Throwing all these names out, I have no real perspective. How about we try and break up the combination punchers into tiers. For example Tier 1 - Sugar Ray Robinson, Julio Cesar Chavez, Roberto Duran, Alexis Arguello Tier 2 - Marco Antonio Barrera, Ricardo Lopez, Orlando Canizales
Norris does deserve to be mentioned here i think, and i'm no big fan of him. His left/right/uppcercut variations were superb. Galindez was a brutal combo puncher.Azumah Nelson similar in style, but not as fluid. Rodolfo el Gato Gonzalez was a master Guty Espadas Tony Sibson Bernardo Caraballo Rodrigo Valdez Davey Moore Jibaro Perez Mike McCallum
Chavez wasn't more fluid than Duran when putting punches together. That doesn't stricly mean Duran was a better combination puncher.
All you do is come on and quote something I said and disagree. It's tiring. From what I've seen of both, Chavez was more fluid...and a better combination puncher. From what I've seen. Nothing even in the first Leonard I fight changed my mind, but unless you want to pose some video examples as to what you're talking about...no point in arguing.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zKtj1o41nQ&feature=related[/ame] I might have been wrong..and than bit at 3.27 is awesome.
It's tiring? I only done it once. Chavez was tighter with his punches and very accurate. Duran was more free-flowing and fluid with his punches. More elasticated so to speak. :good
This video shows how good he was up close. Like i always say, you need to see it to believe it. Probably the best fighter i've ever seen.
I was watching Watanabe earlier and thinking of adding him, but refrained. I was waiting for a greatest pure boxers or ring generals to come up, hint hint. Great at putting them together as well though.
hes good he can be overrated but as a whole i think hes underrated Tarver x2 Johnson x2 Adamek not a bad list IMO Watanabe is a great shout the best stand up boxer i have seen from Asia (on second thoughts Gushiken is it) but still a good stand up boxer with a relaxed (sometimes too much so) style. Rodriguez is another good shout has that 50s Cuban style the loose hooks and uppercut kinda style although he was more boxer than say Napoles. summed him up well
Norris is actually a pretty good shout. And, especially in the early part of his career, so is Trinidad. Tito threw a nice variety of combinations with either hand.
I came on tonight to post this very video, but as you have already found it there's no need. My favourite highlights vid ever.