Greg Haugen

[Benncollinsaad]

This guy was one of the few notable white lightweights. He beat Camacho, Pazienza and Freddie Roach. Can anybody tell me more about him?

[Dynamite Kid]

This guy was one of the few notable white lightweights. He beat Camacho, Pazienza and Freddie Roach. Can anybody tell me more about him?

He got schooled by Whitaker in one of the best schoolings you will ever see, he was involved in 2 wars with Pazienza, the 3rd fight resembling more of a Boxing match than wars like the first two. A few people thought Haugen won the 1st fight to, not me, but it was not that easy to score because Paz was the more active whilst Haugen landed the cleaner shots. I think Haugen had a pretty underrated jab myself and decent/good counter punching skills without being spectacular, oh yeah he was a pretty tough SOB to.


He TK'od a past prime Ray Mancini who looked terrible in the fight. Mancini lost to Camacho before that fight and even though he did not win that fight (Camcho ran) he did not perform THAT! badly, however he looked awful in the fight with Haugen and the lay off had clearly took a lot from him imo.

You should watch Haugen vs Paz 1+2 if you have not seen them, great fights.

[BattlingNelson]

As a kid growing up in Alaska Haugen participated in tough-man contests. That's quite tough considering he's only a lightweight. That toughness and trashtalking ability it gave him he took with him into his career in boxing.

Haugen won a piece of the LW-title (IBF I think) when he outpointed long-time champion Jimmy Paul. He was then on the the losing end of a debateable decision against Vinny Paz which was a bad tempered affair. He later avenged the loss.

I saw him defend his title in Denmark against my personal fav. Gert Bo Jacobsen. Haugen there showed off his trademark jab and toughness in a decisive win in his undefeated opponents back-yard.

Haugen trashtalked and played the villain all through the build-up in this fight. He was very entertaining I think. His trashtalking was probably best on display before his fight with JC. Chavez where he said that Chavez' record was build on Tijuana taxidrivers. That remark made him feel the wrath of a nation. Insulting the hero Chavez wasn't taken lightly by the mexicans and Chavez hammered him to the delight of his fans.

For my money Haugen is somewhat underrated probably because he's best remembered in defeats against Paz, Whitaker and Chavez.

The last I heard of him is that he suffers from a braininjury but I haven't been able to find any confirmation on that but perhaps other posters in here has some info.

[Silencers]

Greg Haugen was a tough guy, he won tough man competitions before entering the world of boxing, not many toughman competition winners make it to the top or make it near the top like Haugen did. He had a pretty good jab, not the best defense and not the best offense, he was a tough SOB though and could take a good shot.

He more often than not lost to the best guys but he did upset the then unbeaten Hector Camacho even though I thought Camacho won the fight and the point deduction in the 12th was uncalled for in my eyes since it was Haugen who refused to touch gloves first and their rematch should not have been a SD, it was a clear win for Camacho, Camacho even walked out of the ring before the scores were announced when he heard the announcer say they had a SD thinking he was going to get robbed.

And he beat Jimmy Paul, a Kronk based fighter who fit the mold, a lanky fighter who liked to box but for some reason Paul was quite lethargic during the fight and focused mainly on defense until later on in the fight which tightened it up a bit on the scorecards.

The best 'name' win on his resume is probably Boom Boom Mancini but Mancini had been out of the ring for 3 years prior to that fight and looked like a shell of his former self.

Anyways, Haugen was a tough guy, a little underrated in the skills department, gave the top guys some good fights but more often than not fell short in the end.