War between two skilled boxers

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  1. randeris

    randeris Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I love these skilled boxers, but was there ever a fight between two with great defense, great speed that developed into a war?
     
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  2. IsaL

    IsaL VIP Member Full Member

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    Many of times.

    Duran-Leonard
    Hagler-Hearns
    EM-MAB
    Mosley-DLH I
     
    IsaL, Dec 16, 2009
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  3. TommyV

    TommyV Loyal Member banned

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    As above + Rafa Marquez v Israel Vazquez trilogy (Disagree with Hagler v Hearns though, undoubtedly both skilled but it wasn't a very 'skilled war'. It was just brutal.)
     
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  4. randeris

    randeris Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Duran was a fantastic fighter, but not what i meant by "skilled boxer", same goes for Hagler.They were more sluggers. EM-MAB was great, so was Mosley-DLH.
     
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  5. randeris

    randeris Boxing Addict Full Member

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    let me rephrase: A fight where both come in looking to counter-punch and fight defensively, but get caught up in a war and out of their gameplan.
     
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  6. IsaL

    IsaL VIP Member Full Member

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    Not many perhaps
     
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  7. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    James Toney-Mike Mcallum.
     
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  8. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Theres so many but the first one that came to mind was Benitez vs Leonard.
     
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  9. Jorodz

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    eubank vs benn 1
     
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  10. ishy

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    Hagler and Duran weren't sluggers.
     
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  11. randeris

    randeris Boxing Addict Full Member

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    yes they were. It's not a negative thing. They were just sluggers.
     
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  12. Raider Rudy

    Raider Rudy Active Member Full Member

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    Duran was very skilled my friend! He was one of the most skilled fighters of all time. It is just that people tend to focus on his savagery in the ring & don't realize that he was great at putting combinations together, had great defense & a superior chin!:bbb
     
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  13. CrazyMac

    CrazyMac Nearly ExArmy Full Member

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    I cant believe we are having to debate the skill of Duran!
     
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  14. gooners!!

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    Toney vs McCallum is probably best suggestion i can come up with.

    Whitaker vs McGirt was very good entertaining fight imo, but not exactly a war!

    Carl Williams ( if you can say he was skilled!) vs Larry Holmes was a very hard 15 rounds of Boxing.
     
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  15. Vantage_West

    Vantage_West ヒップホップ·プロデューサー Full Member

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    what you talking about,no they wernt.

    hagler and duran where incredible boxers. they may be aggressive and could bang but they were not sluggers. slugging is throwing hard continous punches to the other guy gives way.

    durans outside boxing skills are incredible. just becuase he can go onto the front foot effectivly doesnt make him a slugger. he wasnt just bulling buchannan he was countering him aswell. look at his lightweight reign all behind a snappy left....ooh big right hand OW hell no.

    even hagler the only time i would consider him a slugger is when he was getting to hearns chin or hamsho's weak defence. look at him against a true slugger in bennie briscoe poetry.



    just becuase you dance around the ring and look flashy doesnt make you a boxer.
     
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