Agreed. Naseem hamed was the forerunner to Pacquiao, if you will, but Pacquiao was the FULFILLMENT of Naz's supposed potential..
Shane Mosley was a poor man's Floyd Mayweather Jnr Meldrick Taylor was a poor man's Sugar Ray Leonard Wlad Klitschko could be classified as a poor man's Lennox Lewis
Notice how I said a PRIME Hopkins. Meaning like the 97-01 version. He would have beaten the shit outta Kessler, and I'm one of the biggest Mikkel fans on the forum. Way too much diversity, and angles for the robotic Kessler to handle. And he woulda bullied Kessler on the inside as well. A prime Hopkins also does NOT lose to sloppy Joe.
Victor Ortiz is a poor man's Miguel Cotto Brandon Rios is a poor man's Jose Luis Castillo Joshua Clottey is a poor man's Winky Wright
Clottey is a more of a homless man's Marlon Starling. But yes Rios is indeed a VERY poor man's Castillo.
Only in the most superficial sense is Hamed a poor man's Pacquiao, or Corrales a poor man's Arguello. Their styles are nothing alike. Corrales never even tried to do what Arguello did. And the same goes for Hamed compared to Pacquiao. I think Berto is a poor man's Mosley. Bradley is a poor man's Taylor.
Froch is a poor mans Vitali. Two of the most unorthodox orthodox fighters I have witnessed- they both have the same hard-man, low left hand style, underrated speed, a jab that is surprisingly better than anyone seems to give them credit for. The same laconic "I'll get you...one way or the other" style. The same big dumb left-hook-right-hand "combo" and the same sneaky right hand downstairs. They also like to turn away and use their shoulder to protect their chin as they do so. Both are spiteful body punchers without having a reputation for being body-punchers, and both handle speed far better than they are perceived as doing. Oh, and you aren't stopping them with just one or two big shots. Vitali get's hit less and seems to want the KO more than Froch.
Milton McCrory is a poor man's Tommy Hearns I disagree about Frazier/Tyson because I dont think they are similar stylistically... they were both short and black, but thats about it
Maybe the Daisy Dukes trunks...? When Arguello used them they were in style....De La Hoya has no excuse...
Agreed. If anything Tua was a poor man's Frazier. Tua & Frazier were really nothing like Tyson. The biggest differance(amongst many others)... Mike could knock you dead with either hand, and not just the hook.
Loooooooong, Slender Builds, Wide Along the Backs & Shoulders, Reliance on Jabs, More of a Thinking Man's Approach to the Game, Somewhat Stiff/Robotic in their Movements...Dela was MORE Reliant on the Left Hook & ALOT Quicker, but he Always Reminded REED of Arguello, a Bit... REED:hammert:
Some similarities are there. They were compared more earlier in Oscar's career. Personally i think JM Marquez's fight style is more similar to Arguello's. That said i wouldn't call either a "poor mans" Alexis either.
Castillo-Chavez is a worthy one, yes. I have heard they used to call the young Shane Mosley, "Little Mel," (after Meldrick Taylor) in the gymnasium, sometime around the very late-80's, early-90's.
Given ODH's weak right-hand, his greath foot-work, fast jab, hand-speed? I don't see how he's in the same universe as Arguello, let alone a poor man's version of him.
And like I said... Kat is a poor man's Mancini. And oddily enough... this fight tonight was a poor man's Arguello-Mancini.
That's a good one - Kat compared to Mancini. But I wouldn't put Arguello above Marquez at this point. Marquez is in the same conversation as Arguello is.
mancini was doing a lot better early on than katsidis. aside from the knockdown he was swallowing more shots than Irish's mother on a bus full of furloughed prisoners.
This is true. Than I guess Marquez-Diaz 1 was alot closer to Arguello-Mancini. Both those fights ended in brutal KO's.
