Nope, big fan too! One reason He might not fit this topic is He was very good in my opinion, but obviously there are levels so all depends on the...
Man, there's been so many... One that comes to mind: 1) Steve Quinonez Good lightweight gate-keeper, reached his prime in the 2000s. Southpaw...
@Tin_Ribs Excellent post.
On defensive side, Barrera was more squared up with his stance, relying on blocking more than the other two, which made it much more difficult for...
Since I'm not a genuine historian, I should not speak of his actual ranking in all of history of Mexican Boxing - but there's no way Morales,...
" And are there any ideas about why the defense became so popular?" I don't think it was viable defensive technique with older types of gloves,...
I'm with @My dinner with Conteh here, on Benn being robbed in a rematch as well. Golovkin was far superior fighter, in basically every...
He never fought a prime ATG fighter - so while keeping the right proportions - when it comes to comparing him to some of the greatest and most...
Most damage is done in the gym these days - with fighters not fighitng too often - in my opinion, so to some degree it applies to every fighter....
I don't think it's legitimate yet. Only WBC recognizes it, fighters don't really compete in "ranking fights" at the limit of this division - and...
Young Zab Judah from technical stand-point, a little bit - but Tank's package is quite unique.
Virgil Hill is his best win by far imo - but I agree, his resume is rather thin for the amount of title defences and also his status in the sport.
Guillermo Rigondeaux. He has one outstanding win over prime Donaire, probably borderline ATG in lower divisions - but there's not much there...
Prescott wasn't that hard to outbox, his footwork was pretty bad and He was wide with his punches. He was always more of a dangerous gate-keeper,...
Karmazin was underrated fighter. I think He should've been undefeated coming into Spinks fight - as I had him beating Castillejo - and then He was...
