Yuh Myung Woo - what was his style?

I don't think anyone would think a toe-to-toe war would be in Yuh's favour.

 

I personally feel it's Yuh who would fare better at mid-range and that Chang WOULD need to get on the inside against the strong Yuh, who I feel would need to mix it up.

I'd favour Chang in a close decision over 15.

 

trying to sum things uop as quickly as possible to someone who has never watched him before i mighty say...

A tidy, well-schooled textbook fighter that can do a bit of everything.Likes to apply educated pressure and throws a lot of punches.

Something like that.Certainly don't expect Harada in terms of intensity.

he's a very generic fighter stylistically really, though i don't mean that in a bad way.Unflashy.More about consistency and being steady thanl finesse.

I really like watching him fight, though i'm not a big advocate of his talent.

 

About on par with Carbajal and Gonzalez, and behind Gushiken, Zapata and Chang.

 

It could.I certainly wouldn't rant if anyone had him above them.

I would probably review everything i have on them before i made a definitive decision.Been a while since i watched much of any of them , other than the odd fight here and there.

I did that with Eubank recently, and came away slightly more impressed with him than had been the case.been meaning to do some write-ups on the fights i scored, but laziness has got in the way.

 

He didn't really face the level of opposition to put a whole lot of merit into those title defences. What that says is that he was a very dedicated champion, doesn't speak volumes about his ability though.

I think Yuh was a very good fighter, but while I think a fight between he and Chang would be very exciting, I agree with Mante that he's getting a tad overrated ability wise (at least in comparison to Chang). I certainly don't see him out-boxing Chang, and to be honest I didn't think too highly of his boxing skills on the outside. It was when he got into hustle mode, turning up the pace on his opponents and forcing them to respond in kind that he really impressed me.

Either way, guys like Tokushima aren't really solid benchmarks for displaying your talent against. Chang looked more impressive against a higher caliber of opponent than Yuh did, and had a lot more natural talent IMO. I do think Yuh would beat Carbajal, though.

 

I might actually favor him over Gonzalez as well. Earlier in his career Gonzalez fought another Korean by the name of Yul-Woo Lee, who ran him extremely close using a similar style to what Yuh would've implied. I think Gonzalez would fare better in boxing mode to be honest, as I don't think he looked as capable of dealing out his power when crowded. Yuh's short, compact body and head blows in rapid succession would see him outwork Gonzalez to a decision were the fight to take that route. Again though, I do think Gonzalez's boxing skills on the outside were better than Yuh's, and he could off-set his attack if he opted to play the boxing game rather than the slugging one. However, I'd be inclined to think the fight is more likely to go down the former path given Gonzales's history and Yuh's determination.

 

If he were to go the same route as he did in that fight I think he could decision Yuh, yeah. Yuh just looked very awkward to me when he was standing off his opponent in boxing range. Not as effective there.