Not great fighters with one great attribute

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  1. Ugotabe Kidding

    Ugotabe Kidding WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    I thought of this as I recently rewatched De La Hoya vs Sturm. Overall Sturm was/is a very average fighter, but his jab must be among the best ever. He completely outjabbed Oscar, landed every time and moved Golden Boy back with it. Sturm has plenty of such displays.

    David Tua had a great left hook. Otherwise he was fat.

    Marion Wilson had a pretty solid chin.

    Add more
     
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    Ugotabe Kidding WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Then I am going to call you Slystaff from now on. So how is it?
     
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    Tex Cobb - Chin
     
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    Arturo Gatti heart
    Mickey Ward left hook to the body
    Larry Donald jab
     
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    Good one.
     
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    Ugotabe Kidding WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Now that's the spirit. Well done. Not sure about Donald though
     
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    Valuev - Height
     
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    whiskey Czarcasm

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    This one is borderline but i'll go with Randall Bailey - straight right hand
     
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    That's basically all he has going for him...
     
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    :lol:

    That's rather unfair. Tua, also had a GREAT chin and demonstrated exceptional stamina at least once in his career (when in shape).

    Bad Example.

    Zab Judah: Exceptional Handspeed.
    Julian Jackson: Exceptional Power
     
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    And the back hair.
     
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  13. Double L

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    Zab also has exceptional punching power.

    Other possibilities:

    Shavers: punching power
    Davarryl Williams: punching power
    Derrick Gainer: hand-speed
     
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    bailey leveled some folks with hooks
     
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    Bollilo Gonzalez.

    I'd nominate Antwun Echols. Basically a shit fighter, but had devestating power.
     
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    Buster Douglas - jab
     
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    Fuck. Now how am I supposed to include Vitali???? Height is all he has. Damn.
     
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    No one mentioned Chuvalo's chin? He had a few good attributes (a wicked left hook to the body among them), but that was his only truly great one.

    Johansson's right hand.

    Quartey's jab.

    Tarver's career-timing.
     
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  21. slystaff

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    Quartey had more than just a jab. Come on.
     
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    Butterbean - Weight
     
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    Not terribly much. It's a good example IMO, 80% of Quartey's entire game was his jab.
     
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    Shavers - power, seemed the most obvious one to me.
     
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    Nah...

    A guy with JUST a jab is Bruce Seldon.

    Quartey had a good chin, decent power, good movement.

    I think some of you guys see this thread differently to the way I do. I read it (and could be wrong) as a fighter that just has one great attribute and nothing else.
     
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    Fair enough, you're right. Quartey was a non-great fighter who was VERY reliant on one great attribute.:TLC:
     
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    Sly change your fucking SIG please.
     
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    sure. btw..you DO have the option of disabling the viewing of sigs you know. :shadow:
     
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