The Perfect Boxer-Puncher - Yuri Arbachakov

Been wathcing some tapes of Yuri Arbackakov (courtesy of RagingB(_)ll) and i saw some interesting things.

When you say 'Boxer-Puncher' to me i instantly think of Alexis Arguello, to me he is the epitome of the Boxer-Puncher style. He was the patient boxer who in his case looked to counter behind his long jab like the boxer but also looked to hurt his opponent and was relentless in finishing him like the puncher. But he was not the perfect Boxer-Puncher as it signifies a whole range of varieties on the style but Arguello was abit more puncher than boxer.

Others would say Thomas Hearns is the best boxer puncher but i feel he was either a boxer or a puncher. He seemed to either look to bomb a guy out or to box his head off he never really managed to combine the two aspects into one style. Others might say Carlos Ortiz or Jose Napoles, the debate is endless.

However, i think i have found THE boxer-puncher. His name is Yuri Arbachakov a long time WBC Flyweight champion in the 1990's. He was a brillaint Soviet amateur but moved to Asia to start his professional career a he felt it was a better area for lighter weight fighters.

His style is brillaint to watch an almost perfect textbook boxer. He keeps his hands high, his feet the sme distance apart etc... In other words he has excellant fundamentals. Besides from this he had brillaint movement and excellant technical skills in both offence and defence. He came forward just as good as he did as he boxed on his back foot. He combined this all well to be a brilliant boxer, but what he also had was genuine concussive 1 punch power, especially in his right, which is rare for such a little guy. It made him in my eyes the best Boxer-Puncher.

He wasnt too much of a boxer or a puncher he combined it well. He would box to suss out his opponent and measure him before boxing to try and set up his punching and combinations. When he did set up his shots he would come into life with a hard straight right that often finished off his opponents with one decisive blow. When he got his opponent hurt he went about his work with the clean, effective almost hitman like precision. He would slowly pick the helpless opponent apart with hard, vicious blows usually resulting in the end.

Now Arbackakov dosent usually get mentioned alot among fight fans, this is because a general lack of knowledge in him. He was an Asian-based Flyweight, and most fight fans are more in tune with the American based heavier weights which is a great shame as greats like Arbackakov and others like Yoko Gushiken, Myung Woo Yuh and Jung-Koo Chang are almsot forgotten about.

 

Thanks

atsch how did i forget Louis i think he is definitly a contender to be the perfect boxer-puncher as him arguello and Williams are all very similar. Personally i think Arguello was slightly more fluid and relaxed (not the right word there though) than Louis.

Havent watched the Arbachakov vs Chin but i have it, i will watch it now and report back. You wouldnt happen to have a link to the thread where you and Mante discussed it as i would be interestedin seeing your views on it. Maybe i will see that thing he is missing. What i liek about him is the way hes boxing along nicely then he all of a sudden has his guy in trouble and is picking him off if anything its slightly more boxer than puncher.

As for Midget Wolgast KO1 i cant say i can disagree

 

Yes i see that he coasted somewhat. I think it was more he fought to the level of hsi opponent or wasunmotivated by his opponent in the Kittikasum fight (the first one) he really did a job on him IMO but in the return it was a much closer fight with arbackakov doing alot less work.

I havent seen much of Ohba (about 3 rounds or so) so i cant really comment on it.

 

thanks Mcgrain will watch it just now

 

yes i would say so

sounds interesting but i dont know who it is


Comments on the Chin Fight:

It was a good fight i thought Arbachakov was quite poor in it though. Although he showed flashes of excellance he was generally lackadasical (which ill explain later). He did show some truly great moves, the first KD was whilst he was moving backwards!, the second KD was in the middle of a trade he had the cool and the wits about him to land a pinpoint left uppercut-right hand combination, and in the 9th he was on the inside and stepped across China and planted an excellant right hand on Chins Chin.

Also I thought he engaged Chin far too much on the inside, the weakest part of arbackakovs game is the inside and he seemed to be over eager to engae inside. Chin got his best sucess inside and Arbachakov got his best on the outside but still Yuri sometimes iniated inside trades.

I thougth it was a good fight had it 117-108 Yuri but i thought it was a close competitve fight throughout just that Yuri seemed to hurt or drop him in key moments to win rounds although every round was close and competitve and well fought. Is Yun Un Chinese for very good?

Comments on arbachakov as a whole:

He is sometimes very lackidasical i think this is due to overthinking. He seems to think too much and gets caught while he does it. he is much better when he just does things and taht is where you see the glimpses of greatness in him.

I alluded to the fact that he fights equally as good going forward or back in my opening post and he does it brillaintly he is equally as good at either which is quite amazing. The Chin KDs show thsi well as 1 of the KD's is produced going backwards as is some other of his KO's.

Obviously i have pointed out his inside game has definiencies, he just seems to be lacking there as he cant extent his shos out well enough or soemthing.

 

haha

i would recommend the Kittikasem 1st fight