Benny Lynch v Canto, Wilde, Genaro & Ricardo Lopez?

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  1. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    But that is always going to happen in this fight when Lynch lets his hands go. And Canto does not have the offensive capability to keep Lynch back.

    And Lynch is going to be letting off combinations, no matter how slow a fighter is, it is still very hard to slip and block a whole combination. Canto will be hit and hit hard.
     
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  2. lora

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    I dunno, i can easily see Canto rolling under the first punch and sliding away at an angle , not giving lynch the time to finish the combo, then coming back with his own quick double and triple hooks and rights.

    Won't be an easy fight for either of them imo.
     
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  3. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Nice post Lora (15).

    Re: stand-up stylists. Lynch dropped rounds versus less capable out-boxers than Lopez though. I think he may have been slightly more vulnerable to this style than you think, if it's matched by a keen offence. The great Dundonian Freddie Tenant always gave him a struggle, for example, and this was with out-boxing, even though Lynch managed to force his pace upon the fight: "In one of the hottest and fastest bouts ever witnessed in Premierland, Glasgow, Fred Tennant, Dundee, and Benny Lynch, Glasgow, fought ten rounds to a drawn decision last night...Lynch was a terrific battler at close range and whilst he held the supremacy in this branch, Tennant counterbalanced it with the most effective punching at long range." (Dundee Courier). And this was in 1932...so Lynch was priming (This fight was a draw, Lynch would beat his old rival in a fourth fight in '33 and thereafter I'd consider him primed).
     
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  4. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    I see Lynch's footspeed allowing him to get their before Canto can get to buggery.
     
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  5. McGrain

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    I also imagine his enthusiasm for attack eeking away over the distance.
     
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  6. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Eh?
     
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  7. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    I dont think Canto has the tools to seriously disheartening him. He may be able to land counters but it wont eb enough to do damage or discourage Lynch IMO.

    Meaning Lynch has the footspeed to keep up with Canto.
     
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  8. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Perhaps, if Canto were one to retreat in straight lines, but lora's point regarding stepping off on an angle doesn't really get tossed to the side by an argument of footspeed. Especially when we're talking about someone who loads up and puts as much leverage into his punches as Lynch. A guy like Canto could very well have a field day leaving him off-balance with those big swings using little defensive shifts like that.

    On the other hand it's also possible that eventually, given Lynch's ability to box (from what I've read, not seen, mind you) and switch it up, he could either work his way in using a more methodical manner, or simply overwhelm Canto in the long run using the style we've all seen. Either way, I agree with this being a 50/50 kind of fight. I don't think Canto is being stopped.
     
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  9. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Lynch loaded up, but it wasn't like he was robotic about it. No feet of clay.
     
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  10. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    I still think Lynch's dynamic attack with the hard combinations and strong jab is a foil for Canto, he might have some sucess but it would not be sustained and he lacks the arsenal to discourage Lynch IMO.
     
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  11. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The same could be said of a lot of pure boxers getting the better of the bigger punchers/pressure fighters, in fact you'd have to look no further than Canto's bouts with Gonzalez. But alas, your point is made. Forgive me if I don't agree fully with it, though, as I think Canto's style could be just as much a foil for Lynch as vice-versa.
     
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