I think Tommy Burns is a bit underrated. https://streamable.com/dm91j Throws a nice 3 (4?) punch combo. Really nice distance control, kind of like Usyks and Lomas. Cuts off the ring well, has good power.
Burns steps out as soon as he lands his combo, then jumps right back in to cut off the ring, close the distance, and lands another punch. Very Usyk esque in the distance control technique. But of course all some people here see is Charlie Chaplin. He couldn't even KO a modern street fighter at a college bar I tell yah!
Im the first view on the clip, Pat didnt even watch it. I personally find Loma to be more throwback than innovation anyway.
His combos would have been much more frequent and polished up, all punches properly thrown like say a Harold Johnson or most pros in the fifties, shortened up abit. Other than that , not much.
His footwork and form is so good. I’m glad that with the Web 2.0, we can kind of go beyond the simplistic story telling of the past, where Burns was merely the guy that Johnson won the belt from. And we can explore the fighter and his master of the craft more in depth. And at the pace of a boxing analysis, not a TV Documentary.
Tommy Burns was a good boxer. It would be absurd to argue otherwise. Not sure about Gunner Moir though.
Burns had the skills to fight bigger men. He had to have them in order to compete as he did. That said, Moir was a scrub. This was his first bout against real quality opponent. He would go on to win only 2 of his next 9 fights and then call it a career. It is a watered down version of my argument regarding Ali's effort against a shot (literally) Cleveland Williams. It's easy to look amazing when you have a willing foil. Just check Canelo's performance last night.
I dont like Burns' footwork. He hops from position to position, and rather than smoothly moving his feet. Good, fast hands, though.
