Boxing myths that you hate

poisoned dart got me....

 

I've said before, either Lewis had a better chin than his critics maintain, or he was one of the finest defensive wizards known to boxing.

Now, Lewis did usually have very good defense. But I think that's stretching things a bit too far.

The Marciano-Walcott 'punch' picture is one that always annoyed me. It's more of a credit to Jersey Joe that he took that shot and didn't fall.

 

Round 7. It was a good shot though.

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One of mines is that Tyson only scared fighters and when they stood up to him and fought him back, he quit and stop fighting. The other is he can't go past 5 rounds, when infact he went the distance 4 times in his prime and prove to people he could do it in the Mitch Green fight. He also proved that he could carry his power late in the fight when he Ko'ed Tyrell Biggs and Jose Ribitla late in the fight. I love those Myths and they make me laugh cause everybody believes that bull****.

 

The Henry Cooper V Ali story that fat men in pubs in britain always go on about, yes cooper floored ali, but there was no 15 minute break between rounds like they always claim

 

Nice.

 

I'm frankly surprised so many people think the opposite, esp. given that Duran would be too far above his natural weight.

 

Duran was still a very,very good fighter at this weight and was defensively brilliant and damned tough to boot.I can't envisage anyone aside from Hearns blowing him out and Hearns was a power punching freak with huge size,speed and reach advantages over Roberto.

I don't fancy a fighter of similar height and speed to Roberto having a chance in hell of doing the same thing to him,especially a kid who had never met anybody remotely approaching the great Duran's abilities.

 

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Mystery solved!

Good job! :good

 

What Tony Ayala lacked in overall height and reach, he made up for in freakish power and an unrelenting attack. Being the bigger, stronger man, Tony would be constantly backing Roberto into the ropes and pounding him. Because of this, I can't envision an older, overweight Duran being able to withstand Tony's constant pressure and body assault for too long. Roberto would be defiant as always, but would ultimately be worn down and overpowered.

That's my take on it.....and I respect your opinion.

 

Hey, tremendous. So that's exactly where it's from.

 

More like Half an hour.

 

Hi dude.

Just a sidenote - Duran was brilliant against fighters that came to him. Nothing got him going more than lining up against a guy that he knew was dangerous and coming to fight. A real test of his machismo. His skills also came into their own against such opposition.

I can see the Duran that battered Moore reading Tony with ease, little subtle slips and rolls and pure anticipation putting him into great position to expose Tony's inexperience and lesser skill time and again. Tony would not know where those body punches were coming from either. When was he ever hammered in the gut. I see Tony starting fast as always. Duran would be cautious but busy, probing and seeing what Tony had. I see Tony getting frustrated fast, shocked at how hard to hit and skillful the old man is turning out to be. He'll get wild and start telegraphing and whinging his blows. By this time Dooran will be in full flight, countering hard to both head and body while taking nothing square in return. Around 5 or 6 we will see a change in Tony's expression. Breathing hard it almost looks like there is fear in his eyes. Nothing he does is making a difference and Dooran is just unrelenting. Tony's ends up battered, his face swollen and red. Rather than get knocked out cleanly i see his will wilting, and the ref mercifully stops the fight somewhere near round 7 or 8.

****, that's a bit off topic

 

That's just about how I see it too.

 

I made a tread about the shot LAST year lol. Useing the snap shot seen here plus a more in full view of the fame pic ko with ref in foreground for comparsion.
A shame it never made it to page 2.