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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.
You know what I like best? When there's nothing else happening he just hits Toro with his jab. What you're saying Pea, about slip and counter, Toro doesn't want any part of that, but if he waits he just gets hit with the jab! In reality, this is the perfect, perfect way to box, dominate with your most easily deployded punch and turn couter-puncher if your man doesn't like it. Awesome.
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...
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.
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.