Better fighter yes. Undoubtedly. But p4p, RJJ likely moves faster, punches faster and hits harder. Add in his ability to play basketball to a...
Have to agree with anybody that suggests that RJJ was a better pure athlete than SRR. Greatest performing athlete, I could see the argument but...
Pep Ali RJJ PBF Whitaker Locche Benitez Loma Duran Sanchez Mantequilla Some of my faves.
Kinda. A couple of things to note here for me: The fight wasn’t the wide embarrassment that legend has built it to be. Duran wasn’t being blown...
Forgive my mistake, I thought that the subject was greatest combination puncher. I’m of the opinion that Napoles was ELITE in his punch...
Watch film of Napoles slipping and weaving under punches, countering with hooks to the body, followed up with hooks and uppercuts to head and...
All excellent choices - I do feel like Ali was too simplistic in his consistency of punch choice to rank with these names. Although, difficult to...
At their primes they were top top ELITE boxer-punchers, capable of knocking a man out with either hand. Both fighters are captured on film mixing...
I agree and disagree. Isn't it usually the case that the great fighters look at their absolute best versus fighters that either aren't on the...
Hmmm, we are in complete agreement. He was dropped but got up, other than Jersey Joe, which admittedly was a wickedly thrown accurate shot. I was...
The fight was closer than what it should be but I would struggle to give it to Pete. He did make DLH miss A LOT. I never did like the way that DLH...
His inside fighting is underrated. Stronger than he looks and puts together really nice combos. However, he couldn’t fight Duran solely on the...
I’ve imagined Charles with his skill set born in Holyfield’s time and having the advantages of roids, nutrition and sports science to add...
I’m imagining Charles born in Holyfield’s era replacing him in his career journey.
I appreciate that. A roided version born of Charles born in Evander’s place likely is a tad taller due to advance in nutrition and significantly...
