Jose Napoles v Pete Toro: Awesome.

Napoles was just sheer class...

 

Never seen this before...Brilliant.

 

Same.

Cheers :good

 

Great find Mcgrain.

Didnt even knew that fight existed.

Im downoading this in case the guy that posted it on youtube decides to take them out.

 

Napoles was almost impeccable. I love the way he'd step in range, wait for Toro to take the bait, and slide back out in perfect time and position to slip and counter with that long bolo uppercut. So graceful.

 

Check out the vid of the seconf Ernie Lopez fight. That short right uppercut that ended it in round seven was a scary thing. A single, short right uppercut that fractured Lopez's eye socket and had him half unconcious and half in agony...

 

Mantequilla used a version of that punch sequence to beat Emile Griffith so decisively on points.

 

Have you seen that fight Cobra? If so is it on film?

 

it's out there.

Griffith is dead at the weight though, no snap or sharpness in anything he does.still a decent fighter, but it's an overrated win imo, most of Napoles' other challengers gave superior efforts.

 

Napoles is a class act. Never has a nickname been so apt.

 

I could try to upload the Griffith vs Napoles fight. Not the best quality though.

 

No..it's been eluding me for years now..I'm going on an excellent report of the fight by Don Majeski (I think) from years ago in Boxing Illustrated..whe4re h described the feint by Napoles, then the counter by Griffith, which Napoles was waiting for..which he would slip and then he'd counter the counter with his own sharp punches. He wasn't really trying to ko Griff...he was in that mode of his where he'd neatly outbox his man and go for a decision. He used right uppercuts pretty effectively against Emile..in fact the fights only kd in the 3rd (2nd?) came from a right uppercut.

 

Yeah, that's pretty much true...but can't fault Napoles for his technique in that fight.