Great Fighters Who Were "Fragile" Moving Up

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  1. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Lower weight fighters who simply didn't have the durability at higher weight classes.

    Bob Foster, of course. But 40 pounds is a lot of weight to give up.
     
  2. Quickhands21

    Quickhands21 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Ricardo Mayorga isnt a great fighter.Though he had great durabillity at welter,his punch resistance went down when he went up higher in weight
     
  3. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Carlos Zarate never regain the invinciblity he had at bantamweight
    once he moved into the "feathers".
     
  4. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    ricky hatton (not an ATG) but a good example
    Sugar Ray Leonard was not as durable at the higher weight classes
     
  5. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    it wrong to compare the likes of BF and AM going up to heavyweight
     
  6. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    I'll throw in a little smokey. Wilfredo Gomez, it seems, was not the killing machine at Feather that he was just one division below. Fair enough he had the misfortune to be facing a couple of absolute greats but he still went from a KO nightmare to getting stopped himself. I actually thought despite his terrible start Laporte could have put forth a much much more lively effort.

    I'm prolly being tough here, Sanchez is a legend and Gomez was declined when Azumah (himself great) took him. Just thought i'd throw it out there. I'm a huge Gomez fan.
     
  7. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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  8. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Gomez was the first name to come to my mind actually.
     
  9. groove

    groove Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Being a bit hard on Bob Foster i feel in these threads as he only lost twice in a 12 year period. To a peak Joe Frazier and then Ali. Before that in 1965 he lost to Zora Folley on points. Put any light heavy in those fights and see if they do any better. Ofcourse it's gonna be hard for any light heavy in history to defeat Frazier or Ali. I feel he was fighting in heavys best era and probably didn't want a part of Foreman, Norton, Lyle, Quarry and the likes.
     
  10. JohnThomas1

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    Not such a stab in the dark then :good