Emile Griffith v Mike McCallum @154

There was a thread about Rodriguez vs curry...

And it's nice to know that past prime Curry is leagues better than a prime Rodriguez.

 

LMR is the best fighter I can think of to throw Curry's radar off. The best.

Stopped Mundine quicker than Monzon. Choppy enough to inflict cut stoppages on Bahamas and Benton (first man to stop Benton in fact) and we have footage of him dropping middleweights heavily with single shots.

 

Curry had 1 loss at the time he faced McCallum, how many losses did Griffith/Rodriguez and all the other guys, you wank over have? Because you never usually let losses affect your judgement of pre 80s fighters do you?

Rodriguez had respectable power but certainly not devastating from the fights I've seen him in. His KO over Moyer and Mundine being his best KOs I think. And no I've not seen Rodriguez's wins over the journeymen Armstrong/Falech, have you? If so why do you think it's pertinent to how he'd do against a P4P no1?

And you make it sound like it's easy to KO Curry based on a couple of KO losses. Does everyone KO Rodriguez based on his KO loss to Benvenuti? Ofcourse not.

 

I've never said Curry was even better than Rodriguez, let alone a league better. And was Curry that much past prime or did McCallum derail Curry's comeback and kill his momentum, I'd go with the latter.

Well Flea and Littlered didn't want to make a pick back then, they obviously found it a laughable match up. Hardly got many picks for either to be fair.

http://www.boxingforum24.com/showthread.php?t=437318

 

Having watched him I said he's a lighter hitter and I stand by it. He has some decent KO wins, so does Mayweather Jr, who is also never a brutal puncher.

And I'll take that as you ****ing off with your tail between you're legs. Curry-Rodriguez is a fair comparison, even if you are on your blob and consider Rodriguez better.

 

Littlered and I did post in that thread.....and I'm sure we both agreed that LMR wOuld be kryptonite for Don...unless that was a different thread.

 

Falech and Armstrong have survived on film by the way.

 

:verysad Mixed signals.

 

I don't think Griffith would be able to take a fight with MCCallum inside too much, he could do that to the Welter's he was mostly stronger than when he needed to, but that side of his game wasn't the same against middleweights.

He wasn't really able to dictate things inside even with Benvenuti who was quite mediocre there, because of the extra range and strength involved.Generally he had to rely on his cuteness and boxing ability to win fights at middle...or would against boiled down huge McCallum at 154 i'm guessing.

Griffith was a strong *******, but he was no Carmen Basilio by any means who could get even middleweight bulls like Fullmer to utilise movement.

Very close fight though.

 

Curry did look rejuvenated vs McCallum to be fair to Power.

he was very impressive looking, though being as it's only one fight and he didn't look good before it against Montgomery and Santos and was in full on decline afterward, it's tough to say how the Curry that fought Mike would do against the field at 154.