Golovkin vs Mike McCallum

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GGG vs Bodysnatcher

  1. GGG

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  2. Bodysnatcher

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  1. bjl12

    bjl12 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    GGG definitely beats McCallum. McCallum seemed kind of basic tbh (I'm not expert on that era)
     
    bjl12, Dec 6, 2023
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  2. Mark Anthony

    Mark Anthony Vargas was not an elite fighter Full Member

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    No he had a tricky lead hand and a really long reach, good at slipping shots too.
     
    Mark Anthony, Dec 6, 2023
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  3. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    Basic?

    No, he wasn’t in any way basic.

    He was an absolute technician.

    A great boxer with a tremendous skill set.

    No, GGG would not definitely have beaten him.

    Based on what exactly?

    He wasn’t as skilled as Mike, he never beat anyone as good as Mike and he struggled with lesser fighters.
     
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  4. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    Go and watch the first Toney fight.

    Two great technicians playing chess.
     
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  5. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran

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    Have i read this right,McCallum basic? Unbelievable
     
    Noel857, Dec 6, 2023
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    Listed as 76 inches in Toney I. I am going to run with that from now on. Long arms but not quite Hearns tier long.
     
    No_name_tard, Dec 7, 2023
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  7. RJJFan

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    Lol
     
    RJJFan, Dec 7, 2023
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    McCallum was far from basic. He was a high level boxing technician who makes GGG look basic in comparison. The complete fighter.

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  9. Loudon

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    A crazy post.
     
    Loudon, Dec 7, 2023
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    RJJFan Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    MMA fan.
     
    RJJFan, Dec 7, 2023
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  11. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Saying that of a fighter with 0 defences of the undisputed title doesn't really make sense to me.
     
    Bokaj, Dec 8, 2023
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  12. Mark Anthony

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    Depends on who he`s defending against and how strong the division was in the late 80`s.
     
    Mark Anthony, Dec 8, 2023
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  13. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No, it has nothing to do with that because it has nothing to with the late 80's or McCallum.

    In of itself it's ludicrous to say that someone who never made a defence of the lineal or undisputed title has the most defences ever.
     
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    I'm a bit of a rose-tinted-older-generation-fighters-were-better-than-today's-so-there-spectacles-type guy, so I pick McCallum.

    So there.
     
    Levook, Dec 8, 2023
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  15. Grinder

    Grinder Dude, don't call me Dude Full Member

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    Blanket generalisations like "There's no way a welter moving up could rock GGG" are false. McCallum had a granite chin and faced harder and more talented punchers than GGG. Everyone can get rocked, even by people moving up in weight.
     
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