How good was Michael Nunn?

Cheers. Watch the first Graham fight and the Kalule fight: Sumbu won them clearly. :good

 

Michael 'Second To' Nunn

I only know,,,,,,,,,,that if he would have fought Ray Leonard anytime between
1986 thru 1993,,,,,

I would have bet everything I had on 'Second to Nunn'.

 

If I remember correctly it was a close fight - big final round is what really gave the edge to Kalambay against Graham.

Kalambay himself was down against Kalule in the last round.

Although it's hard to tell was Kalambay really hurt or was it more of a balance knockdown?

 

Michael Nunn was good enough to make Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn give him a wide berth :good

 

But this is true 4 so many as well : Reggie Johnson , James Toney , Merqui Sosa , Mike McCallum and Frankie Liles .

But now it seems like i underrate him so my addition 2d claim of Nunn being all wrong 4 Kalambay (which i think is true , but then consider Kalambay was 7 years older) I will add that he was all wrong 4 Roy Jones Junior . Nunn was bigger , quicker than any1 Roy has ever fought and left handed . About as wrong as Tarver was 4 Roy .

 

Nunn was terrific ... almost too good .. he got crushed by a lucky punch by Toney in a fight he was winning w ease ... why he never fought him again I do not know ... it appears after that he simply lost his focus and intensity ... I am not a scholar on the man but remember in his prime he was dominate and won with ease ... a bit of a career under achiever over all ..

 

Didnt they agree that the winner of Benn Eubank 2 would fight Nunn? Thought that was signed and sealed before the draw, the Nunn lost to Toney. May have that slightly wrong date wise

 

Did he think he got the better of Kalule, but didn't look his usual self against a southy. Can't find the Graham fight online

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A myth, Toney broke him down for rounds

 

I think so too. The Kalambay knockout, while flukey to some degree, was not entirely a fluke. That shot landed hard. The other two fights did showcase that Nunn had some decent pop as well.

For a while, I thought Nunn might really take over as the man in the division. He looked very hard to beat, and had the sort of personality that executives seem to love. But as others have said, he kind of fell completely off the wagon.
He looked like crap against Barkley, who for some reason looked like he was punching underwater the entire fight. Iran not only looked slow compared to Nunn, he was slow in that fight.
Nunn should have handled Barkley easily, but he looked flat and it was a terribly frustrating fight to watch.
By the time he fought Toney, I was sick of Nunn. I started out as something of a fan, but his sloppy and boring performances turned me against him.

But still, he had genuine skill and was extremely quick...imagine Hagler had beaten Leonard...Nunn could have been a viable opponent, and you know what?
Maybe it's better Hagler lost to Leonard instead.

 

I think Toney did make legitimate inroads in their fight. He was coming on strong from about the 7th onward, but Nunn made Toney look like a fool in the early going.
I wonder what the scorecards were at the time of the stoppage. Does anyone know?

 

Hail and Kill!

Disagree, fof.

Nunn was winning the early rounds but it was far from making Toney look like a fool.

One-sidedly in favour of Nunn.

Wonder why?

 

Maybe I was a bit strong with the wording...you're right.

But Nunn was easily winning the early rounds, and to me, Toney looked out of his depth. Nunn even told Toney to stop for a second, while he cleared or kicked something out of the ring. (I can't remember exactly now, sorry.)
Anyway, the point is that Toney actually obeyed him.

PS-Great song.

 

Yeah, I remember that

Other bands play - Manowar Kill!

 

:good

 

Me too. There was some talk of it, but Leonard had lots of fights he was considering. I think that norris fight--another bout I loved--showed what youthful reflexes were going to do with Ray. Let alone a safety first tall lanky southpaw.

I also thought Hagler picked a good time to bow out. If he had continued, I think those deteriorating reflexes and slow legs would have seen him get handled by Nunn. That was a bout I didn't want to see, but never did think there was too much of a possiblity of it happening.

Nunn--Hearns could have been good as well & I think he outboxes Tommy.