He's a really good, steady fighter imo, more so than a highly skilled one or excellent talent. Solid fundamentals and grasp of the basics in terms...
What Pea said earlier. The more mobile, jab-orientated and technically fluid but lighter hitting types of stylists ranging between excellent and...
Ooooh George you villain!
Agreed. He looked a better fighter around the time he won the title for the reasons you mentioned. Better shot selection, timing, variety,...
I forgot Chris Smith! Him bringing Jofre and Harada to the States has given him legendary status to me, and his stuff with Jofre, Zarate and good...
I've asked John Thomas at ESB to come over, he's a top poster.
I do think they were all better suited, power aside, as boxer punchers due to not being elusive or disciplined enough as stick and movers by and...
Good observations George. Some of them hit harder than the others I think. Winstone and McGowan were light hitters imo, though McGowan had spite...
If we're talking power with Echols and Letterlough I'd add Ezra Sellars and Randall Bailey from around that time. Pat Barrett from the earlier...
I'm due to go back and rewatch a bit of Carbajal tbh, it's been awhile. I remember him being being a better finisher earlier in his career when he...
Gonzalez at minimum and light-fly was a top finisher but dropped off a bit at fly and even more at superfly where his power was diminished...
Yeah, I think he's a cracking finisher too, pal. I've slept on how good he is in general tbh, just a really smart, versatile technician with a...
That you, Flea, you sneaky dog?
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Some of the mainstream lists of the best British fighters make me wince.
Yeah, Kyle is about three years younger than me iirc. I personally like showing my useless knowledge off to myself in the mirror when I'm having...
He was like you and rough diamond back in the day, sort of a teenage prodigy. Him, Manassa and GPater. I was young myself, me, Flea, Russell et al...
I do like an online offer to meet up and fight a complete stranger, the sheer dumbfuckery has to be applauded. I usually imagine it being like...
Yeah, spill it lads. Anyhow, Sammy Mandell beat Jackie Fields, Rocky Kansas, Billy Petrolle, Tony Canzoneri, Jimmy McClarnin, Johnny Dundee and...
Yeah, he was a great, great fighter and is definitely underrated relative to his achievements. Like you say, his record and longevity are freakish.
Nice one, Flo is indeed a really good poster. There are still plenty of good posters over on ESB but the nobs spoil it. John_Thomas and Philly I...
Just been rewatching Laciar dismantle the skilled and talented Mathebula. Mini Galindez and a cracking little fighter.
X, I'm generally not a fan of saying if fighter x had been such and such, had a bigger punch, a better chin or whatever etc, but Winstone really...
Pascual Perez in the 50s at fly. It was a mediocreish era but he cleaned it out and left no stone unturned. Whitaker cleaned up house in the late...
Yeah that's a great finish by Becerra, he just explodes into it. Halimi was a damned good fighter too, Becerra looks tremendous in that fight....
A lot of the lower weight old timers from about 1900 to 1925. It's not my area of expertise compared to some but there tens of dozens of fighters...
I saw this after I posted above, X, ha.
Angott and Saddler beating Pep, though both were great fighters and Saddler was remarkably lucky not to be disqualified at least once. Salido...
Not that I'd necessarily disagree that Laguna's win over Ortiz holds more weight than DeJesus's over Duran, but Ortiz was badly prepared for the...
A wind-dried puffin
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