Chuck Wepner: Best I've faced.

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  1. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Do we have a cite on this one, by any chance?
     
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  2. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think one of the best take aways from Chuck's comments are those about Liston's jab being the best he'd seen, not Ali's or Foreman's. It goes along with what other's have said about how Sonny could knock out teeth and break bones with a jab.
     
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  3. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He was like the ultimate master of stepping through with the jab, keeping his balance the whole time. Incredible.
     
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  4. SolomonDeedes

    SolomonDeedes Active Member Full Member

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    He mentions it in this interview from 2002.

    Interviewer: Who was stronger, Muhammad Ali or Larry Holmes?

    Norton: Oh, Ali definitely. Ali was very strong but because he wasn't a one punch KO artist it is overlooked. Hitting Ali in the body or on the arms was like hitting a piece of cement.

    https://tss.ib.tv/boxing/articles-o...h-ken-norton-norton-speaks-on-fights-with-ali
     
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  5. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    He was far better in his second fight v Norton than he was v Wepner.
     
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  6. ThatOne

    ThatOne Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It was a glorified exhibition.
     
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  7. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Ali certainly fought that way.
     
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  8. ThatOne

    ThatOne Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I have to watch it again. He basically didn't do anything the first four rounds.
     
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  9. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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