Favorite fighters greatest weaknesses

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Roberto Duran: Fame

Julio Cesar Chavez: Booze

Tommy Hearns: Legs

Muhammad Ali: Believing in his own immortality

 

Marco Antonio Barrera's greatness weakness in my estimation would have been his temperament. I always classified the man as a complete fighter in the later stages of his career. He could fight on the outside (Tapia, Hamed), the inside (Morales I, Mckinney), off the ropes (Magana, Fernandez), and his defense improved to a point where he didn't get hit on a regular basis, and let's not forget his impressive combination punching ability. His ability as a fighter aside, he would often lash out at his opponent. Slamming Hamed's head into the turnbuckle, hitting Marquez whilst he was down, and hitting on the break countless times. It's lead to a lot of fans resenting him.

 

Frank Bruno: survival skills

Nigel Benn: self-control

Ronald Wright: charisma

 

Duran: weight and conditioning

Dempsey: Inactivity

Langford: Talent. Too much ability.

 

how does too much ability work against you? heh

 

Morales- too willing to get drawn into a brawl

 

:rofl:good

 

My favorite fighter Hagler, he had none. Iron chin, lethal power that could snap an opponent's head off, first rate footwork and all around defense, and the heart of a lion.

Duran's weakness is fighting past his prime and not being properly conditioned, taking too many fights he wasnt physically or mentally prepared for. Similar to Lamotta

Julio Cesar Chavez-taking too many easy fights against people that didnt belong with him

Leonard-lacking in chin and heart. couldnt deal with fast hitters, movers. only capable of fighting in spurts.

Tommy Hearns: stood too straight up which became a problem for him when he became flatfooted.

Muhammad Ali-lack of body punching. stood too still for too long. he did this even in his prime with Chuvalo

 

Lionel Rose.... Saunas, Cutting finger nails, hair and spitting into buckets to make Bantam limit.

 

Heart and pacing, absolutely; chin- I wouldn't say so. Leonard's biggest weakness was that he couldn't fight a 3 minute round if his life depended on it, but he didn't have a bad chin by any realistic standard. One thing is for certain: when he lost, it wasn't due to his chin.

Also, I'm pretty certain you wake up every morning and throw a dart in the face of a Leonard poster. This is about favourite fighters.

 

Sibbo...T-rex arms.

 

Ali. Susceptibility to the left hook. He never solved this problem. This fault is countered by his tremendous chin. But he never had to take those shots. He also neglected the body. Life could have been easier for the greatest.

Duran. Disinterestedness. Sometimes he just didn't have the fire burning.

Hearns. Discipline. He let emotion get the best of him and got dragged into punch outs. Also, too much road work left him wobbly late.

Foreman. Stamina. As he said, nervous energy got the best of him. He needed a sports psychologist first time around.

Two of my favorite fighters had no weakenesses: Hagler and Chavez. They just got old too soon. Nothing one can do about that.

 

I was wondering why Leonard showed up in his post. Maybe he misunderstood the thread.