Azumah Nelson rated No.41 in a list of the best fighters in the last 50 years

Oh please.

 

I remember being a little fearful before Calvin Grove challenged Nelson at '30. I thought the Professor would maybe destroy him. Grove had a bit of a resurgence himself and got off the canvas and gave Azumah all he could handle.
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I'll never forget the delightful interview Nelson gave in the ring after knocking out Fenech. I wish I could find that interview with Ferdie Pacheco. It made me even more of a fan.

 

Context is everything, son...…..that video is simplistic bulls%$@.

You'll note that of the three examples of video he used, one of them was against an opponent Sanchez fought before winning the title, when he was far more of a banger and one who traded punches. That's been no secret, that he tightened up his overall defense along the way. many young developing fighters do.

The other two shown there are of course Gomez, and the hopelessly outmanned Roberto Castanon. Sanchez opted to trade more with Gomez because he'd damaged him so badly in the opening moments. Like a chess player that knew he was up material early, he had no reason to fear exchanges, letting Gomez trade with him knowing he wasn't being hurt but thathis own shots were inflicting huge damage. A calculated risk, and one that of course paid off.

Against Castanon, he knew he wasn't much and had no fear of anything so he just came forward and unloaded on him as he saw fit, which of course opened him up to occasional counters. I see no "weakness" there, just because video shows the odd right hand land on him. Sanchez was still, at the heart of things, an action fighter. Such fighters are occasionally going to get clipped, they all do.

This video is really reaching.