Arguello´s greatest performance

I don't know anybody who saw his shutout of Ramirez question his skills. For his stature, he was very competent, and moved in and out very well on Ramirez.

 

Mancini was not a well schooled fighter. Back in 1981 thru to June 1984, Mancini got by with youth and conditioning. Mancini definitely trained hard so that his body was rock hard but, aside for flicking a decent jab, his combination punching was not tight or very accurate on the elite level.
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Mancini proved what hard-work and a good attitude will bring.
He knew he was short on the gifted talent level.

His greatest attribute,,,,,'Perseverance'

 

What aside from that was he lacking? Sure he got hit a lot, but that doesn't mean he wasn't well-schooled. Offensive fighters get hit by and large.

 

Ray Mancini reminded me of Armando Muniz.

Same bull style, but very effective.
Just simply over-whelmed and out-strengthed weaker opponents.

Adapted, when fighting better-skilled fighters.

Never gave us a bad-fight.

Stayed with Hector Camacho, almost pulled it out.

 

Arguello's up from the canvas dismantling of a determined, hard punching Andy Ganigan deserves a mention.

 

Yes the 'Hawaiian Punch',,,,,,,,,most fighters would have never risen from that left hand.

Didn't Alexis dismantle a pretty capable Claude Noel.

 

He did, although given the fact that both men were past their best, I'd probably be inclined to pick other fights for Arguello's best performance. Still a nice win, though.

Surprised no one has mentioned his fight with a young Boza Edwards. Nasty, nasty display of bodypunching in that one.

 

Would like to see your thoughts on it.

I thought it was a competitive fight but definitely an Everett win, although every round was hard fought and close-ish I thought Everett had an edge in 14 of them.

Drew101 is right, the Boza-Edwards performance is superb, a brilliant display of ripping someones body, and Boza wasn't that bad in it either.

 

The Ruben Castillo fight is an oft-forgotten one from both involved.

 

Early in his career,,,,,,,
August 1974 vs. Oscar Aparacio,,,,,,,,,in Nicaragua

W Dec 12,,,,,Central Americas Featherweight Title,,,,,,(Fight of the Year)

 

Ganigan's war with Arguello (I have a copy) was Andy's quick moment in the spotlight. He ended up getting stopped himself on CBS, but proved rugged. He never really made a big second run for the title afterward... WHY?
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I always figured his moment in the spotlight was when he blew out O'Grady. However, Arguello-Ganigan was certainly Alexis' most exciting win. Following their bout, he repeatedly mentioned Andy's hook to the body immediately preceding the knockdown straight left. (He kept referring to it as a "left hook," so confused was he by Ganigan's "weird" southpaw style, but the message was clear. Andy packed lethal power in his right as well as his left.)

 

I see the Escalera vs Everett fight is on you tube, so I will try and rewatch it this week. As I said I was young when I watched this fight with my Pop-Pop, and I loved Everett (and most/all Philly Phighters). Everett was never one of my Pop-Pop's favorties, not sure why except that he always hated southpaws???? I remember being real nervous before the cards were read and when my Pop-Pop asked my why it was because in my heart I wanted him to win but didn't think he had...now I was real young and in no way scored the fight on a round by round basis. Memory (may fail me) tells me everett controlled it early and came on late, but that Escalera took enough of the middle rds??? It has been over 30+ years so this is solely memory I am relying on. My Pop-Pop did not feel like Everett deserved the win, so my memory could be biased off of this experience. One odd thing was that some Philly guys recieved hometown decisions (ie Watts vs Hagler), while others did not, and in this case the one Philly judge scored the fight for escalera....not sure if there is anything significant in that or not????

Either way I am in the clear minority and need to rewatch it, to form an opinion that is not loosely based upon memory!