Fighters that looked terrible but were good fighters.

Honestly, I think Morales has looked amazing in the ring during his last two bouts. Doesn't look in great shape, but no fighter currently gets me more excited when they step it up a level or two than Morales does.

Although saying that, Morales does tend to show his opponent that he is switching to the body a very long time before he does.

"I'm going to the body now, look, I'm going to punch you in the body. I am giving you a chance, I can't telegraph the punch any more." Yet he still lands said shot. :deal

 

Darchinyan looks like a drunken, constipated crab trying to **** and fight at the same time but he's a lot harder for most fighters to contend with than they imagine or to ever guess, even with his power aside, what the hell he's doing. He can telegraph the hell out of a punch and make it's trajectory so ****ed up it doesn't matter and still blast you. He moves so strangely, it makes it hard for most guys to read. He's the perfect example of effectiveness=skill, and crabshits all over the aesthetics=skill notion. Donaire is the only guy that had him read perfectly. Even Kong had stretches where he was going "Wait, what the **** is this?".

 

Butterbean, underneath the wobbly physique lies the heart of a lion and essence of a champion.

 

When i first saw the question i was really thinking long and hard and then i read down a bit and saw this post.

/cosign

 

On a serious note, you could of added James Toney to that list a little while ago, don't think I'd get away with that now.

 

I have to agree with Boxed Ears about Darcinyan. Vic looks like he's having some sort of seizure much of the time, but I've lost track of how many world titles he's held.

 

When Darchinyan was signed to fight Mijares who was touted as a potential p4p fighter i figured Vic had a chance to win by KO while being soundly outboxed.

But he soundly outboxed the boxer and knocked him out too.
NEVER thought id see that happen.

 

I don't necessarily think so, but some of the men below might fit most people's criteria.

Merqui Sosa
Freddie Mills
Bazooka Limon
Sung-Kil Moon
Max Baer
Paul Fuji
Tony DeMarco
Pipino Cuevas
Danny Lopez
Chartchai Chionoi

 

What about Froch, Vitali, Hamed? basically awkward fighters that look weird in the ring but are extremely effective.

 

I'll take it you mean "Prince" Naseem Hamed?! :think
He only looked extreemly awkward, but also very, very athletic, fast and accurate... I never saw him look what someone would call "bad" in the ring.

 

hmm I guess youre right he was never bad except one fight.