Best 15 round navigator?

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  1. 2piece

    2piece Well-Known Member Full Member

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    What fighters from the era of 15 rounds were best at navigating through that and use the whole distance to win a fight?
     
  2. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Archie Moore ,as he aged was pretty adept at knowing
    when to coast and when to put his foot on the pedal.
     
  3. 2piece

    2piece Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He didn't even cross my mind the top 2 I thought of were Carlos Monzon and Alexis Arguello because of the way they made intelligent adjustments and set up there opponents to stop them late in the fight.
     
  4. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    2piece, it's funny because I was going to start a thread called 'an attrition fighter'. You called it a '15 round navigator'. The same thing because we are talking about the fighter that thrived over the 15 round distance. The kind of fighter who possibly came from behind and doled out late round stoppages or just really put the hurt on from rounds 11-15. The fighters I thought of immediately were:

    Lupe Pintor
    Vicente Saldivar
    Alexis Arguello
    Eusebio Pedroza
    Matthew Saad Muhammad
     
  5. 2piece

    2piece Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'll make sure I watch some of their fights.
     
  6. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    F*cking brilliant topic.

    I would add Monzon to the list.
     
  7. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Carlos Monzon
    Emile Griffith
    Eusebio Pedroza
    Muhammad Ali
    Victor Galindez
    In that order too.
     
  8. Nighttrain

    Nighttrain 'BOUT IT 'BOUT IT Full Member

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    I like Moore, throw in Ali. Ali was also was a master of knowing when to cruise and when to put to put his foot on the gas during a round .

    I wanted to give honorary mention to Sugar Ray Leonard for his masterful job of gamesmanship against Marvelous Hagler . . .but of course a key part of game was getting Hagler to agree to making it 12.
     
  9. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    All great shouts.
     
  10. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  12. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    ....................ehhhmmmm..............?
     
  13. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Gee...wasn't expecting to hear that from you. :D

    Good shout, though. I think the championship rounds of a hypothetical clash btx Sanchez and Pedroza would have been epic. They both liked to accelerate in the final third of a title fight.
     
  14. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    I would throw Harry Greb into the argument. He had a penchant for coming on late in these longer fights. He was excellent at pacing himself.
     
  15. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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