Name a fighter who achieved greatness PURELY ON "technical" SKILL ...

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  1. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Locche, like Whitaker, wasn't strong but had freakish reflexes.
     
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  2. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    It didn't hurt that Arguello was bout six inches taller and had arms a foot longer than everyone he was fighting either.
     
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  3. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yep. And JMM wasn't a standout in any physical sense either.
     
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  4. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Marquez had good reach at 126/130 at least and pretty good power.
     
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  5. ticar

    ticar Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Juan Diaz, Povetkin, Ward, Bhop, JMM
     
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  6. janitor

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    He seems to have hit like a truck!
     
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  7. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Kalambay
     
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  8. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Willie Pep was fast as a **** ducking five years probation.

    How about James Toney?

    Quick but not fast.

    Made good angles, not a puncher.

    Had that granite chin tho?
     
    McGrain, Jun 22, 2018
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  9. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Waaaaaaaaaaaait...Miguel Canto?
     
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  10. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Benny Lynch could swat, not exactly slow but not fast for a fly.
     
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  11. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Kid Gavilan!
     
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  12. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Your mama!
     
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  13. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Joey Maxim? How fast do we think he was for a light-heavy?

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    McGrain, Jun 22, 2018
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  14. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Your mama's so fat she gets called a modern Super Heavyweight, that champions of decades past would stand no chance against.
     
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  15. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Vernon Forrest? Too many Kos?
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