from what ive seen of him, pea was more than just a pure defensive boxier. he could punch and rally as showed in one of his latter fight against hurtado
Not on here anymore i wouldn't say.Though by biased Chavez loving Mexicans, or in past years ago on the web and when he was actually in his prime then yeah. Like most other things it ebbs and flows.
Sat down more on his punches later in his career. Still, probably could have done any style he chose at anytime in his career and succeeded.
He was not the "runner" many make him out to be. Many times he would stand in front of his opponents especially in his prime yet they couldn't hit him. Pretty smart with his punch placement and very cagey. He was a wizard and thou shall marvel at the work of Sweet Pea!!!
Exactly! But as someone pointed out, this is common knowledge on these forums nowadays. Just a few who would call him a runner and those who do had either not seen him fight or doesn't know what boxing is.
Agreed. If he's faster and quicker than his opponent then why would he not use that advantage being the technician he is? Even his Rivera 1, Jones, R. Mayweather, Chavez, Mcgirt series, and Nelson fights were pretty watchable.
I've been saying this forever! The guy was a pretty good puncher at 135. Consider: -He KO'd Juan Nazario in a single round, with a one punch. -He beat the **** out of Haugen and floored him for the first time in his career. -He brutally floored Roger Mayweather with one shot. -He intimidated and shut down JL Ramirez with his right hook (in the rematch). -He gave Jorge Paez a brutal body beating.
His offensive style showed that picking your shots and placing them in the right spot with proper leverage is more effective than unharnessed raw power. Not exactly Duran, Robinson, or Foster in terms of offense but far far better than most casual fans make him out to be.
Yep, Pea could punch when he really dug in. What people forget is just the physical disadvantages he had and for that he definitely wasn't featherfisted as many people label him. He had enough to keep even the toughest fighters 'honest' and his body work in particular was vicious at times. When he sat down on his punches he could really dig to the body, especially with the right hook (even hurt Trinidad with it at times when past his best) and it's a part of his game which is underrated. What helped him as well and kept him from being 'just a defensive master' was his ability to mix it up and that little mean streak he had. He unified the lightweight division with a one punch KO against an opponent who'd been stopped a couple of times and he almost killed Hurtado when he really needed to dig something out, he could.
Don't forget that he basically landed a fight-ender going backwards against Louie Loumeli (yeah he's a hack but still, not many feather-fisted gyus can render someone silly going backwards...)
