More Skilled: Canto or Napoles?

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by George Crowcroft, Dec 31, 2019.


More Skilled?

  1. Napoles

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    60.0%

  2. Canto

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    40.0%
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  1. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The answer is still Napoles
     
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  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Sure you can. I started watching boxing a little before I got into practicing it, although my dad, godmother and grandad all loved the sport so I was around it when I was a little kid. I GGG-Jacobs was the first fight I watched, with the intent to watch it, in 2017.
     
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    ****ing awesome posts fella.

    They got me through a difficult ****.

    Hope more see em!
     
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    Have you seen my 'The Threads' yet? There's one coming either later today or tomorrow morning.
     
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    Nah man can't say I have.

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  7. 88Chris05

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    Tough one, love watching the pair of them.

    Canto lacked genuine power, but that's all he lacked. As smooth as they come in terms of movement, great speed, timing and accuracy, with balletic footwork. He didn't 'run' as a lot of his critics claim. He controlled the range on the back foot but was pretty much always in the scoring range and in position to counter when his opponent missed.

    That said, I'm going with Napoles - just. Call it a styles preference, I guess. His movement was a bit less flashy and deliberate than Canto's, but there's something about the way he carried the fight to his opponent in such a controlled yet at the same time spiteful manner, while still evading shots by mere inches, that I can't get enough of. Also carried a more venomous punch than Canto with having his own great balance.

    So Napoles for me.
     
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