Alexis Arguello vs Juan Laporte

Let me also say this about Alexis.......
......he was all of the above of what we're talking about.....he was a marksman, he had snap in his punches, and he had power........

......but I think Arguello also mastered the art of knowing how to vary the intensity of his punches in order that when he threw a thunderbolt of a shot, it would come unexpected to his opponent, thus having more of an effect on them.
I've said this many times before about Arguello.....I've seen very few fighters that had punch intensity variance down to a science like Arguello did.
I tell you, Arguello was a master at it....he'd vary the intensity of his punches, many times intentionally throwing out soft punches as if he was running out of steam.....his opponent would be lulled into a false sense of security, and all of a sudden a thunderbolt of a shot would be thrown by Alexis. The effect of such a punch had to have been doubled....as if the opponent got caught by a punch he did'nt see coming.
Arguello was a master of lulling an opponent to think that he did'nt have much. I remember vividly him doing it to Billy Costello.
Arguello had fought Billy Costello after his losses to Aaron Pryor.
Costello was getting the better of Arguello in the first couple of rounds. Arguello seemed as if he could'nt get his shots off..... then Arguello opened up somewhat with shots that had very little steam in them....but Arguello disquised them as if he was trying his darnest to put power behind them.....The fight was telecast live on CBS with Tim Ryan and Gil Clancy as the commentators.....
Arguello even had Ryan and Clancy fooled as they were questioning whether Arguello had the power to turn the fight around with one punch.
In the 4th round, Tim Ryan remarked, "Arguello needs to turn the tide with a big punch." Gil Clancy then remarked, "but does he have that big punch, thats my question mark......no sooner than Clancy finished his sentence, Arguello had unleached a thunderbolt of a right hand that floored Costello and put him on ***** street where Arguello finished him soon after in the very same round.

I just loved seeing that kind of variance from the great Arguello......
Just a true master at his craft!
.....God I miss those days of free big fights on the local networks!

 

You are right. I have always said that Arguello was a "deceiving boxer", his opponents did not know what to expect. The lazy jab, etc etc etc. He could change gears and fight at a different pace if he wanted to.

 

He did it deliberate Thinman!:yep

For his lack of speed, Arguello gave you speed/punch intensity variance!

Arguello imo would make an exellent trainer teaching young hopefuls his craftiness!

 

Alexis was on a different level than Juan, and though he wouldn't hurt Juan, he would win 12, 13 out of 15 rounds to take a lopsided decision.