Easy to Hurt, Hard to Finish..

Just exactly as it says, what boxers were easy to hurt maybe even drop but just damn near impossible or at least hard as hell to stop?
Juan Manuel Marquez comes to mind almost immediately, what other boxers fit this?

 

Trinidad
Corrales
Ward (Micky)

 

Holyfield
Gatti

 

Hamed, though it was mainly atrocious balance that caused the knockdowns, but he was a tough dude

 

Gatti was tough but I always thought there was a good chance of him being stopped whenever he stepped up.

I wouldn't say Holyfield was easy to hurt either, unless he was facing a colossus.

 

Yep, hard to know how often he was actually hurt, even without the knockdowns.

Gamboa is at least something like that although he's been more visibly hurt than Hamed from what i can tell.

 

Ahhh Trinidad, perfect choice as well.

 

Also Calzaghe

 

True all good ones. Gamboa is also a good one as well, Cotto also should probably make this list.

 

It takes skill to fail in this thread twice and for different reason

 

Holyfield was hurt in pretty much all of his fights.

 

Yep. Lots of guys "Hurt" Joe. Eubank, Mitchell, Jones {albeit a forearm smash} , Kessler...

 

And there are probably 10 examples of Gatti fights where he was easy to hurt and hard to finish.

 

Which is why I always gave Vitali a great chance to beat him.

Another HW who was hurt far more often than people remember.....Joe Frazier.....he was of course far far harder to finish than Ken Norton, another notably vulnerable Hvy.

 

Unfortunately Arturo also got guys hurt and couldn't finish them.

 

PRIME Matthew Saad Muhammad...

PUTRID Defense, Hurt by Virtually EVERY Guy he Defended his Lightheavy Title Against, yet the Possessor of UNCANNY Determination & Recuperative Powers...

Back in the Day, You KNEW Saad's Opponent was Going to HURT him @ Some Point in the Fight, but You Also KNEW Saad was Going to REVERSE the Tide & Be Victorious...




REED:fist:

 

Danny "Little Red" Lopez ... go in for the kill and get laid out as many found out... I don't even know if I would say he was "easy" to hurt... he took so many flush shots, but he did get hurt a lot

Then he'd extend one of those skinny arms and the other guy would go down as if he'd been shot

Joe Louis was another guy who was hurt quite a bit, but good luck getting him out of there without getting yourself killed

 

For about 4 years, he was one of the greatest Light Heavyweights of all time for the simple reason that he was basically superhuman and ALWAYS came back and won... fucking amazing fighter, one of my all-time favorites

 

juan marquez

 

It was Almost as if the Fight HADN'T Properly Started UNTIL Saad was Hurt by his Opponent...




REED::

 

:: It's true!

 

Carl Thompson

 

Vitali would have a chance for sure.

 

Steve Cunningham

 

Saad popped into my mind right away. Danny Lopez had a good chin and crap defense. Joe Louis wore 6-ounce gloves, so I think his vulnerability was more a sign of the times. Holyfield is a bad choice. Mickey Ward doesn't sound like a good choice either, except that he was hard to stop.

And Carl Thompson is a good sleeper pick.

 

Andre Berto comes to mind

 

Bobby Chacon

 

Shannon Briggs

 

yup... he got hurt all the time, but he was dangerous when hurt... the only guy that ever really finished the job immediately was Ruben Olivares

 

Terry Norris