Does Chavez get Seriously Underatted on this Board

he was a very good boxer who used these skills to get his body punching in. you must not have watched him in his prime

 

I've seen Chavez fight in the 90's at least 10 times. I am familiar with his “ gancho “ punch, and it was his money shot. On par with Mickey Ward’s body shot.

Chavez was never slick or fast handed. He was a methodical grinder, who won on his durability, and will to win before his skills or his power.

Chavez had the old Mexican style. He just was never a dynamic type of fighter, and every ATG I can think of at lightweight or welter was skilled, and fast.

 

Bazooka Limon wasn't prominent at 135!!!!

:smoke

 

Chavez was at his best in the 80's. He peaked at lightweight, but he had alot of his best wins at 130. Henry Armstrong relied on pressure to break down his opponents and he is pretty much a consensus top 3 fighter ever. Why switch to a plan B if plan A works just fine. Chavez's 'methodical grinding' style worked perfect and made the most of his strengths.

If you want to see Chavez using a dynamic range of skills watch his fight with Rocky Lockridge, a good, high quality contender (and titlist) from the 80's. In the midrounds Chavez broke his hand or damaged it, and he was forced to box at range and pick his spots on the inside. It was a close fight but Chavez showed he could vary his gameplan and do more then just work on the inside.

There are many different styles, you can't penalise a fighter because he didn't show the ability to use another style. And in this case Chavez did show that ability, and for 80 something fights his style worked fine.

 

because a guy is not the slickest or fastest of hand, does not mean he could not box. have you ever watched Joe Louis and Alex Arguello

JCC like the two mentioned above were what you call deceptively quick

 

Chavez was a great fighter, one of the best of the last 20 years, and i don´t think he is underrated over here. Most people have him in their Top20 and i think that´s about fair. He would give both, Duran and Whitaker, a good fight but would imo also lose to both.

 

Depends, He dose not get a lot of credit at 130 where he might be the best ever and 135, but he is overratted at 140 and 147.

 

Duran is #5? And a guy you've never seen fight is #1? Laughable.