I don't think it's a given Robinson would beat Maxim in cooler circumstances. I've seen Maxim look a hell of a lot better and more active than...
I'd say Gavilan was faster, but not by very much at all, and as someone pointed out earlier in this thread, Williams' punches carried more weight....
Ah, the dreaded counter argument ;) I will have to reply to this tomorrow when my PC is less moody. Bump it if I forget.
It all seems to be off the back of the Maxim fight. Robinson didn't even win!
Of course he was a very good boxer, I didn't mean he was 'that' good, I meant he wasn't that good as to outbox someone like Foster. Foster was...
I really don't think he has. I've always thought Robinson was a bit overrated as a middleweight; a step below Hagler and Monzon. He was the best...
Robinson wasn't that good a boxer. Not enough to win on points against the great light heavyweights, that's for sure. Foster, for example; he had...
Do you not agree with Moore beating Robinson?
It goes for all Gavilan exchanges. He was a wilder fighter, simple as that; you could say he fought more passionately. As I said, he could afford...
But that's Thomas Hearns, not Robinson. Seriously, Robinson would get trashed by Archie Moore or Ezzard Charles.
Napoles' power would mean a thing actually. I don't care how solid your jaw is, a well timed punch can upset your rhythm, knock you off balance or...
Carmen Basilio slips punches and even jabs well on occasions, but we don't categorise him as a slick fighter. On the grand scale of things, Graham...
Graham was a good boxer but he wasn't slick - he didn't rely on slippery skills to stay out of trouble or feints to fool his opponents; he was a...
"Seconds out, round one." It's only ever non-boxing people who say this, but ****ing hell is it annoying. :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
You have to set yourself to throw a powerful punch, and Spinks would be on the move backwards for most of the fight. Foster was actually pretty...
