Fights with the biggest skill differences

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  1. Barrf

    Barrf Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Anyone have any good recommendations of fights, at any weight class, where the difference in skill is just ridiculous? I don't mean fights that end in a quick KO. I mean fights like Holmes-Cobb, where Holmes looked like the God of Boxing in terms of skill compared to Cobb.
     
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  2. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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  3. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Calzaghe v Jeff Lacy, like a pro v an amateur, he toyed with him.
     
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  4. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Most fighters we consider ATG's on their way up
    the ranks prior to their world title wins.....
    Ali, Leonard , Hearns, Duran, etc.
    The skill level difference are so obvious
    it's scary at times......
     
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    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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  6. clum

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    Miguel Canto vs. Kimio Furesawa
     
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  7. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 I’m become seeker of milk Full Member

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    Nicolino vs Fuji. It wasn’t as if Fuji was a bum or anything like the Cobb vs Holmes fight, Nico created a gulf in skill so absurd he allegedly let Fuji make contact a few times not to embarrass him in front of his people.
     
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  8. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 I’m become seeker of milk Full Member

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    Canto was such an excellent fighter. Short men wanting to fight cagey pay attention.
     
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    steve1990 Active Member Full Member

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    Tyson vs McNeeley
     
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    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Eubank-Cronin

    The skill was countering in combination with speed, power and timing at all ranges. So it didn’t last long against a come-forward, aggressive powerhouse.
     
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    surfinghb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    RJJ V Paz
    and RJJ vs most .. lol
     
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    Kessler vs Andrade

    Vitali vs Peter

    Ward vs Froch
     
  13. Pugguy

    Pugguy Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Chuck Wepner was very much at the short end v Liston and Ali.

    The difference between Ali v Chuvalo in 66 was one of the more substantial.

    Also watch Liston v Besmanoff - completely ONE way, an absolute clinic put on by Sonny - stunning fusion of pure skill and bone crunching power - how Besmanoff stayed on his feet and lasted as long as he did is anybody’s guess.
     
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  14. The G-Man

    The G-Man Boxing Addict Full Member

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    De la Hoya vs Mayorga.
     
  15. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Actually a number of Ali`s early fights were close, like v Banks and Jones. The first time Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) was ever knocked down was by Sonny Banks in the first round of their fight in 1962. It was just Ali's 11th fight. Ali was knocked down for the second time by British fighter Henry Cooper at the end of the fourth round in 1963.