Fighters With An Underrated Defense

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  1. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Simon Brown had an underrated defense in my opinion, for a mostly offensive fighter anyway. Caught a lot of punches on his shoulders on the inside, while counter beautifully.

    Who else?
     
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  2. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Jake Lamotta. People talk about his granite chin(which he did have)..but he was no rocky balboa. Lamotta was quite the slickster. Very adapt at slipping jabs with slick head movement, he even did some nice shoulder rolls with his fluid upperbody movement. He also could play possum with the best of em!
     
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  3. tommygun711

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    goerge chuvalo
     
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  4. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Ever see the talk show interview with LaMotta and a very young Tyson?

    The host says something along the lines of LaMotta having a granite chin, blahblahblah generic ****. And LaMotta calmly replies he wouldn't be sitting there talking coherently if he had taken most of those shots flush, he had an underrated D, etc.

    Chuvalo says the exact same thing, all the time.
     
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  5. teo lye teck

    teo lye teck ni hao ma? Full Member

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    marlon starling...

    his defensive abilities are very underrated IMO...
     
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    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  7. RockysSplitNose

    RockysSplitNose Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Rocky Marciano
     
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  8. TommyV

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    It get's said so often now to the point where it no longer under-rated. :lol:

    But you are right, under-rated outside of the Classic for sure.
     
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  9. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Early Simon Brown was a much better technician in general. Unfortunately he's remembered more these days for the power-bombing slugger he eventually became.

    Anyways, I'll throw Eduardo Lausse, given the recent article on him. Very adept at rolling with the punches.
     
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  10. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    No, they're not.

    Not on here anyway.
     
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  11. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    The untouchable Herol Graham.
     
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  12. duranimal

    duranimal Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Duran.
     
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  13. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    I'm loving the generic answers so far that are really going to go places when it comes to generating discussion. :-(
     
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  14. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Beat me to it!...Cheers. That little clip against Bell demonstrated some very good defense. Really liked how he slipped the jabs and rolled with the right hands...LaMotta was definitely a thinking fighter.
     
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  15. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    No, no, Graham really was untouchable russell.Right up until Julian Jackson knocked him out no one really knew how he would take a punch on the chin.
     
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