Antonio Cervantes - Underrated to this day?

Cobra33 · Jul 5, 2021

Titan1 said: ↑

I bet you if Donald was offered a fight with Young, he would decline. Same with McCrory. Emanuel Stewart knows what the deal was. This was 1982, of course. IIRC, I think Howard thumbed him early, and it still was an MD. And Starling was probably weary as well.
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The problem is early Young could hit like a mule for all his short comings.
So while Curry,Mccroy and Starling were more talented Young had one punch power.
Howard thumbed him pretty bad.

Cobra33 · Jul 5, 2021

Titan1 said: ↑

I bet you if Donald was offered a fight with Young, he would decline. Same with McCrory. Emanuel Stewart knows what the deal was. This was 1982, of course. IIRC, I think Howard thumbed him early, and it still was an MD. And Starling was probably weary as well.
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Also think Howard ruined Young- he was never the same after.

Cobra33 · Jul 5, 2021

Think KT might get Cervantes. People sleep on him now but he was every strong and went to the body really well.
Cervantes also likes to mix it up alot which could play into KTs strength.

roughdiamond · Jul 6, 2021

PhillyPhan69 said: ↑

Rodolfo González giving props (I guess lol)
https://www.ringtv.com/530662-best-i-faced-rodolfo-gonzalez/
BEST JAB
JUAN COLLADO: He relied on his left jab in most of his fights. I would bob and weave to keep away from him. It was a constant fight until I did my side-to-side footwork. In the ninth round I got him with a left hook to the liver. That punch ended the fight.

BEST DEFENSE
JIMMY ROBERTSON: He was called the ‘Father of all Mexicans’. He was a good defensive fighter and a hard puncher. Also, he was converted from a left-handed fighter to a right-hand puncher. I beat him in the 10th round. He was a bloody mess.

FASTEST HANDS
MARCELLO CID: Very fast hands and he threw a lot of combinations. I got him against the ropes with a three-punch combination in the fourth round. That ended the fight.
BEST FOOTWORK
ME: I never fought anyone who knew the footwork that I know. Of all the 89 opponents I faced, I never paid attention to their footwork. No matter what kind of footwork they had, or what kind of moves they made, they were going to be laying on the canvas. The fighter I respected the most, who had the best footwork, was a friend of mine, Muhammad Ali. He was and is the greatest of all time. I had the honor of being in training camp with him in the City of Hammett, California, when he was getting ready to fight my stablemate Kenny Norton. In the morning I got up to do my road work, but no matter how fast I ran, I was never able to catch up with him.

BEST CHIN
TORITO LOPEZ: I hit him on the chin, but it was like hitting the wall. He didn’t even blink, but kept on coming. Luckily for me my liver punch knocked him out in the fourth round.

SMARTEST
KID IRAPUATO: I was only 15 years old when I fought this man near Guadalajara. He had already fought world championship fighters like Pajarito Moreno and (Davey) Moore who was the featherweight champion of the world. He was a very skilled fighter. I got him with a liver punch and knocked him out in the sixth round.

STRONGEST
RAY ADIGUN: He was so strong. He hit me in the middle of the ring and sent me flying all the way to the ropes. He was not a fast hitter, just strong. The people in the audience called him “King Kong”. I caught him with a left hook to the liver in the 10th round.

BEST PUNCHER
ANTONIO CERVANTES: I discovered his right-hand power in the second round. Not only power but a sneaky right-hand punch. He faked a left jab, hit me with the right and put me down for an eight count. That irritated me so much that in the next round I hit him with a left hook to the liver and doubled up to the chin. He went down and his feet went up in the air. At the count of eight he got up. He was so afraid that he ran from me for the rest of the night. But he had power in his punches.

BEST BOXING SKILLS
CERVANTES: He was a very good boxer that moved in and out and side-to-side. He also had a long reach. The only thing he didn’t have was a strong chin. That means he couldn’t take a punch. Any fighter who has a pointed chin, I would put on the canvas right away.

BEST OVERALL
CERVANTES: He had long arms and strong power with either hand. He was tall and very smart. He would move in and out and hit at the same time. The only weak spot I found on him was his chin and immediately I put him down flat on the canvas. After that, he got up and ran for the rest of the night. But overall, he was an excellent fighter.
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This is the type of Best I Faced I would've expected from an ATG like Olivares. Hilariously arrogant.

George Crowcroft · Jul 6, 2021

roughdiamond said: ↑

This is the type of Best I Faced I would've expected from an ATG like Olivares. Hilariously arrogant.
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Best Footwork: ME

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