Prime for prime Emile Griffith v Alan Minter

no contest, emile would be too smooth

 

Alan was a very good fighter but Emile was truly one of the greats. P4P would be a convincing win for Griffith.

 

Griffith aged brilliantly in retrospect.he was a bit like Duran in that he never seemed to lose his inherent great offensive timing, or sense of range.With the added bonus he was always in great shape.

He was still good enough around that tiem to drop a controversial decision to Dagge for the junior middle title.

At his middleweight best i expect he would win a comfy 10-5 or 9-6ish decision, countering well and being the ring-general throughout, but middle Griffith isn't really the type to dominate good fighters, he's often a "does just enough" fighter who no longer quite had the offense to jump up a notch when he needed to establish clear distance.That would allow Minter's workrate, akwardness and own solid boxing to keep him competitive, though he'll be getting hit too much, outcountered and probably still shaded in a lot of the closer rounds.

Minter matches up better with Nino imo.

 

My Initial feeling was that Alan may Initially Hold Emile level in the Boxing stakes as Alan can take some "Figuring Out" with his Ability to move and Exellant right Jab, But over 15 rounds Emile will not be content to simply "Fence" with Alan, he will Pressure Alan certainly from the middle rounds, and Alan being Alan, i suspect the measured responses will go out the window as he lashes back, over 15 rounds i cant help but think that Alan will pick up some nasty cut/s that stops him on his feet still full of fight and fire, McMillan, Majazares (? Jan) Harris, Tonna they all cut Alan out of it - i Think Emile Joins Them, Emile was a patient performer, so perhaps around the 9th ??? - Alan seeme to Learn Lessons and do better in Remtches.

 

Griffith would outclass Minter.

 

Emile would spear Minter with his jab and something something.

 

Griff would win a onesided decision and then win a rematch in similar fashion.

 

Griffith would eventually bust Minter up to the point the ref would have to dive in. But for half a dozen rounds or so, Minter would of been awkward and cute enough to compete fairly evenly with the great man.

Griffith TKO12 (7-4 up on points).

 

I think Griffith would give a nightmare night to everybody from 147 to 160. He wouldn´t beat everyone but everyone would have to be at their best as well and would know afterwards that he was in with a top class operator.

 

Needless to say, Kalule would have bested them both.

 

Probably a close fight with Griffith getting the decision as usual.

 

Then Griffith would beat Kalule in a rematch. Griffith thrived in the world of points victories...decisions..like it was ordained at the outset that his figts would go the distance with maybe that rare kd scored by him once in a while...or maybe with him taking a brief count....griffith was the supreme ring mechanic. He didn't need no stinkin' knockouts...he practiced the "art of the decision"...and if anything, inconsistancy and a kind of bland lack of dynamism ruled his career..this was all fine with me as I enjoyed watching him...knowing beforehand that any bout he had a part in would likely be, by other's standards, "dull"...going the limit with no knockdowns..but man, you'd see plenty of the subtleties of the art of boxing along the way...and a ring announcer gathering scorecards afterwards.

 

Griffith was in some pretty exciting fights though. The 2 Gaspar Ortega fights, the 3rd Paret fight despite the tragedy is a tremendous fight, Holly Mims was a mini-war, Jorge Jose Fernandez in '60 when Emile was just starting to get national exposure - great fight.

I think prime Emile handles Minter fairly easily. Styles make fights and this would be a bit ugly I think. Does their fight in '77 exist on tape?