Best at creating great punching angles?

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  1. Foxy 01

    Foxy 01 Boxing Junkie banned

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    Hamed.
    Toney.
    Duran.
     
  2. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    Can't believe no-one's mentioned Hank Armstrong already. Granted they came from an insane workrate more so than setting up but they came thick and fast from every which way.
     
  3. Senya13

    Senya13 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Roy Jones Jr used angles better than anyone I've seen on film.
     
  4. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Duran was the first fighter to come to mind in this particular category. But a shout out also to former featherweight contender Frankie Crawford who simply had a knack for spinning his opponent into the ropes and making him pay on the counter.
     
  5. Knights107

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    Ali belong there too.

    Accuracy, timing, precision.
     
  6. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    I think Golovkin is good at this. Marquez?
     
  7. The Funny Man 7

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    Wilfredo Gomez, when he was focused and at his peak, was also the perfect convergence of speed, power, mobility, fluidity, and intelligence. He had a brilliant knack for almost finding his way into the ideal lanes from which to unload.

    Michael Spinks' intuitive brilliance with angles allowed him to get away with throwing some goofy, awkward looking punches at time.
     
  8. Gannicus

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    1. Lomachenko
    2. Pacquiao
    EDIT: Hamed, too.
     
  9. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Camacho for sure (Louie Loy) and Howard Davis Jr both of whom fell victim to Hector's speedlicious attacks from the blind side (a speed so great that neither could get any offense started - shades of Roy Jones Jr!)
     
  10. bcr

    bcr Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Can you recommend me some fights?
     
  11. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I imagine you are referring to Crawford. Here is the link to his first fight with Mando Ramos

    https://youtu.be/1pMZfEh9CNQ

    I recommend watching it in its entirety, but I just re-watched the first round and he actually does it to Ramos twice within the last 20 seconds of the round. The first one quite physically, but most of the time using Mando's momentum. A really good fight here and again, I recommend watching it in its entirety.
     
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  12. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Watch Duran vs Palomeno and moorer
     
  13. Vanboxingfan

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    I think you meant to say "Palomino and Moore"

    There's actually a huge discrepancy in the amount Duran gets hit between the two. He was a far more effective fighter against Palomino, in fact it was in infighting clinic. But in both fights, he could make a fighter miss, and/or roll with a punch, and be in position to come back firing.
     
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  14. bcr

    bcr Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Thanks, Mando is a really great fighter, so watch this is great.
     
  15. richdanahuff

    richdanahuff Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The ones that come to mind is in order of IMO best to worst

    Lomanchenko- Just an incredible fighter he creates more angles than any fighter I have even seen. He control range, angle and distance better than any of these fighters below.

    Pernell SP Whittaker
    RJJ
    FMM
    Camacho
    Tyson
    Duran
    GGG
    Paq
    Nunn

    These were only the modern fighters
    From reading and video

    Corbett
    Greb
    Johnson
    SRR
    Pep
    Tunney
    Armstrong