Dirtiest fighters who seem to not be recognized for being dirty fighters

Definitely the Williams fight. I even recall him going in with the head a couple of times too.

 

Fres Oquendo man. In the Clifford Etienne fight and the Chris Byrd fight and all of his other fights, he threw directly roundhouses to the back of the head. Just blatant. A boomerang shot. Noone really knows him as being dirty. I'm sure even the elusive Byrd was hit by a rabbit punch or two. Fast fres made a career off of this though. However he had a granite chin, great conditioning, was a small heavyweight and could mos def stick and move. Idk really remember the Holyfield fight? And how it played out? Two dirty fighters, one leading with his head, the other hitting on the back of the head. But that's a better question asked to saukrates lol.

 

My favorite, Big George, constantly pushed his opponents away to get room to punch, but except for a small cadre of dedicated detractors, never gets called on it much.

Miguel Cotto (another of my favorites) got into trouble with an in-good-form Zab Judah and delivered a wicked hook to the nuts to gain some breathing room, which ultimately lead to Cotto turning it around and winning by stoppage (if memory serves). I don't see him chastised much for that and it was pretty dirty, moreso because of the calculation involved.

Guys like Bhop and Andre Ward and Joel Casamayor catch plenty of flack, so that's what I have to say about that here.

The big guys who are allowed by shitty officiating to drape themselves over the backs of smaller opponents that eventually become exhausted and succumb are not given anywhere near enough stick, if you ask me. Lookin at you Wlad and you, Lennox, and you too Manny, who taught them to do it and who's sacred cow status (probably earned) protects the ongoing practice.

 

Was far from the only time Gomez hit a felled opponent, too.

 

Bad Bennie used his head as much as his fists. I wouldn't be surprised if a few of his KOs were headbutts!

 

I'm truly surprised that only one person mentioned him in passing the notorious fouling machine so called Son of God Andre Ward. There wasn't a dirty trick in the book he didn't use yet never got punished for any of it mainly I guess because he rarely travelled away from the "benefits" of home. Headbutting like a Billy Goat was a speciality of his. The guy he beat in the Super Six tournament whose face looked like someone slashed him with a razor ,his name defeats me at the moment, sad it was all damage from his head. Then the salvos he repeatedly launched on Kovalevs testes while Weekes looked the other way was another version. He made Andrew Golota look like a choir boy

 

Via the actual criteria Michael Spinks fits, particularly his use of the elbows.

 

Jeff Chandler made effective use of the forearm in close. Didn't seem particularly concerned about making sure his shots were above the beltline, either.

 

B-Hop was known to sneak in short low blows and belt line shots when the ref was on the opposite side and unable to see.

He was really good at this which tells me he must have practiced.

 

I remember the fight inbetween Andre Ward and Edwin Rodriguez was as dirty as could be.

I believe it was after referee Jack Reiss was hit he deducted 2 points from both fighters and let them know 1 more point and he will disqualify both of them .
I also believe he fined them aswell.

I still remember Ward thanking him for setting him straight after the fight.

 

LOL Ward didn't stop fouling though did he

 

That is true, the only time I can recall Wilfredo Gomez ever hitting a downed opponent too. I suppose it was from the excitement of decking a well known adversary.

 

Actually both of them stopped and it cleaned up after that.

Jack Reiss had that double dq cocked and loaded and they both knew it.

He was pissed that he got hit. Lol

 

Mccallum always seemed to go below the belt. Not even all were nut-shots. He'd deliberately aim for his opponents hip to weaken them and use his lanky build and bodypunching to cover it up.

 

Lol I bet he was