This is a copy and paste job from the thread I started a couple of years back on the topic: ---------- I think this bout would predominantly be decided by who is able to establish their best punch. For Ross, that is the left jab. For McFarland, that is the right uppercut to the body. Ross tends to leave his left flank quite exposed in his eagerness to establish the jab and this would give Packey quite a sizable target to aim with with his right uppercut. In order to land it though he has to find a way to consistently get past the Ross jab. This would be a problem, for though McFarland was quite good at subtle shifts of the head in coming forward, Ross had a really quick jab and could double and triple up on it like a piston. I think McFarland would have some success doing it, especially early, for he had really twitchy toes and could move around at a quick pace, but once he tires a little and isn't as sharp with his footwork, he might find it hard to get in often enough to pile up points and win the decision. McFarland had some other good tools, like a good overhand right which he'd slip in occasionally after he got his opponent thinking the right uppercut was coming, and he also had a pretty good range finding jab, and he'd have employed it and had some success with it, and it would give him the opportunity to get in close where he'd land the rights, but will it be enough? I don't think so. Ross will back up his great jab with left hooks and the straight right which will keep Packey wary of moving in behind his jab, and his greater handspeed will allow him to get in first and tie his man up to avoid retaliating shots. Ross 8 rounds to 7 in an intriguing fast paced chess match. :good
Canzoneri was able to close the distance often enough with Ross. McFarland was much-much quicker and will have no trouble doing that much oftener, outworking Ross something like 10-5, and even that is because McFarland takes breaks sometimes. Packey had superior handspeed and used angles too well for Barney to be meeting him with a jab often enough to keep him off.
