How do you rank Winstone, Famechon & Legra

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  1. ChrisJS

    ChrisJS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    All brilliant, stylish fighters who almost certainly would have reigned longer in latter era’s and produced a lot of quality fights and performances.

    How do you rate these three in order of who was the best?
     
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  2. young griffo

    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    All were great fighters.

    I'm an unabashed Famechon fan and rate him the highest but he did only squeak by Legra so there's nothing in it. Fammo's display against Saldivar was super considering he never fought again afterwards. From the admittedly grainy footage I've seen Fammo looked to handle the mighty southpaw with relative ease and looked to have retained his title (allowing for Australian bias).

    Winstone as good as he was had a propensity to cut and wasn't as durable as Famechon or Legra imo though he could box as good as anyone.

    Legra was excellent. Fast, solid power, skillful and with very good movement. He gave both Saldivar and Jofre fits and had great longevity. A tough ask for any Featherweight in my view.

    1-Famechon
    2-Legra
    3-Winstone
     
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  3. ChrisJS

    ChrisJS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I personally felt Legra was royally screwed against Famechon but that Famechon still showed quality. Fammo came very close against Saldivar. I’ll watch that one again soon I felt ok with the decision. He did seem to come closer than Winstone ever did vs. Saldivar.

    I’d love to see Winstone-Legra I, it’s supposed to have been an incredible skill matchup. The re-match was a bit of a blowout with Winstone at the end of his career. Famechon, I believe is the only one of the trio to have made successful title defenses and probably has the biggest scalp of the trio (Harada).

    I think Legra is probably the all-around best though when it’s all factored in. Winstone perhaps has the most good wins overall.

    Very difficult separating them IMO. All immense fighters.
     
  4. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Based on results:

    1. Famechon
    2. Legra
    3. Winstone

    They are all very close in ability, so much so I can't really separate them.
     
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