Amazed by Monzon

He is a fight fan's fighter in many ways because he does the things the average observer does not notice but which are so integral to winning fights. And his championship record is damn near flawless.

 

Monzon meets every criteria for a great fighter.

 

I would of liked to of seen monzon against a southpaw, also against a slick fighter like whitaker or burley to see how he handled that type of fighter, cause he seemed to have a answer for every style he faced

 

While on the subject of monzon i remember there use to be a stupid rumor going round that he handled my man frazier in sparring while he was in america training for the licata fight

 

No truth at all to that rumor.

 

He never really broke Valdez down, those were fights where he more or less just controlled the pace and did what he needed to win. Not altogether unusual for Monzon, particularly at that stage of his career.

 

In my opinion, Monzon became a great champion in that Briscoe defense, especially in those last 5 rounds..he transcended being a good champion into a great champion.

 

go and take a closer look a valdez's face and say that again after both there meeting's, by the last couple of rounds in the 2nd valdez fight, monzon cant miss him with the right hand! and is brakeing valdez apart

 

I've seen both fights and got no such impression. Maybe I'll take a peak at the final rounds of the rematch later. I've actually seen a card that had Valdez narrowly winning the rematch, though I didn't see it that way myself. Both were undeniably two of Monzon's toughest tests. Noone was on the verge of being stopped in either bout.

 

A different ref might of stopped Valdez in the 2nd fight his face was a mess. And he was eating punches by the closing part of fight, his eyes were so badly swolen shut he couldn't see the shots coming.

 

Against a southpaw, Monzon certainly had the right hand lead to get the job done. Combined with his height and reach, this is some of why I favor him over Hagler ever so slightly.