Name me a better exhibition of punching than Whitaker vs McGirt II?

Not a big fan of high class, highly competitive boxing, are you?

 

I like Chitilada nice big technician, boxer-puncher sort of guy, thought Chang won the rematch though.

Was watching Curry aagainst McCallum the other day and he was really good till he unravlled, I see Pops agress with this

Do I hell, I live in the countryside.

I have Katsidas to thank for my money, won a bet on him beating Mitchell.

 

Eubank against Denys Cronin and Henry Wharton :good

Truly incredible.

 

WTF? I enjoy evenly matched guys with skills.......... Whitaker was the master, while McGirt was the student........ McGirt never really in either fight, in terms of points being involved...... ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..................

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Chang sweeps all aside.


As for Eubank, popkins, try the jarvis or Wharton fights, or some of the pre-Benn fights like Hugo Corti(i think that was his name)if you aren't bothered by the straw-weight level comp.

 

Olivares-Rose, while it lasted, has to rank as one of the greatest displays of punching I've ever laid my specs on. I know that Rose was killing himself to make bantam by that point, but the way that Olivares was able to close the distance so quickly against such a smooth mover as Rose before letting rip with everything he had through the eye of a needle still leaves me slightly slack-jawed at times. Even slacker-jawed than usual.

 

McGirt wasn't in the first fight? I think you may have forgotten how good that fight was.

 

Excellant shout, one of the finest offensive performances ever.

 

You're quite big on Ruben and Lionel both if I remember rightly GP?

 

McGirt looked good when he fought prospects (Tommy Ayers) or shot (Howard Davis) dudes during his career......... McGirt did looked great in beating a slipping Simon Brown in '91, but Brown was fading....... McGirt was a good fighter, but he always failed with the elite class......... (Taylor & Whitaker.)

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I know McGirt.........:hat

 

Poor Rose.Weight issues aside, you really needed a punch if you were going up against Ruben without a safety-first style at that point.

 

Does Armstrong-Ross do it for anyone? Similar to Olivares-Rose in a crude sort of way in that Barney was never a huge hitter and approaching the end of the line to boot. But he was still the champion and still a decent operator at that point, yet Armstrong just weaved his way up close and took the ball clean away from one greatest champions ever. And after weighing in as a lightweight, no less.

 

More of a swarming sort of workrate approach rather than one of 'punching', do you not think?

One I like though is Ross vs Petrolle. Ross shows everything in that fight whilst landing long, hard and snappy combinations to Peyrolle with apparent ease at times.

 

My first post, evening to you all! Been a long time reader/lurker and really like the classic forum.

Leonard-Duran

Even though this answer may seem highly unoriginal Duran really hit Leonard with every punch in the book - from the outside aswell as the inside, bodyshots and uppercuts in the clinches as well as laser quick right hand counters off Leonard jab. A masterclass that deserves to be mentioned.

Kalambay-McCallum 2 features very good textbook technical boxing from the outside but well... perhaps not a great punching exhibition.

A recent example could be Marquez-Diaz and some of the round in Marquez-Pac 1 if we're to speak purely about pure punching technique and variety (I know the performance in itself isn't comparable). He hits Diaz from all angles and manages to look extremely fluid in doing so.

My favourite is Chavez vs Rosario. Chavez´ best performance - those left hooks to the body and uppercuts were something to behold! Not to mention the fluency. Against a very good opponent too which was to be made increasingly broken down and helpless. Chavez managed to be close an able to neutralise much of Rosario offence and still find all sorts of openings. Ha carved him up and that's what makes it special for me.

Toney vs Barkley I guess also qualifies. James got the right kind of opponent to really be able to showcase his punch selection, counters and even combinations.

 

Welcome sir. And an excellent post