Greatest ring-cutters in history?

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  1. Rollin

    Rollin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What fighters you just couldn't hide from?
     
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  2. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic Who is ready to suffer for Christ (the truth)? Full Member

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    Foreman George.
     
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  3. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Henry Armstrong, Roberto Duran, Mickey Walker, Emile Griffiths, Sandy Saddler, Marvin Hagler, Rocky Marciano, Joe Frazier and Dwight Qawi, are the first that spring to mind.

    Harry Greb too, based on fight reports.
     
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  4. Young Terror

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    Roman Gonzalez.
     
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  5. young griffo

    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Jeff Fenech was great at cutting space.
     
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  6. Eddie Ezzard

    Eddie Ezzard Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Of those not mentioned, I would say Chavez, Barry McGuigan, cruiserweight Holyfield. All three seemed to incorporate punches into their steps so there was an immediate impact in their ring cutting rather than throwing the punch once they'd trapped an opponent.
     
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  7. Ioakeim Tzortzakis

    Ioakeim Tzortzakis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Jose Napoles. He would sometimes immediately move to a more confined area of the Ring once a round started to make his opponents come to him, and they would suddenly find their backs against the ropes.
     
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  8. McGrain

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    Fighting Harada was so good at this, sometimes to his detriment, he would just insert his head and shoulders into the flight path, take a punch but capture the flag. Maybe the most interesting example of this is actually a losing effort Famechon II. The first time Famechon drops him, 11th or 12th, he's right back at him like a torpedo. He did actually force Famechon to abandon his strategy, but he was just too hittable by this stage to get away with it. But it's a fascinating exercise in cutting off the ring, instructive, and weird, and kind of haunting because you know the punishment is mounting and you know the result of the fight so it's impressive but spooky.

    Pascual Perez was shorter than and outreached by all of his major opponents and his technique was fascinating too, he would try to get his opponent in position to punch then ease the pressure, sometimes even taking a step away, trying to bait the counter. It's a sort of weird pressuring of the space rather than the man, late era Juan Manuel Marquez did this also.
     
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  9. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Chavez hasn't been mentioned
     
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  10. Furey

    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    GGG
     
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  11. Flo_Raiden

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    Roberto Duran
    Henry Armstrong
    Julio Cesar Chavez
    Jose Napoles
    Jeff Fenech
    George Foreman
    Joe Frazier
    Fighting Harada
    Jake LaMotta
    Barry McGuigan
    Gennady Golovkin
    Roman Gonzalez
    Jung Koo Chang
     
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  12. Flash24

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    A few not mentioned:
    Thomas Hearns
    Joe Louis
    Alexis Arguello
    Mike Tyson.
    In their primes they could make the ring
    extremely small.
     
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  13. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Henry Armstrong fought guys who stood right in front of him.

    That was the clinch box era. Hit clinch , hit clinch. Rinse n repeat.

    Put Henry in the ring against Keith Thurman and he wouldn't land a glove
     
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    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Gennady Golovkin couldn't pin flat foot Canelo against the ropes over 24 rounds of combat.
     
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    Eddie nominated him. He fits for sure.
     
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