Great post fella.
Teo Cruz was an excellent fighter tbf. Very underrated and little discussed these days. I was never sold on Guzman though as some underachieving...
I'll have to go back and watch Tito vs Vargas at some point, but I remember thinking years back that Vargas holding a grudge over the low blows...
Bojado looked the goods initially, I thought he was going to be brilliant like most others. He's one of the main reasons I became cautious about...
The irony is that the version of Zaragoza who lost to Lora and Fenech was probably imo clearly better than the version who held the title for so long.
Cheers pal. Saying that Tszyu was a prodigy sums it up well, really. More of a natural like you say. You sort of beat me to it comparing Cotto to...
I'm sort of with Neil that arguably none of them were great though. I've always considered Tszyu borderline or a bit less but with willingness to...
Tszyu went backwards and became more of a straight up rigid, stalking power puncher even before he unified the titles or lost to Phillips imo. As...
Whitaker drew with Chavez on the cards ffs, he didn't lose to him. And it's not a case of some people thought Pea won, I've never come across...
I'm with George, I disagree with the consensus. Extremely close in terms of ability I'd say. The argument for Pea is there imo, he was nigh on as...
Monzon and Briscoe were friendly I think. Monzon was generally a bit disconnected from other fighters but really respected Bennie and would engage...
Locche has had a swing of opinion against him in recent years I think, as more footage became available. Some of it was legitimate criticism...
I was never that sold on him tbh, he got overhyped basically after making a fast, basic but shrewd start against a smaller, rusty greatish fighter...
This is a a post I put up on esb about three years ago. Thoughts on Sahaprom chucked in for good measure and not cos I'm a lazy flat cap wearing...
Say what you like about Froch and his vomit inducing Midlands monotone, he could tile a kitchen like a motherfucker.
''Are anybody else's head, shoulders, knees and toes numb? Anyone? OK, just me then.'' Carl Froch after regaining consciousness three days after...
You contrarian Mancunian swine
Hehehehehe
Well, X, you cruel bastard.
Pretty much most great fighters should pass the eye test if you're being observant enough imo, even allowing for differences in knowledge and how...
I don't think anything points to Pascal being much better than Bute. End of chat for me , pal, I don't want to argue about it especially.
Though reading some of what's been said in the eye test thread, it's a fucking apt name for the thread. Arguello not passing the eye test...
Not my intention to be patronizing, sorry. I'm sure you've boxed and been involved, I'm not putting meself above you though it probably came...
Benvenuti and Froch are sort of polar opposites really. Nino was the more gifted, technically able classic stand up technician and better fighter...
Did he? There wasn't much between them overall to me. Pascal won when they fought, yeah, but Bute wasn't nearly the same after the Froch fight...
Why? Because Pascal beat Bute when they were both, Bute more so imo, past it? Or that Pascal was relevant for a bit longer? Edit: the two are...
I wasn't recapping his career though, just observing how certain fights went and briefly stating how some of his wins went over some of the...
Froch was a good solid fighter, somewhere between good and very good in terms of his overall achievement imo, though at no point was he really the...
Both highly, yeah mate. As a comparison, I dunno. Maybe like beating Sahaprom, Hasegawa, Rafa Marquez etc. I think he looks a better fighter than...
Shitting hell, the number of younger Puerto Ricans who I've seen online over the years rate fecking Cotto nevermind Trinidad above Gomez and Ortiz...
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