Gavilan With Some Entertaining Footwork

yeah Gavilan was one of the truly great ones, Robinson said he was the toughest oppenent he ever faced

 

So true. I think Gavilan was closer to Sugar Ray Leonard style-wise than Robinson was, although they all had very clear differences as well.

 

I like his head movement as well.

 

Film it in 8mm with herky-jerky movement circa 1900, and we would be saying these fighters could never beat the "modern" fighters.

Hit and don't be hit is the rule of the game.

 

What a fighter Gavilan was! I took your advice and ordered some Gavilan fights from Raging B(_)LL. I'm purchasing 6 DVDs all in all.

 

A: LOL at the slowness of the punches.
B: LOL at the predictability of Gavilan when he was doing those hop jumps.

Lets see him throw a left hook out of nothing, connect and knock his opponent out ala Jones Jr.

 

A: If you're laughing out loud at the 'slowness' of Gavilan's punches, than you must come close to death from laughter when you watch Margarito or Cintron. Gavilan didn't have Leonard-esque speed, but he had quick hands.

B: Gavilan was a showman, and those 'hop jumps' threw opponents off, made them hesitant to throw, and made them unsure when he was going to punch. Kept them on the defensive in other words.

Sure, use Roy Jones Jr (the most athletic fighter in history) as a measuring stick. That seems fair.

 

I was laughing at how slow their initial exchanges were, how limited they were and how slow motion it seemed.

Gavilan sped up later on but you can't exactly say anything he showed in there would give you reason to suspect he was super human compared to the fighters of today, in fact, quite differently, I doubt many fighters of today wouldn't have issue with him based on this footage.

 

Yes, of course, and while you're at it, you can also laugh at how cumbersome and slow computers were in the 50's.