Who would you pick here? Wilde was weird for his day and Wolgast was certainly weird for his. Both strange fighters. Canto is a little more peggable but still tough to imagine in with Wilde? Wilde is such a great puncher, Canto is so hard to hit, and that left hand... Your picks? Flyweight's most famous offence versus two of its greats defensive specialists.
Haven't seen Wolgast on film. I would favour Canto though. Lynch would be more difficult in my opinion for Canto. Canto's boxing is sublime, and I think that even though he may come through periods of despair, he would ultmiately, do just that. I have him.
ok thanks, just watching now. He looks like he employs Pep like strategy from what I'm seeing thus far, multi directional movement on the back foot and throwing punches as he darts to different areas of the ring. He's not as Pep as Pep is though. He'd probably annoy the **** out of Wilde but Zurita is able to crowd him at times which I'm sure Wilde would fancy doing himself. The thing is though that Wolgast looks pretty capable inside too. I'll watch more, I can't assess the man on a few minutes of film.
I like Wilde to outpoint Wolgast but I think he would split a five bout series with Canto 3-2. For what its worth I like Canto to outpoint Wolgast. I've said it before that Canto doesn't get a fraction of the credit he deserves. A truly amazing fighter with such amazing speed, conditioning, and his remarkable sense of anticipation which is really what made him extraordinary.
Jimmy Wilde has an unusual style, from his book and reports I have read plus the small amount of footage, he seems to have been an aggressive counter-puncher. He'd stalk his opponent with his hands down goading them into openings and when they did open up he'd launch into his own furious assualt with dynamite results. In Canto and Wolgast he has two guys who would offer him up lateral movement and dynamic changes in angles. This to me seems like stylistic hell for Wilde, he would never be able to get set on the front foot to launch those attacks and would be diffused throughout the whole fight.
