Sean O'Grady vs Livingstone Bramble

The O'Grady who beat Kenty versus the Bramble who beat Mancini.

 

I think Mancini was still better than O'Grady by that point, and Bramble pretty much plastered him. It'd be a war, but I take Bramble.

 

Agreed.

 

O'Grady was 5'10"! Mancini 5'4"! Plus, their styles were different. So not sure why the Mancini fight is relevant at all.

 

Agreed, the same counterpunching approach that Bramble used to beat the short, stocky Mancini isn't necessarily going to work against the tall, lanky O'Grady.

Aside from that, I'm not so sure Mancini was ever really better than O'Grady, anyway.

 

I think Mancini was pretty clearly better than O'Grady.

And I think Bramble being a sharper, quicker puncher than O'Grady and having a much better chin, would play a factor.

 

I think Bramble would counter the shit outta O'Grady tbh. Slash him up.

And I only compared him to Mancini because they're often compared, both aggressive as hell and I've only see four Bramble fights and he got knocked out in two of them. The two vs Mancini are the only ones he won.

 

The Crawley fight is worth watching. That was his second best performance behind Mancini 1.

 

I disagree, I think the Kenty win was the biggest win and best performance either fighter had in their careers.

 

I think Ramirez was quite clearly better and a better performance than the Kenty fight. Even at that point, Ramirez had just arguably beaten Arguello - he did on my card.

 

People often mention that Ramirez was between styles when Mancini beat him, but in this case, someone could easily counter by saying that Kenty was sick with a chest cold in O'Grady fight - which is accurate.

Head-to-head, everything points to Mancini being too tough and relentless for Sean.

Although it's overblown how much "trouble" he gave Arguello, the fact is Mancini had his moments against Arguello - and if I'm being honest that's more than Sean would accomplish. I see Arguello leaving O'Grady lifeless on the canvas inside of 4.

 

Agreed. Mancini won about three rounds vs Arguello, and ETM never looked even close to losing. It was just an entertaining fight that was competitive at times.

For me, Ramirez at that point in time, as an aggressive counter-puncher, would've clearly beaten Kenty IMO.

I think Ray definitely beats O'Grady in a brawl.

 

And even outside of Ramirez, Mancini destroyed Frias and Espana, two solid guys who O'Grady isn't a lock over.

O'Grady might not have beaten Kim either.

Then he comes outta retirement and gives Camacho a close fight.

Anybody think O'Grady could take years off and give Camacho a close fight?

Mancini isn't losing to Ganigan or Verdarosa, I might add... even if he was faded.