Great shout.
Both well above their best fighting weights and past their primes...... Only reason May Jr. Fought them.
Must have the talent to go along with "Standing up".
Thank you.....
Jones Jr beats the hell out and stops ( If he chooses too) Alvarez from Jr.middleweight to Lt.heavy. Alvarez may have won a rd against the best...
Ali's jab was faster, Liston's and Foreman's were harder. But no one had the combination of speed AND power Of The Easton Assassin.......
But that's the point. He caught Holmes with a shot out the blue. But it wasn't set up. Couldn't finish when he had the chance.
Earnie Shavers is the poster child for this.
Lol, no, he hasn't.
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...
Trinidad defeated better fighters than Canelo is. I'd take Trinidad's victims Delohoya, Joppy, Vargas and a fresher version of Whitaker over...
Hearns would also overwhelm Duran at welterweight. Duran would have a better chance against Robinson and did beat the 2nd best welter in history...
Terry Norris beats Mel Taylor at any time of his career. Taylor simply didn't have the firepower to seriously hurt Norris, Norris matches his...
Davis had excellent technique, but he rarely set his feet. So I digress and would say he had excellent LOOKING technique.
Hearns beat a very similar style as Calazaghe had when he beat the bigger, possibly faster Virgil Hill. A great jab nullifies a opponents...