it being mentioned in an interview that Payne was a regular at the Vegas casinos and nightclubs and wasn't really motivated to do anything buty fight out of his natural talent. That being said, he was a decent fighter despite these issues and probably rates as a poor man's Tony Tubbs.
Russell
01-02-2009, 12:41 AM
he was a non caring swarmer/slugger made boxers look bad becuase they didnt get the distance and made punchers worse becuase they couldnt set the feet.

good amatuer but nothing that really made him a elite star in reality tho he was a clumsy left, right, left, right kinda guy. reminds me of tony oakey.

did he fight stevenson

Don't know if I'd call him a swarmer/slugger. He could definitely box.

Ever see him against a undefeated Samson Pou'ha?
Titan1
01-02-2009, 01:13 AM
Is it true that this guy beat Riddick Bowe and Mike Tyson as amateurs?
Anyone know anything else about him?

He beat Tyrell Biggs in the Olympic Box-off, then barely lost to him in the return.He also beat Teofilio Stevenson.
Russell
01-02-2009, 02:55 AM
He beat Tyrell Biggs in the Olympic Box-off, then barely lost to him in the return.He also beat Teofilio Stevenson.

Stevenson is one guy you can't say was underdeveloped as an amateur.

Major props to Payne, then.