a classic look at when power beats skill

froch / taylor

 

Graziano's a classic example. Most every top-tier fighter he fought was light-years better as a boxer, slicker 'n quicker, but he had the eraser.

 

Everyone seems to have forgot Marciano - Walcott...

 

Luis Rodriguez had middlewight champ Nino Benvenuti badly cut and tired late in his bid for the title, only to be caught with a massive left hook in the eleventh. Not to say Benvenuti wasn't a skilled fighter himself but he seemed to be fading while Rodriguez was outsmarting and outfighting him down the stretch. First time Rodriguez ever hit the canvas in his 100 plus fight career too (and I think the only time as well).

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