How do you follow the footsteps of Monzon?You simply can't and thats a huge reason why Corro was not appreciated by his fellow Argentines.
The Antuofermo fight ruined his reputation.A pathetic display over the last third ruined a winnable fight for him...one of the worst distance performances from a middleweight champ in the history of the division. Got to give him credit for fighting and beating the avoided Harris though.Ronnie choked against the home crowd, but Corro still had to give a solid display to earn the decision.And Valdez was still dangerous even if he had faded enough to be more of a Tito level middle than he was in the mid-70s. I think there are plenty of other defensive minded fighters that did it better than Corro who still don't get much recognition.His countryman Accavallo was a clearly superior craftsman with a similar "colourless" style for instance. That said he was good enough that i think he might have had a long run had he been around recently.Better than Taylor, Pavlik, Martinez etc though he might not have beat all had he fought them in close proximity to each other.The kind of fighter too that i'd like to see Golovkin beat comfortably before even discussing him against some of the next couple of levels of stylists the division has seen.
I was terribly disappointed in him for his performance in the Antuofermo fight...it's like he just got tired of fighting and did basically nothing at all in those last five rounds. He could have, I'm convinced, beaten Vito rather easily had he at least tried. He sullied his reputation hopelessly with that showing....so much so that some who follow boxing can't take him seriously.....which is a real shame, because he had it in him to be a rather good champion. He may have rued the day that he beat Vito however, if he had ....because waiting for him down the pike was Marvelous Marvin, who had contempt for him from the very start, referring to him as a "sissy"....and in fact, his fellow Argentines didn't take to him that much either, referring to him as "shiny", meaning that he just seemed too complacent, and too willing to just win the way of the "Mendoza School" of Argentine boxing, that is, by using a bloodless, safety first, overly defensive style. He also was seen smiling after the decision was announced after the Vito fight, and that didn't set too well with the Argentine public, especially since they were used to having a champion's champion, Monzon, represent them.
I agree, it's not fashionable to say this, but I think he would have beaten any of those guys....easily.
