Fighters who made the ring extremely small for their opponents

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  1. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    That fight proved me how great Spinks really was. He spent the day opening the ring up and beating Qawi to the punch. It was close and its a shame the rematch never happened, but Spinks was better that night at least. This fight is vastly underrated and arguably better than Hagler vs Duran later that year.

    I was ten...where did time go? Lol!
     
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    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Just a suggestion: it's not as fun when you name more than one person, leave some for the rest of us :jaja-no:

    I'm gonna say Bennie Briscoe, I'd really hate to have that heat on me for 15 rounds......................
     
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    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    Another one who never let you room to maneuver a lot was Ray Boom Boom Mancini.

    He could be outboxed but he was always on top of the lesser great opponents.

    For example see his fight with (a much older version of) Bobby Chacon.

    And, talking about Mancini, I know you cant probably call him a ring cutter but Hector Macho Camacho said a few times he cut rings off opponents...
     
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    Sorry lol
     
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    I'm kidding, it's all in good fun :lol:
     
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    Valuev, only because there was little room to move after he got in the ring.