Boxers Overrated due to style.

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by Homericlegend03, Sep 17, 2025.


  1. DJN16

    DJN16 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Shut up
     
  2. Hi-Tech

    Hi-Tech Active Member Full Member

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    I like Loma but others gotta relax on saying he can beat Duran or Floyd
     
  3. BoxingFanMike

    BoxingFanMike Member Full Member

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    Ouch, but you kind of have a point.
     
  4. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    Honestly the fact that Corbett was able to be viewed that way so consistently by pretty much everyone who saw or trained with him despite looking as he does on film makes me rate him even higher. I feel like someone would’ve called him on his bluff at some point while he was still in the boxing scene as an older man.

    But yeah, still definitely overrated.
     
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  5. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    For me it's more that he's usually referred to as a great technician over decades when it just seems to me that he was really fast all round. I don't think the old footage does him justice in that regard. I think it's the classic misconception of speed = technician which people still make today.
     
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  6. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I mean, no one says it anymore. Pre-Teofimo too many were saying it.
     
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