Any great fighters that you plan to study any time soon?

Are there any fighters who intrigue you or puzzle you enough to make you want to undertake to study them? I want to observe/study Tommy Loughran...fortunately, You Tube and maybe other sources on the internet have his best efforts for posterity, and most of them, if not all, are 15 rounders, and that's great with me as I want to observe closely his boxing technique, jab, footwork, ring savvy, etc., ....there are many others, but I'll start with Loughran, a magnificent lightheavy champion, and one of the finest pure boxers of all time.
So please, if you wiil, who are the greats who warrant your study and observation?

 

I confess crixus, that it was almost Emile Griffith that I chose to study,....and I think I will after I get done with Loughran,...and the thing about both men, there are plenty of 15 round decisions in their resumes, and to be honest, I love watching 15 round decisions.:nut I miss that 15 round distance so much, as I really sense the monumental quality of title fights from back in those days.

 

mr kk, I would suggest Emile Griffith be the focus of your research regarding 60's middleweights....starting with the fight that probably was responsible for making me a dedicated boxing fan, namely Griffith-Tiger l, a disputed (don't know why) verdict,..at any rate, a very close fight....and a brilliant achievement of Griffith's. No "junior divisions back then to make a half step up to the next division, no...Griffith came up all the way from welter to middle, ceded 10 lbs vs the strongest 160 lb champion, outboxed him and scored the first ever kd against the Tiger man....and Tiger's chin was the equivalent to Hagler's back then...thought to be impervious.
Check out the Griffith-Archer bouts, if you can, that is...i believe that only the rematch is on You Tube...don't know about any other source.
Then see Griffith-Benvenuti l and ll....and #lll is the "mystery fight" of their trilogy...was it even filmed?
No less deserving of your study would be, of course, Tiger-Giardello l and ll...really no less deserving of focus thab Griffith, on second thought. All were great bouts that I followed and kinda "grew up" with.

 

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Yes, you're right doug.ie....I guess the significance of Griffith's achievement is that he bypassed junior middle...I know that there was various junior weight classes in existence at that time...going back a ways too, but I plumb forgot about junior middle's time line. Yes, you're right, and Nino was indeed the jun. middle champ. Thanks doug.ie!

 

It's cool doug.ie, I didn't take it that way.:good