Good call. I agree about Echols being a tough SoB. I remember he use to get a lot if fights on Friday Night fights. He was always fun to watch.
A lot of GGG's fights turned out to be him pounding some other guys face until they slowly wilted. GGG vs Murray, Rosado, Osumanu, Stevens and Monroe. GGG's power drained them and with each subsequent round it was always a question of how much more damage they can take until the ref stops the fight.
Diego Corrales rocked Garcia to his core with every single punch until the final combo. Garcia had that glazed look and blood all over his face by the end. You could see it took all his mental strength to come out for each round. He knew he had no way of winning. Corrales took his soul in that beatdown.
Trinidad vs Joppy also comes to mind. Joppy was buzzed off everything. Tito owned him every second of that fight.
Great shout on the Naz fight. He wasn't bashed and bruised, but that beating turned out to be more mental than anything.
Ward—Dawson Mayweather—Corrales Canelo has several against his lessor opponents. Being outgunned and tired against him would be pretty demoralizing.
Reading contemporary accounts in Adam Pollack's (apollack) series of books, some of Fitzsimmon's victories are harrowing to read about, most especially his middleweight challenge of Jack 'Non-Pareil Dempsey and his 1900 K.O. of Gus Ruhlin.
No, he didn’t. Joppy was competitive when he wasn’t hitting the deck and showed a lot of heart. I think he threw more and landed more than Tito.