Bonavena vs Godoy: Who wins?

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  1. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I put in an ambiguous "fairly" in front of the "average punchers" :wink:!
    The Toles and Lovell series of Godoy puzzles me, he seemed to do have done worse than I would have expected but were they hamming it to get the gates up? Godoy just missed my top 100, Bonavena just gets in-I think either beats Firpo, any views?
     
  2. klompton2

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    Peralta is very underrated but that being said he didnt trouble Bonavena. That draw in Uruguay was a joke.
     
  3. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That's interesting, what do you know of the fight?
     
  4. klompton2

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    That it was a robbery. I have it. Along with the bad decision Bonavena scored a KD and didnt get credit for it. He was all over Peralta like stink on a ******. It was similar to their first fight. Bonavena was just a very bad physical and style matchup for Peralta's size and temperment.
     
  5. mattdonnellon

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    Thank you, appreciated.
     
  6. mcvey

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    "Stink on a ******".:lol:
     
  7. Bummy Davis

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    I think I am going to lean with the underrated Ringo
     
  8. klompton2

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    Peralta was super tough, especially when you consider his size. But he was kind of a spoiler who liked to pot shot from the outside and steal rounds. He could get drawn into brawls though where relied on his toughness. Bonavena would just barrel into him, overpower him, and start wailing on him. Peralta didnt really have the size, strength, or punching power to trade with Bonavena much less keep him honest when they were in close and he was too small and light handed to keep Bonavena at a distance where he could spoil and steal rounds. Against a guy like Ron Lyle who was a lot bigger than Bonavena and maybe hit harder Peralta had a lot more success because Lyle always fought a more conservative style and measured pace. It allowed Peralta to work from outside and box with Lyle. Whenever Lyle would blunder in and try to impose his will Peralta would momentarily trade tit for tat and then either slip away or tie him up. This made it very difficult for Lyle to ever gain any kind of noticeable lead on points.
     
  9. mcvey

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    I think what made Oscar so difficult to fight was you couldn't really time or anticipate him, he threw punches from such unorthodox angles.