Skillwise is Lara top 10 P4P of the past decade?

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  1. Chitown

    Chitown Active Member Full Member

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    Cant think of a whole lot better than him for the decade as a whole. Extremely hard to beat. Never having even lost very clearly despite some top guys.

    Not the best resume unless you're including some draws/SD losses you had for him (Castano, Canelo, Williams). but he's more skilled than Rigo's overrated ass IMO.
     
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  2. OvidsExile

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

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    Probably. If not top 10 then at least top 15. Him and Rigondeaux may be the greatest wastes of boxing talent since the fall of the Soviet Union. Up there with guys like Teofilo Stevenson, Felix Savon, Laszlo Papp, Mario Kindelan. It's a shame that Lara and Golovkin never got it on.
     
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  3. DobyZhee

    DobyZhee Loyal Member

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    Talented journeymen..
     
  4. Chitown

    Chitown Active Member Full Member

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    There's a lot of great Cuban talent coming right now so hopefully they make us forget about those 2.
     
  5. Presenting-Fight-Film

    Presenting-Fight-Film Active Member Full Member

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    No, skill isn't just being able to box on the outside
     
  6. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    More skilled than Rigo lol. That's funny.
     
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  7. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    Very good fighter. Arguably never lost.
     
  8. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    #15. Wladimir Klitschko
    #14. Juan Fransisco Estrada
    #13. Kazuto Ioka
    #12. Nonito Donaire
    #11. Canelo Alvarez
    #10. Naoya Inoue
    #09. Ivan Calderon
    #08. Guillermo Rigondeaux
    #07. Juan Manuel Marquez
    #06. Terence Crawford
    #05. Manny Pacquiao
    #04. Vasyl Lomachenko
    #03. Oleksandr Usyk
    #02. Roman Gonzalez
    #01. Floyd Mayweather Jr


    Sooooooo.... no
     
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  9. Mod-Mania

    Mod-Mania Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You got Canelo on the list and not Lara even though Lara was robbed blind against him.
     
  10. Mod-Mania

    Mod-Mania Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He's skilled but he's certainly not more skilled than Rigo.
     
  11. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    1) he wasn't robbed blind, he arguably should've gotten the better of an extremely close fight; 2) that wouldn't make him more skilled.

    Canelo has shown far more facets to his game across his career than Lara has. He's more skilled offensively and defensively. Lara has a better jab and better movement.
     
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  12. Mod-Mania

    Mod-Mania Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Canelo landed about 10 legit punches in that fight the rest of the time he hit fresh air, elbows and forearms. He won? Do me a favour.
     
  13. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    And Lara did next to nothing more except run.

    See how easy it is to make **** up?
     
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  14. Ike-Man

    Ike-Man Active Member Full Member

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    Very Good fighter on his day but a little inconsistent, robbed blind against Williams and Canelo also thought he edged Castano but i thought he lost clearly to Hurd who's been exposed since and journeyman Molina.
     
  15. f1ght3rz

    f1ght3rz Ronaldoooo is crying in his caaaaaar Full Member

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    Yes he is. And he's probably the most avoided fighter too. But he can be lazy. But skill 4 skill he's one of the best guys of the past decade for sure.