Unstoppable Fighters Beaten By Brilliant Strategy|Pac vs Marquez, Fedor vs Cro Cop, Hamed vs Barrera

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Can a brilliant strategy beat any fighter, no matter what?
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    mark ant, Jun 21, 2019
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    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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    The most famous examples I can think of is Louis vs Schmeling 1, Pep vs Saddler 2 and Foreman vs Ali.

    Also no, strategy can only make up for so much of a gap in ability before it's too much. "Everybody has a plan until they get hit".
     
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    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Michael spinks v Dwight qawi - fully executed plan by Eddie Futch that put qawi’s attack in check
     
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    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Norton vs Ali

    Sanchez vs Gomez
     
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  5. BCS8

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    Fedor vs Cro Cop was a great shout out.

    Nobody really thinks Fedor would have beaten Cro Cop in a straight kickboxing match. But Fedor's faking the take down kept resetting the Croat and forced his striking game into a corner.
     
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    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ali vs Foreman of course.
     
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    thanosone Love Your Brother Man Full Member

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    Fedor The GOAT.
     
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    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Montell Griffin-RJJ 1

    Lewis- McCall 1 (Steward noted that Lewis dropped his guard when he loaded up to punch and he trained McCall to exploit this with an over right hand, and it worked a treat)

    The superior fighter righted these results in the return it must be noted.
     
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    Jay1990 Active Member Full Member

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    Mayorga vs Forrest
    Forrest was considered the best welterweight in the world going into that first bout with Mayorga.... And to be honest, It still boggles my mind on how mayorga was able to beat him twice.
     
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    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Louis vs Schmeling is the best example of this to me, tied with The Rumble in the Jungle.

    Schmeling found a technical problem in Louis's game and exploited it perfectly
     
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    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Although Marvin Johnson wasn't an 'unstoppable' fighter and he and Eddie Mustafa were on a par with each other, the plan devised for Eddie (countering Johnson's southpaw jab with a left hook to the body) reaped dividends and was brilliant.
     
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    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Naz was never unstoppable. He was flawed but well matched. Barrera simply exposed his flaws
     
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    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    McCall was a basket case and he didn't have Steward in the rematch.
     
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    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Dwight Braxton against Saad Muhaddad.
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    What do you mean by ability?
     
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