Fights where highly skilled boxers were completely outboxed?

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  1. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Examples of highly skilled boxers being outboxed decisively and embarrassingly? Any examples as decisive as Floyd Mayweather-Juan Manuel Marquez? Kalambay-McCallum is the only possibility that immediately comes to mind.
     
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  2. Vanboxingfan

    Vanboxingfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I'm not quite the fan of Mayweather winning this fight as you are, because he had every conceivable advantage possible. JMM never fought about 135 prior to that fight, he was shorter and had less reach, he was 36 years old, never fought at WW before, never mind fighting for the title, and FMJ, never even made the catchweight limit.

    More impressive as far as I'm concerned is Hearns over Benitez. I was also going to pick Benitez over Duran, but realized it wasn't a whole lot different than the Mayweather over JMM win, it's just that one expected more out of Duran.

    Hagler could box if he needed to, but SRL outboxed him.
     
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  3. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    SRL over Benitez is a good one too. His jab made a big difference.

    Benitez-Duran
    Benitez-Cervantes
     
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  4. Vanboxingfan

    Vanboxingfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Benitez is a funny fighter, had he been more dedicated in the later years one never knows just how far he could have gone. He won three titles, his first at 17, ( they said he had friends from his high school watching that fight) and he hardly trained for the SRL fight.
     
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  5. Rafaman

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    Arguello vs Fernandez. It wasn't pretty but Vilomar got he job done.
     
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    McClallum vs Watson. Over the final 6 rounds the "body snatcher" pulls out every cute trick in his ****nal. It was a tough fight and Watson never stopped trying but McClallum's jab was masterclass and he rose to another level. Watson's pick a boo hard is hard to hit clean, but Mike made it look easy and was crazy accurate. Mike outboxed him but did so in a very punishing way over the last half of the fight to get the tko.
     
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  7. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sanchez over Wilfredo Gomez
     
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  8. Vanboxingfan

    Vanboxingfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Awesome fight. But again like many of these fights, the bigger guy usually ends up winning.
     
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  9. Eastpaw

    Eastpaw Boxing Addict Full Member

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    hearns-leonard l

    hearns would have clearly won if he wasn't stopped
     
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  10. Jpreisser

    Jpreisser Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I reckon James Toney getting damn near shut out by Roy Jones Jr. qualifies. Locche must have done something right to go 15-0 against Cervantes.
     
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  11. Vanboxingfan

    Vanboxingfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Good call regarding Jones. That was a case of a highly skilled boxer being completely outboxed by an even higher skilled boxer in the same weight category.
     
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  12. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Understand Vilomar got robbed against Howard Davis Jr, too.
     
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  13. WhyYouLittle

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    Burley/Moore.
     
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  14. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mayweather v Judah

    Hopkins v Tarver

    Foreman v Frazier :deal
     
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  15. Unforgiven

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    Jones Jr. v Toney was first that came to mind.

    Apparently Harry Greb did it all the time too. :lol:
     
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