Fights where attritional pressure fighters beat technicians

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  1. Dorrian_Grey

    Dorrian_Grey It came to me in a dream Full Member

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    I'm trying to fin fights in the vein of Jose Luis Castillo vs Stevie Johnston essentially, where more talented or skilled boxers are beaten or worn down by pressure fighters. Brownie points if the technician/mover is a southpaw and the pressure fighter is orthodox, and even more brownie points if there exchanges in the pocket.
     
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    Dorrian_Grey It came to me in a dream Full Member

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    Nick Ball vs Raymond Ford is another good example of this genre of fight. Miguel Cotto vs Sergio Martinez fits the bill too, I think, but I'm trying to find more matches like this.
     
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    Most of Marciano's fights.
     
  7. Flo_Raiden

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    Another example would be Jeff Fenech against Greg Richardson and Victor Callejas.

    Israel Vazquez also overcoming the superior technicians Jhonny Gonzalez and Rafael Marquez.

    And just recently Subriel Matias beating Alberto Puello.
     
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    Trevor Berbick’s entire boxing life was this
     
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    Joe Frazier vs everyone he defeated.
     
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    Jim Watt over Howard Davis Jr (a lot more exchanges in the pocket than you’d expect here)

    James Scott over Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and Yaqui Lopez

    Marvin Johnson over Mate Parlov

    Frank Fletcher over Clinton Jackson
     
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