Gutsy, limited fighters?

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  1. Robot16

    Robot16 Keep it Kr0nkn Full Member

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    Hi all just wondering if you can name a few fighters who had not much natural or technical ability but were tough and deteremined and succeeded because of their determination?

    I thought of a mickey ward type, who are some good examples?
     
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    Yhonny Perez, Vic Darchinyan, Juan Diaz, the king of the gutsy but limited, my boy Carmen Basilio...he is still a bad ass and he is in his 80's
     
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    Denis Andries ,and his adversary Jeff Harding :good
     
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    pugilistspecialist Boxing Addict Full Member

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    he probably could....i wouldnt be surprised if he said that. Never seen a guy so ordinary in skill lacked one punch kayo power although a decent puncher and natural talent and atheticism achieve as much as he did on grit, machismo, and a hell of a body attack
     
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  6. Robot16

    Robot16 Keep it Kr0nkn Full Member

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    Thanks guys alot of good calls there.

    I like andrade as one, he just decides to put the pressure on and does well.
     
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    I seen the title of this and one man sums it up 100% for me....Bazooka Limon.
     
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    Joe Frazier and Rocky Marciano are obvious examples. Neither was physically gifted but both worked extremely hard, never gave up and were extraordinarily self-motivated.
     
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    Ralph Tiger Jones, never a champ but would give most anyone his weight,a run for his money...Gave Ray Robinson a whipping in 1955...Tough bird...