This guy is my new favourite poster. It's okay man, I remember when I first got into boxing - I didn't know **** either. The key is to read and watch as much as you can and always try to learn about and compare styles and attributes. Keep watching and reading abou the sport and you'll have something to contribute in no time.
i hate it when posters make arguments that have nothing to do with what we can actually see happening in the ring but what they've decided must be true after some bizarre logical reasoning it's like saying that Vitali must have awesome technical skills because he's not easy to outbox when we can plainly see on film that he's as far from being a technician as it gets.
The Klitschko's are one-dimensional. They're effective and have had fantastic careers, but complete fighters they are not.
Philly and New Jersey fighters, old skool baby: Smokin Joe, Giardello, Briscoe, Matthew Saad Muhammad and Dwight Muhammad Qawi ( Camden, NJ, pratcilaly South Philly), Bowie Fisher, Bernard Hopkins, Larry Holmes ( Easton, close by in Pennsylvania), SRR fought 20 times in Philly. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z2DtNW79sQ[/ame] And Michigan fighters: Thomas Hearns, Milton Mcrory, Pinklon Thomas, james Toney, Floyd Sr, Roger and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Hopkins- the definition of old school, like a John Wayne, or Clark Gable, or better yet- Grace Kelly.
Tell me why not? He lost to Curry and caught cold and best light Middle ever Mike Mccallum. He was not in his prime or division when he lost to Aquino ( MD) or to Velasquez.
Enjoy, my fiend. Have a nice time while he is fighting. Roberto Duran didn't even give a touch of gloves to Benitez after their fight while you heard what Tarver, Pascal, Dawson, everybody had to say.
McCrory was a decent welterweight, but never struck me as somebody incredibly well rounded - certainly not among the best of all-time in that regard. He had a nice jab and good outside/stand-up boxing ability, but lacked in other areas and wasn't a master at multiple ranges or particularly versatile.