Was Azumah Nelson better than Gene Fullmer P4P?

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  1. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Like he did Pat Cowdell Mark?
     
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  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Nelson would have handled Cowdell better than Sanchez did, and would've stopped him sooner than the last round. ;)
     
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  3. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Sanchez would have out-boxed Jim better than Nelson did before stopping him, I`m not doubting Nelson`s power, it`s just hiis boxing was very limited v McDonald.
     
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  4. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Sanchez was more skilled than Nelson but Nelson destroyed Cowdell with raw power, McDonald largely thwarted Nelson`s power before gassing badly.
     
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  5. ChrisJS

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    Sanchez-Cowdell was very competitive. Nelson-Cowdell wasn’t.
     
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  6. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    That`s cause Nelson caught Cowdell early with a great shot, I`m talking about skill level not power, McDonald dealt with Nelson`s power far better than Cowdell did.
     
    mark ant, Dec 11, 2020
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  7. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Nelson didn`t look better v Laporte than Sanchez did because Laporte could handle Nelson`s power better than Cowdell could.
     
    mark ant, Dec 11, 2020
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  8. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Nelson didn`t handle Laporte better than Sanchez did.
     
    mark ant, Dec 11, 2020
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  9. JohnThomas1

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    That's a huge guess Mark. Whitaker was putting on absolute clinics at that stage of his career. He would have beaten Sal handily i bet.
     
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  10. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    No way.
     
    mark ant, Dec 11, 2020
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  11. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Agreed .. I think Nelson is an all time great fighter nd grossly underrated here .. It would not shock me if a prime Nelson beat Sanchez ..
     
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    The prime Whitaker was an exceptional fighter .. he went years off his career defending titles and hardly losing a round . While Sanchez would offer a different stylistic matchup for Whitaker than Nelson the fact remains that while Sanchez was a terrific featherweight, Whitaker was an exceptional lightweight and would have defeated Sanchez definitively ..
     
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  13. El Gallo Negro

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    hands down he was
     
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  14. Drew101

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    Yeah, pretty clearly.
     
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  15. JohnThomas1

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    Sal never had a serious fight at junior lightweight let alone lightweight you know? Noway could you be so confident given the facts. Pretty big ask moving up two divisions to take on what is possibly a top 2 H2H lightweight ever (certainly unequivocally top 5 imo) and one who has all the stylistic advantages besides size.

    Speed and slickness of an ATG level was a pretty handy thing to have against a Sanchez going up two divisions.
     
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