Gavilan With Some Entertaining Footwork

And by KO, I bet. :roll:

 

I know plenty about Gavilan and more than you ever will. There isn't any welter in the division now that I would pick to beat him, NONE.

Like all fighters of that era he has many losses, as you pointed out. But he also fought better competition than any of the welters of today and has better wins in this weight class than any of the welters today.

For a fighter who many had beating SRR in their first fight, it sure is a bold statement to pick the top 5 fighters in the division currently to beat him. You must not think much of SRR either.

So, I invite you to give me some analysis on how three of the welters today beat him.

 

Perhaps you should educate yourself in this thread. It has some of ESB's best posters in it.

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64380

 

Walked down by Margarito? Please expand and let me know how, given his plodding footwork and wide ass punches, Margarito could walk him down.

Yet, he didn't get outboxed by Sugar Ray Robinson comprehensively. Am I to summize that you have Floyd outboxing SRR as well, much less at 147lbs?

Now its becoming painfully obvious you don't know what the **** you are talking about. The bolo punch was NEVER his prime weapon but a part of his arsenal. This point alone is enough to discredit your knowledge of the man.

Given the fact that many of the old timers fought past their prime, many have a win-loss ratio that doesn't look stellar in retrospect.

I very much doubt you have this footage given your misinformed stance on the man.

But, like Brooklyn often has to do, I will ask you to spell it out. Give an analysis of his strengths and weaknesses, compared to the fighters you contend would beat him today, and an analysis of the fight.

 

Quite the contrary, I am not nearly as loyal to older fighters as some are here. By the same token there are a lot of posters in the general forum who discount boxers they haven't seen.

I'm also interested in your footage of the first Janiro fight, being that I can't get that tape through any source I know.

Could you provid a link for where I could get that?

I really love Gavilan.

 

My apologies for being over-zealous about this subject, its just that ESB has a lot of young posters that disrespect older boxers and if you are here long enough you hear everything (including a thread a few months back where many had Gavilan being KO'd by Mayweather). And further, you hear this from people who have never seen footage before.

Its never my intent to disrespect another person's opinion. Sometimes its difficult to tell between a difference in thought or a trolling effort. I believe you and I just have a difference in thought on the matter.

Anyways, appreciate the PM but figured I would resond to you here. :good