They were all worked hard with, the posts title though is defensive artists and none of them are close to that category.
Klompton, I'm sure you have seen the Burley-Billy Smith tape a few times, what did you see of Charley in it?
None of the three were anything close to being defensive artists but they all were worked hard with for the best defense their abilities allowed
To me there's no point in this posting at all, Floyd would have zero chance on his best day of lasting against a prime Tyson's onslaught.
Eddie reminded me of Sammy Goss in that he did the basics so thoroughly well. Fighting a who's who from the jr welter and welter class of his day...
Not one of the greats but when he was on Buster Mathis put together some of the nicest combinations I've seen.
*As kind of a side note here I recall a Boxing Illustrated interview with old Arch and they asked him if he thought Robinson was the greatest...
Great posting Burt and just this morning I was pondering whether I'd put Pep or Robinson as my greatest boxer of all time and like you it came...
Ernie was abit of a puzzle to me. A few before his bout with Ali thought both his jab and right hand were superior to Muhammad's but he would...
Striking info! Each of these it seems thought a win over Burley wasn't likely. Even Lamotta.
Best posting I've seen on East Side for a long time. With the one film of him against Smith to view its not possible for most of us to know how...
Gainer did ask at one point for someone other then Burley for Ray as he thought his style would give Robinson some real problems but that doesn't...
Best boxing match, Buchanan-Laguna 2. Best punch fest, Foreman-Lyle.
McVey and Tua but no Fitz is an interesting take but I like it anyways.
Aw heck, its always new if you haven't seen one of them.
