Best performances of Carlos Monzon?

I'll look for it now..

 

Here it is...I think at 2:10 there's a quick clip of Monzon propelling Bouttier to the canvas.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfnXd0g4iu4&feature=related[/ame]

 

Here's Monzon vs Tom Bogs
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ordcR6TwbM&feature=related[/ame]

 

That was his worst title performance imo.An uncharacteristic sluggish slopfest from him.

It is one of my favourite of his defences though and Bouttier showed huge guts in it to redeem himself for taking the easy way out in some of his earlier fights.

imo though Bouttier was a fine fighter, Monzon would have lost his title that night had he been in with someone a couple notches above.Not a good year for Carlos, that.

 

How much is there of the first Griffith fight? I've only ever seen the finish.

The second is a horrible fight

Benvenuti I for me. Outstanding stuff.

 

The whole thing.

In fact, there's complete footage of every one of his title fights.

 

Agreed, although I think Bouttier had as much to do with that as Monzon.

In their first fight, Bouttier tried to box from the outside and Monzon just ran him down. This time, Bouttier switched tactics and smothered him on the inside, which proved somewhat troublesome for Monzon over the first half of the fight, but I still felt he controlled most of the fight with his bigger punching and was well ahead at the end.


Griffith II was his absolute worst title performance IMO, in which he looked weak from weight-making and had no power or snap on his punches. I still thought Monzon outworked Griffith enough in the later rounds to pull the fight out, though.

 

Yes, one of the best ever at that.

 

Right, now the question is why haven't I come across it? :twisted:

 

I have them all. They're not hard to find through a reputable dealer of boxing dvd's.

 

Top three performances for me are:

1) Benvenuti I: Poor Nino, with his whole country behind him, is mugged from the opening bell and put out with a crunching right.

2) Briscoe II: Steely Briscoe, never an easy man to fight, not only pushes Monzon but lends him his first real crises in the ninth. How Monzon responded, backing Briscoe up, cutting and shaking him showed you good he really was.

3) Valdez II: Rodrigo had not done much in their first fight but in the rematch he hits Monzon with a punch which would have splattered other mortals. Valdez pushes him hard but Monzon's ability to put punches together really shines in this fight where he forcefully tames the bull.

For me that last fight really details why I rank Monzon higher than Hagler. Granted Leonard was no easy man to face, but Valdez was the heir-apparent, a natural middle, and Monzon whipped him good.