well he definitely is not small. i am 6'2 200 and he dwarfs me. he said he is about 260 right now and he isnt fat at all. he is just big. after their session i went to dinner with him, his manager and frank stea to the pollo loco. he had a big salad and a 3 piece chicken meal.
personally, i like joe a lot. he is really mild mannered and this is the third time around him and i think he is finally getting my dry sense of humor that everybody hates. he is very confident in his own abilities but realizes he has a lot of work to do. we were talking about the fury-wilder thing and i asked if he thought he could take fury and he agreed with his manager that a prime fury would have the edge, but not the one we saw the last fight. but in time he would get him.
now you might say "no shit" but most fighters believe they could beat anyone of any era at any time. he also didnt really want to talk any shit about nick webb even off camera which shows a lot of class.
as far as a fighter, i dont know yet. he has work to do and he is 32 years old, so he has just a few years left to accomplish it. i dont pretend to be an expert on him as he only has 5 fights and i never caught him as an amateur. george foreman in his comeback was slow as hell, but he made it work, so speed isnt a killer in the heavyweights. i do know he is a cool kid and i look forward to his upcoming fights. he is moving to LA and will be going to big bear during the week, so he has a lot of changes ahead of him