Michael Grant is back...

[Illmatic]

fighting 6/27/07 against Billy Zumbrun. Grant is a guy I always had a little soft spot for and I hope he can work his way back, b/c he has all the skills to get it done, but must shore up the D since his chin is flaky.

[Cachibatches]

I am predicting a Zubrun upset right here and now.

[psychopath]

He's not a bad fighter at all, but not a top notch either.

Good luck to him. :yep

[Artani]

Lennox Lewis destroyts his cariere. He beat him badly.

[DamonD]

If Grant can recapture any of his 90s form, he'll break Zumbrun apart for the mid-round TKO. If it's more like his post-Lewis self, more like a fairly humdrum points win.

Zumbrun could spring an upset, but the Bowe fight flatters to deceive I think. He was stymied by Very Big Daddy's half-speed jab alone.

Grant's a nice guy, and apparently saved his cash well. Hope he doesn't get his block knocked off again. The last KD against Guinn was absolutely brutal, you'd never expect anyone to get up from that.

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[ApatheticLeader]

Best of luck to Grant - he's one of very few fighters I'm genuinely a fan of.

[Sai]

Hes a nice humble guy. Unfortunately he has no chance of achieving anything even in the current limited scene. I dont think even the tomato can express can save him

[unitas]

what turned me off was the way this guy was hyped. didn t ring magazine once have a title that read: "Can he grant his trainers wish........and become the greatest fighter of all time?".

that was just a joke.

[DamonD]

Don Turner hyped Grant up big-time. HBO and The Ring (to a lesser extent) bit, but it was Turner really turning the praise up to 11.

[Heavyrighthand]

He's not that old, yet, so maybe he can improve enough to make a splash. He certainly has the size, and always seemed to take his condtioning very seriously, as well.

[Bigcat]

Grant would have been ok had his initial comeback from LL been straight foreward.. it just addedd insult to injury..

but those are the breaks..

Dominick just picked up the pieces......

[The Italarican]

I just watched Lewis-Grant last night for the first time since 2000, and I was amazed at how sloppy Grant's punches looked even before he got rocked the first time. Was this nerves or did he never look as sharp as I thought he was at one point?

[Club Fighter]

The man is built like an Adonis but just does not possess the mentality and tenacity to be an effective prizefighter. He's got absolutely no chance in the heavyweight division, a division in which the belts seemingly change hands every other fight. Unfortunately, at this point I believe even the newly retired bum-of-all-bums, Shannon Briggs, can tame him. :-(

[Illmatic]

what turned me off was the way this guy was hyped. didn t ring magazine once have a title that read: "Can he grant his trainers wish........and become the greatest fighter of all time?".

that was just a joke.

He got hyped up big by the ring b/c he lives near their offices.

[doom bull]

I hope Teddy Atlas isn't training him againl.

[Heavyrighthand]

I think he may still have potential, and I am anxious to see how he looks, and how he does, against Billy Zumbrun.


Zumbrun is not really a full blown tomato can, but he's not too good, either. Good choice for Grant to gauge where he is.

[LennoxGOAT]

Grant would have been fine.....but he was no where near ready nor never would be for Lennox. His management was AWFUL.

[DamonD]

Mmm, I don't know about that...I think his actual path to the title shot was pretty well planned. Couple years of journeymen, then the more experienced but over-the-hill guys, then the gatekeepers and contenders. It was laid out pretty good.

The problem I think is his lack of experience. He only had 12 amateur bouts.
When he stepped in the ring with Lewis he was going off just 6 year's worth of experience. Lewis had near to 20.

In terms of how he managed to develop and the people he beat with such small experience, Grant is very underrated. But he did reach a plateau, and unfortunately hit his head hard on the glass ceiling.