ESB Classic Forum: Tell me about Panama Al Brown

Olivares at his best seemed just as well suited if not better suited to dealing with that type of fighter given his body attack. I'd favor him quite clearly as well.

Brown vs Zarate would be interesting. I think I'd favor Brown to outbox him given that Zarate wouldn't have certain advantages like height and reach that he usually had, and Brown's chin and craftiness would allow him to deal with Zarate's attack.

 

Probably because he wasn't draining to such a weight. It was natural.

 

I think Brown would be able to hit Olivares a little more than Jofre, and despite Rubin's uderrated skills, he couldn't hang with Brown on the outside, he has to get inside. Several slick boxers beat Brown, and I believe Jofre could hold is own on the outside and take control on the inside pretty much as well as Olivares would. I don't feel definitive about Jofre beating Brown, but I definitely lean towards him. A figth with Olivares is about 50/50 IMO, depending on how well Olivares gets inside and how well Brown takes the body shots.

Haven't seen enough of Manuel Ortiz to judge about between he and Brown, so the only top 5 level bantam I'm quite confident Brown would beat is Zarate. Carlos was a magnificent bodypuncher as well, but Brown's hieght and reach would present a lot of problems to Zarate considering he was never in the ring with a taller longer fighter, his chin is good enough to take Zarate's brutal shots, and his jab and footwork good enough to keep Zarate at a good distance.

 

Brown was 5'11. I believe that may be the tallest in Bantamweight history... he fought in a fairly predictable style, behind the jab with a good right hand.

Brown was highly cultured -forget Tunney with his Shakespeare and Klitschko with his 4 languages- Brown spoke 7.

 

"You know dem fighters with long necks and dem long, pointy chins. They cost you more for smellin' salts than they do for food."

~ Charley Goldman

 

Brown looks a lot like Zapata in style, with a bit of supercharged Herol Graham about him too.

Extremely loose fighter with laid back impeccable footwork

 

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