Fights where lack of power cost them

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  1. HolDat

    HolDat Well-Known Member Full Member

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    All true except he was trash that night.
     
  2. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hi Guys.
    Thinking that had Winstone carried more power, he might have fared better against Saldivar.
    stay safe guys, chat soon.
    Mike.
     
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  3. greynotsoold

    greynotsoold Boxing Addict

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    One of the best posts on this forum this year.
     
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  4. greynotsoold

    greynotsoold Boxing Addict

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    You beat me to it.
     
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  5. Joeywill

    Joeywill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Add Parker vs Wardley to the list

    Had Parker had more power hed have gotten Wardley out of there easily
     
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  6. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Maxie Rosenbloom
    Tommy Loughran
    Teddy Yarosz
    Holeman Williams
    There entire careers
     
  7. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Foreman wouldn't have lost to Ali if he had possessed the power to fight out of a wet paper bag.
     
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  8. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    And strangely enough, he one shotted Bakole in his previous fight.
     
  9. Joeywill

    Joeywill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Bakole not in serious fight shape

    Was more of a balance thing
     
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  10. SouthpawsRule

    SouthpawsRule Active Member Full Member

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    He could probably sleep anyone with that punch, you can't just take a haymaker to the back of the ear by a 267 lbs HW contender.
     
  11. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wayne McCullough vs Erik Morales
     
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  12. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wayne McCullough’s entire career
     
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  13. KasimirKid

    KasimirKid Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Actually, a person can argue that their reliance on speed and finesse might have been compromised if they took the time to set their feet long enough to beef up their power.
     
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  14. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s banned Full Member

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    Ezzard Charles when he fought Marciano didn’t have his legs anymore @Seamus has called him “flailing” in his old age, I’d agree, Lou Gherigg’s disease was already afflicting him BEFORE he won the HW title. Had Charles had more power from the hellish description of Marciano’s experience in with the GENUIS of Charles it seems possible he could stop him with youth and more pop?
     
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  15. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Were talking guys that basically had no power at all that I listed. Any plus in power would have been a big plus to there careers IMO. Less wear and tear on the brain if you can get someone out of there.
     
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