LaMotta Robinson V

Really you watched their fifth fight? Can i buy your time machine?

 

haha its an easy mistake 2 make thats harsh teeto lol

 

Haha, nar i was kidding!

By the way Bo Bo, yeah i think best chin ever actually, big words i know, but imo.

 

definitely similar flush shots that ko'd the iron chinned fullmer

 

what a chin Lamotta had

 

And people use this performance as a reason to nitpick at Robinson, go figure atsch

 

You know what when i first got heavy into boxing and saw this fight, you hear that a lot 'Robinson put on the best performance ever that night', but it's from guys like Bert Sugar and the like and i must admit i took it for granted. It was only when i watched the bout in it's entirety that i learned that it was true, just like your post now. The backfoot display round after round after round, with powerful shots on the button. Something else.

 

Alot of the Lamotta-Robinson series were close, people need to take into consideration that Lamotta weighed 15lbs more in most of those matches, though.

 

Put that together with him being the only man to beat him in his true prime, or 'at his best' as one might say. And that he best him four times before moving up and doing it again. It's not just a popularity contest when he gets called the greatest. People use his labelling too lightly at times imo

 

Im not sure what you mean by the last part, the knowledge in the pocket? But i know what you mean by the body-punching, amazing, he always knew a good body attack was valuable. He'd rap away close before they got split by the ref and that stuff took it's toll. And he may have been better than Tyson for switching from body to head mid combo imo.

 

Oh i get you, i thought you might have meant he was getting away with illegal stuff in close or something! My fault!

Its a different thing but similar to how Ali got away with all kinds because of his speed, or Pernell Whittaker crossing over his feet but still being un-hittable. Amazing talent in abundance