Best one-dimensional fighters past and present

Foreman, Dempsey, Armstrong

 

Its difficult to peg a one dimensional fighter, inevitably someone can point out a second or third dimension.

Pac a few years ago comes to mind before he developed his other hand.

Frazier was a come forward fighter who was hell bent on landing the hook, dont know if I would call him one dimensional though.

 

The young George Foreman

 

Old George Foreman had pretty lousy defense as well...

 

Yea I understand you.

I that case, seems like most one dimensional fighters are either preasure fighters or power punchers, being that they are either pressing to wear an opponent down or looking for the KO punch.

Also, I can think of fighters with a ¨money¨ punch, like Mickey Wards left hook to the body. He was one dimensional in that he would just stalk you with his guard up looking to put it on the button bc he knew that if he did you were in for a long night.

 

But it seemed he used his brain a little more in the ring. The young Foreman just tried to club the **** out of you. The older Foreman knew he needed more.

 

I have to go with Trinidad. Great fighter however he showed NO versatility in his fights against ODLH, BHop or Wright

 

This is an interesting point.

I think Trinidad showed versatility in his wins and an ability to adapt to fighters along the way, it wasnt as if he won all of his fights the same way. But your correct, he showed no versatility in his losses.

So is this a sign of a one dimensional fighter, the sign of a fighter without a backup plan and with a shitty corner, or just the sign of a fighter who was just outmatched (speaking Bernard and Winky here). :think

 

I give him lots of credit especially against Vargas where he was on top early, then vargas managed to come back during the middle rounds and he adjusted and finished the fight in spectacular fashion.

:good

 

Actually that was the fight I was thinking of when I wrote the post. He adapted very well to Vargas, although some would argue his adaptation technique was two swift shots below the belt. :|

 

See what i don't understand is Vargas managed to defeat Winky (even though it was controversial) it was a close fight. However when tito fought Winky I had Winky winning every single round. I just could not fathom that.

 

Trinidad was one of my favorite fighters. I remember watching the Winky fight, it was as frustrating as it was beautiful. Winky won the fight with one punch, and Tito just simply could not stay away from that jab. :-(

Im not sure how to answer your question, except to say that Im sure Winky gained confidence from the two Mosely fights, and that Tito was not as active at this point.