Fighters throughout history who's boxing skills are underrated

Well perhaps we'll apply some common sense and use examples of fighters who have MASSIVE aspects of their game overlooked. There's a big difference between not realising that a guy can feint quite well and not realising that a guy has a defence, or between not realising that a guy goes to the body occasionally and not realising that a guy can actually box. Basically, there are good responses to this thread and there are bad responses. Chavez and Hagler are good responses with BIG assets that get ignored. Duran would be a good response if you focused on his defence rather than his feinting ability. With respect, Robinson is probably a bad response.

The two examples I picked out above were deliberately chosen, by the way. I only thought about it for 5 seconds, but I think Mayweather's and Holyfield's styles are comparatively well-understood by the mainstream. So not "literally any" fighter is relevant here (and certainly some are more relevant than others).

 

Thank you JG...I was going to nominate Fullmer and was trying desperately to wake up my brain cells to come up with the right words, and you've put it all in a nice cogent, to the point package as usual, and as usual, much better than I could lol! :good

 

I just watched Fullmer vs Robinson I, and Fullmer aint an unskilled brute he is actually quite cunning in his attacks and his jabs really offset Ray's timing.

 

This is going to iritate itrimariti no end, but Carlos Monzon..who still gets underrated in this field due to the unflashy subtlety of his skills. Witness the 2nd Briscoe fight for the best evidence of his boxing skills.

 

This threads away to go off on a tangent now.

 

haha

 

Maybe they haven't watched the fights? (frankenfrank)

Maybe whatever. But it doesn't stop us edifying ourselves by pointing these things out.

 

I think many times Monzon is grudgingly "given his due" more because of his height, reach and "awkward, stiff style" and cunning, rather than any outright boxing ability that he possesed, and like I say, just reference his rematch with Briscoe to see a mobile, resourceful BOXING Monzon, who also effortlessly threw just about every type of punch, jabs, left hooks, rights and uppercuts while on the back foot, aka "retreating" on an onrushing, ever aggresive Briscoe...it almost reminds me of Ali-Frazier with Monzon being so relatively fluid.

 

"unflashy subtelty" or non-existence? :good

Seriously though, I'd say the Briscoe fight is more showing off how he deals with pressure. The fights with Valdez and Napoles probably flatter his skillset best.

 

I agree, although that's more a criticism of the way we're handling these kinds of threads than it is an argument against starting them in the first place. Like you say, we must be careful.

 

You just need use good old common sense for stuff like this, so as not to go overboard in trying to re-address the perceived injustices for fighters who are beng underestimated in your eyes.

I'll give a shout out to fighting Harada.When he was sharp he could box really well when he wanted to mix it up from his usual swarming.It gave him an added edge against Jofre in their first fight especially, as he could mix it up if Jofre was starting to get to him.

 

Thats what has happened with Larry Holmes legacy and ability.