Champs or top contenders whose accomplishments far exceeded therir skills?

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  1. Vince Voltage

    Vince Voltage Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Jake Rodriguez, maybe Jim Watt, Frans Botha.
     
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  2. Vic-JofreBRASIL

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    Dariusz Michalczewski
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  3. Jorodz

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    agree with watt

    glad to see ruiz on here who has a very, very good resume but lacked any skills at the top level

    for those who know more about the era: would sammy angott be an option here?
     
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  4. Kalasinn

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    Sam Peter & Corrie Sanders
     
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  5. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    ^^Good calls ...But for those of you who picked Lewis,Foreman,Cuevas .:patsch

    And for those saying Calzaghe..Not to many Smw with his handspeed.
     
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  6. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Peter? Raw power and born puncher
    Sanders-Natural talent any part time boxer/golfer that went as far as him has talent,..Excellent Puncher and fast hands.
     
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  7. ThinBlack

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    Duane Thomas
    Eijiro Murata(?)
    David Braxton
    Dwight Davidson
    Frank Fletcher
    Renaldo Snipes.
     
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  8. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Snipes big right hand

    i believe ive heard Emanuel Steward himself brag about how talented Duane Thomas was and how much.:think He had some skills...Davidson had some skills in fact he ended up losing some fights he should have won,uncderachiever if anything.

    Murata,David Braxton good call:good
    Fletcher?? I thought had good power,but i can still go with thiis short,very flawed... just very tough.
     
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  9. Kalasinn

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    Very crude & unskilled "caveman" slugger, with zero defensive skills, sloth-slow plodding footwork & ridiculously terrible headmovement.

    Fast slugger, but very ragged defense & extremely dreadful stamina by any standards.
     
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  10. Steenalized

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    Everyone knows olympic gold medalists are short on boxing skill.
     
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  11. Kalasinn

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    :lol:

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  12. sportofkings

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    I didnt pick Cuevas, taking into account the world class power that he had and the quality of fighters he was able to finish with it like Espada

    I just considered it.

    Btw as I adressed earlier you seem to be confusing skills with natural abilities like power and speed. I answered under that criteria so I might be wrong in mentioning Cuevas's power, but natural abilities really shouldnt be confused with skills.
     
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  13. Vsec

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    Antonio Margarito



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  14. Vic-JofreBRASIL

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  15. Jorodz

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    primo carnera
     
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