Holman Williams vs Luis Manuel Rodriguez: Greater Fighter

With Johnny Nelson

 

Ah, yes, forgot about "The Entertainer" Nelson. :good

 

As promised for the cobra

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I_7rtTHMrg[/ame]

 

This is good stuff, people. I'll be checking that out soon, Flea. :thumbsup

 

Thanks for posting Flea! Great to see. I still thinking LMR takes some scalps in Holman's era. He would make his presence felt...Too great a fighter not to. LMR bounces in and gets his punches off so fast inside, then bounces out of range...Very difficult to fight.

 

Agreed, fantastic operator.

 

Burley and Williams' era is overrated. It was amazing....but not any better than the 60s.

So in fact their era isn't overrated, but the 60s is underrated.

 

The chicken bit isn't as funny without the pic...

 

Absolutely!...I've always thought myself in the minority here.But have always thought the 60's were epic in the welter/middle ranks. Truly shark infested waters. If someone pointed a gun at me and told me to choose one...would have to go with the 40's...BUT if you would throw a LMR into the forties, he wins his share IMO. I rate LMR and Griffith probably higher that most around here...impressed with both.

 

Havent seen Williams so i cant properly judge him as a fighter. As for Rodriguez he looks very good/great on film. Have to go with El Feo here.

 

Great post!

 

Not only is it not as funny without it, it's not funny at all without it.

Twasn't a great bit to begin with anyway. Decent thread this one though. I don't have a whole great many of those.

 

It's alright. At least your ***** can still turn lead into gold.

 

Cheers Al!

 

The problem with a comparison like this is the lack of footage on one side.

boxing isn't often a sport that can support a genuinely detailed debate in light of that.Certainly in cases where it should be clear we are discussing fighters on a relatively similar level of accomplishment\ability.

In the case of these two you don't even have the usal fall back of being able to acknowledge the pre-50s fighter would be quite a bit more proven against varying styles.

I think it would be overwhelming hubris to go around REALLY thinking you know who is the better of the two without having seen them actually fight each other a few times.