Favorite fighters greatest weaknesses

I love MAB for the Hamed/turnbuckle thing!!

 

Probably not. He dosen't seem to have an interest in boxing unless its slagging off Leonard or hugging Terry Norris. Odd guy.:huh

 

I dont have a leonard poster but I have several of his fights including amateur. it is correct to say that Ray cannot fight a full 3 minutes. That's ONE problem. The other is that when struck clean by a sharp blow, any sharp blow, he gets wobbly. It can be from Geraldo, from Duran, Lalonde, howard, Norris, Camacho, or even the slow motion blows coming from a worn out Hagler. it doesnt matter.

Hurt him and most times you own him

 

How then was Sibbo able to outjab Don Lee, a 6-2 middleweight? Only when Don turned lefty was the outcome affected.

 

Don't question me, red.

 

Joe Frazier - taking to many shots to land one

Carlos Monzon - throwing people out of window

Andrew Golota - mental strength in his physical prime

Sonny Liston - gambling and booze

Sam Langford - skin color

 

I'm going to go against the grain here in some flaws:

Halger: One of my favorite fighters, one of the best all around fighters ever, but he frequently went into the ring with the wrong strategy or using the wrong tactics. For example trying to outbox and outjab Leonard early, letting up on Antuofermo late, showing too much respect to Duran, etc. Also, a little more speed would have only made him better.

Chavez: Hated training, partied too much, had troubles with speed, but only from the very fast guys who were top notch fighters as well. (In his prime, at least).

Ali: refused to listen to anyone else, which was sometimes good, sometimes not. Underestimated opponents, sometimes believed his own hype, especially when it came to talking down about guys like Frazier and how easily he's beat them...

 

Wilfred Benitez: Inactivenesses and Work ethic- often just didn't work enough. Was evident in his bout with Leonard in rounds where I could count on my fingers the punches he threw. Hardly ever trained until the 2nd half of his career. With some dedication he could been much more sharper.

Pernell Whitaker- Well, we all know what his problem was.

Floyd Mayweather - Retreats in straight lines when feinted and pressured:nono. Also, when it comes time to just dig down and fight, he is very reluctant to do so (which is why I miss his 130 lb days).

 

Muhammad Ali never proved he could be a great infighter & he rarely went to the body - I loved his style tho, look at how good he was without using those skills.

Erik Morales didnt stay at long range enough & neglected his underrated defence all too often - those things made him Morales the entertainer tho, the warrior respected by all except morons.

 

Was a big fan of Zab Judah. His weakness is his environment and more importantly his discipline.

 

Little Red: balance issues, lacked hand speed

Arguello: not enough foot or hand speed. Not that he was slow, but try to imagine Arguello with really fast hands and feet.

Wanderer already said the exact things I was going to say about Haglar.

Currently: Pavlik was very slick as an amatuer, and still an excellent boxer when he first turned pro. Now days he is to much in love with his power and head hunts way to much.

 

Arguello: obiously lack of footspeed quite planted to the ground. Also his weakness in him endeared me to him as he was the perfect gentleman but normal like the rest of us and struggled with his demons but overcame most of them and found himself in the ring and i can relate to that.

Pep: Not many weaknesses perhaps reluctance to set his feet and punch hard

Hagler: again tactical deficits

Marquez: Not many!

Mayweather: lack of challenging himself

 

That always did hold his career back.

 

:rofl:rofl

I know poor guy too much talent

 

Hagler didn't so much let up on Antuofermo as Antuofermo hit the afterburner button. Antuofermo, realizing it was slipping away, really stepped it up. It was impressive the way he worked himself back into that fight. But Hagler came on strong in the end and twice had Antuofermo hurt in the 15th round. It was an impressive win against a very tough fighter.

Hagler's problem wasn't choosing to box Leonard. Hagler was the superior boxer and would have boxed Leonard's ears off in 1984, worse than he did Duran (who was a better boxer than Leonard, too). Hagler's last fight was an obvious case of a fighter at the end of career.