Champs or top contenders whose accomplishments far exceeded therir skills?

Jake Rodriguez, maybe Jim Watt, Frans Botha.

 

Dariusz Michalczewski
Omar Narvaez
Gene Fullmer

 

agree with watt

glad to see ruiz on here who has a very, very good resume but lacked any skills at the top level

for those who know more about the era: would sammy angott be an option here?

 

Sam Peter & Corrie Sanders

 

^^Good calls ...But for those of you who picked Lewis,Foreman,Cuevas .atsch

And for those saying Calzaghe..Not to many Smw with his handspeed.

 

Peter? Raw power and born puncher
Sanders-Natural talent any part time boxer/golfer that went as far as him has talent,..Excellent Puncher and fast hands.

 

Duane Thomas
Eijiro Murata(?)
David Braxton
Dwight Davidson
Frank Fletcher
Renaldo Snipes.

 

Snipes big right hand

i believe ive heard Emanuel Steward himself brag about how talented Duane Thomas was and how much.:think He had some skills...Davidson had some skills in fact he ended up losing some fights he should have won,uncderachiever if anything.

Murata,David Braxton good call:good
Fletcher?? I thought had good power,but i can still go with thiis short,very flawed... just very tough.

 

Very crude & unskilled "caveman" slugger, with zero defensive skills, sloth-slow plodding footwork & ridiculously terrible headmovement.

Fast slugger, but very ragged defense & extremely dreadful stamina by any standards.

 

Everyone knows olympic gold medalists are short on boxing skill.

 

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I didnt pick Cuevas, taking into account the world class power that he had and the quality of fighters he was able to finish with it like Espada

I just considered it.

Btw as I adressed earlier you seem to be confusing skills with natural abilities like power and speed. I answered under that criteria so I might be wrong in mentioning Cuevas's power, but natural abilities really shouldnt be confused with skills.

 

Antonio Margarito



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Mike Rossman

 

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