Best I Faced: Juan Laporte

I'll always recall Juan's fight with Barry McGuigan. Consensually The Clones Cyclone's best performance. La Porte was a very tough and competent fighter.

 

He’s the only guy that Azumah Nelson didn’t want to slug it out with

 

Has Hagler ever done a "best I`ve ever faced"?

 

Great read. Seems very honest assesements.

 

That question would be better answered by the experts at quora

 

LaPorte has always been frustrating to watch; love the chin, best I've ever seen I guess; he also had real power and good skills, can't fault him for any of that. He was just far too economical with his punches and didn't have a very good set of finishing skills. Maddening.

But this is a good read, and he seems honest enough in his assessments.

 

Laporte sounds credible although that pick of Mario Miranda as the biggest puncher is a weird one but with that said i wasnt the guy taking the punches so who knows.

 

Good one. I missed it earlier, so thanks for posting again.

 

Ya didn't he say Finnegan was the toughest guy he faced?

 

LaPorte is the second fighter I know of who faced Sanchez and said he wasn't anything special in the power department. Castillo told me Sanchez "couldn't bust a grape."

LaPorte fought just about everyone, though. Tough fella with good skill. I recall someone telling me that he was never quite the same after a limo trip with Don King.

 

Chavez
Sanchez
Gomez
Nelson
Pedroza
Tszyu
Lockridge
McGuigan
Castillo
Molina

You knew this one was gonna be a good read with competition like that. I think he may well have fought the best quality of any fighter in his era.