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

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  1. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    the ****?
     
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  2. Flo_Raiden

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    Myung Woo Yuh. Wasn’t the fastest fighter or had power but he was a damn hard working fighter who was also skilled technically.
     
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  3. Sting like a bean

    Sting like a bean Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Never mind. I might be thinking of a conversation I had with someone else. You changed your avatar, and that threw me off.
     
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  4. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    That's a real thing.

    Of course, having an avatar of Hagler wearing a cravat provides for me the ultimate moral authority.
     
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  5. Sting like a bean

    Sting like a bean Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    "Every fighter that is world class is either very fast or has a good jaw. Can anyone disprove that?"

    That's actually quite an intruiging categorical claim. I'm going to have to think on that see if I can come up with exceptions. (Nobody springs to mind off the cuff...)
     
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  6. Big Red

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    Purely on technical skill is hard to do. For instance a lot of boxers have very good technical skill so if they have a physical advantage, reflex, endurance, chin, speed, power or something else on a boxer who has only great technical skill and nothing else he is in for a tough fight.

    But I would say Monzon and Hopkins achieved a lot and were not that fast or powerful.
     
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  7. red cobra

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    Miguel Canto
    Tommy Loughran
    Joey Giardello (though he went through a "punchers phase" back in the 50's.)
    Harold Johnson
    Willie Pastrano
    Nicolino Locche
    Billy Conn
    Joey Maxim
     
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  8. red cobra

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    I forgot Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom.
     
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  9. Grapefruit

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    Jersey joe Walcott
    Bernard Hopkins
    Joe calzaghe
    Max schmeling
    Tyson fury unless you count his size and reach
     
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  10. JohnThomas1

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    Benny Leonard had immense technical skill.
     
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  11. Longhhorn71

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    Slapsie Maxie might have been considered for an "Oscar", based on all those "B" movies he appeared in.

    Many movie titles here:
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0742438/
     
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  12. red cobra

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    Appreciate this LH:beer-toast1:
     
    red cobra, Jun 22, 2018
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  13. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    lol
     
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  14. escudo

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    Ward's inside game was leagues better than anybody he fought. Above average chin too. Many would have gone out to that Kovalev straight right.
     
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  15. escudo

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    Locche and Pep had freakish reflexes.
     
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