Perhaps not the most original of Fantasy match-ups, but I think the respective styles of each of these Light Flyweights would have made for a competitive, exciting battle. It's a shame the fight never came off, as well as others such as Yuh vs Chang, etc. Myung Woo Yuh would have most likely broke compu-box records if he was around today. He threw an awful lot of punches, and mixed his offense up to body and head effectively. Good fundamentals, and was known for going the 15 round distance on many occasions as a result of his below average punching power. Incredible stamina, was never knocked down in his professional career from my knowledge, but was certainly hittable. Often struggled with below par opposition. Humberto Gonzalez wasn't too dissimilar to Yuh in the sense that he was also very offensive-minded, and was a pressure fighter. Despite occasionally showing the capacity to box from range, he liked to close the distance and throw wide hooks with both hands to body and head. Possessed very good power for a Light Flyweight, but some question his punch resistance as all three of his career losses came by stoppage. A hittable fighter, Gonzalez had a tendency to cut as shown in his second fight with Michael Carbajal and his devastating loss to hard-hitting Saman Sorjaturong. Classic Forums thoughts?
Bump. Surely we have some opinions regarding this match-up. Where's the geniuses at? Bujia? Lora? GPater? Anarci? McGrain? Weigh in you assholes!
Yuh, does throw a tremendous amount of punches. & would certaonly be leading going in late. but if Gonzalez doesnt have to worry about being hurt from the light hitting Yuh. Chiquita will wear his game opponent down. And start connecting with some serious punches. Gonzalez by come from behind TKO in the tenth.
Thanks for the insight, La-Califa. Myung Woo Yuh took part in many tough fights, a number of wars, but he was never visibly shaken at any point in his career, to my knowledge. I personally wouldn't favor Gonzalez to stop the Korean in this match-up. It'd most likely be a fast-paced affair, both fighters throwing a lot of punches, but I see Yuh getting the better of the majority of the exchanges. He threw straighter shots on a more consistent basis than Gonzalez, and he clearly sported better hand speed in combination. Gonzalez would probably feel infallible but this might only subject him to more punishment. There is a danger that I'm overstating Yuh's ability to withstand punches, the Korean certainly never fought anyone as good as Gonzalez during his title reign, and nobody who could hit as hard. It's an intriguing match-up.
Yuh hit hard enough to hurt and get the respect of Gonzalez imo.He was also renowned for his top-notch durability, though Gonzalez would as said be the best overall puncher he would have faced. I think Yuh was more accurate and fluid with his punches which may swing things in his favour in what would likely be a great close fight.Gonzalez could mix things up a bit better and box on the move competently, but i'm not sure he was really skilled enough to win doing that as though quite slow of foot, yuh wasn't as plodding or one-paced as Carbajal had become when Gonzalez outmaneauvered him.
:good Yuh is a feather-fisted fighter on paper, but he scored quite a few knockdowns in his career. Gonzalez would certainly feel something. Absolutely. Carbajal seemed to be just looking for the one shot during his rematch with Gonzalez. I believe he fell in love with his power after scoring a few highlight reel knockouts, and having devastated Gonzalez the first time around. Yuh is a completely different assignment. He could change gears quicker than Carbajal, and was a more astute counter-puncher in my opinion. The Korean was always punishing lazy jabs, usually in the form a counter right hand. A thing of beauty. I never saw anything like this from Carbajal when he fought the Mexican, he was just looking to cover up on the inside and bang with the left hook.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cbr6ll05JA[/ame] Here's some of Yuh's countering. He punished mistakes. Not even touched upon his upper body movement. Yuh is a much more elusive target to that of Gonzalez, who was only really concerned with defense when he was anxious about his opponents power (Carbajal). 3.11. Lovely uppercut off of the hook.
Carbajal was definitely a better fighter early in his career, i don't think he was ever better than against Kittkassem.He set things up with a good jab and used all the punches to break you down then. He clearly fell in love with his power and forgot the more balanced skills that were actually opening up fighters for the stoppages.
:good Kittikassem took a beating in that fight...and then would later take maybe even worse one's against Yuri. Bad times.
Gonzalez when badly cut in the Carbajal rematch. did box rather well, going in reverse and countering Carbajal. Gonzalez did have fine boxing skills. he just liked to mix it up a bit too much. He was ahead of Sorjaturong at the time of the stunning stoppage. but Yuh doesnt have that kind of power. & Like you said Yuh is hittable. Yes a very interesting foght indeed.
I don't envision Gonzalez trying to outbox Yuh from range, he's going to do what he usually does; come forward, throw to body and head and impose his will. I could either see him being to strong for Yuh, or him just getting countered for the majority. He threw such wide shots, he was easy to hit straight down the pipe. Yuh was indeed hittable, but he did use head movement to minimize that, whereas Gonzalez was stationary for most part. It'd be a closely fought contest, an absolute war, ...and I'm sitting on the fence. :smooch
I think Yuh could grind out a decision in a very, very competitive war, with alot of tricks and willpower. Definite FOTY. Some brilliant posts here. As stated, Yuh is an underrated technician, like a mini less talented Chavez with higher workrate. Of course, Chiquita was no slouch at all, but I think Yuh's workrate would allow him to exploit some opportunities during Gonzalez's stance switching ala sorjaturong. He would not have the power to hurt him though, meaning Gonzalez is always there making it very difficult, probably tagging Yuh repeatedly with the uppercut and counter right. If they had a series though, Gonzalez is getting atleast one win. Potential best trilogy that never happened.
