Punchers who just had a superior fighter's number

Not much, apart from the fact that it was considered a huge upset, as Harada was a very highly touted up and comer at the time, just two fights prior to his destruction of Kingpetch. I've no details on the fight itself at all. I'd be interested to hear about it as well.

 

Freddie Mills-Len Harvey

Yolande Pompey-Dave Sands

Mustafa Hamsho-Wilfred Benitez

 

Good call on Hamsho--Benitez. Hamsho is not the type guy to stand the test of time well. And all those Benitez tricks were not going to work on that guy.

 

Colin Jones/Kirkland Laing.

 

You b*****d! i trawled through 5 pages to post this and you get there just before me.

 

Young Corbett against Terry McGovern is an example worth mentioning.

 

Wasn't McGovern the puncher in this one?

 

Lou Ambers vs Lew Jenkins although it could be argued that Armstrong took the fight out of Ambers in their two bouts.

 

Yes but Corbett was no slouch in this department, and he seems to have found a way to turn McGoverns style against him.

 

Corbett was a counter-puncher. The bane to every big puncher is a counter-puncher with a good jaw or good defense. Other examples of a counter-puncher taking the measure of a good or great puncher:

Nova-Baer (twice)
Lujan-Zamora
Quarry-Foster
Quarry-Lyle
Castillo-Pimental
Starling-Honeyghan
Watson-Benn
Ali-Foreman

Scartissue

 

Whoops, forgot the template of all templates. Sanchez-Lopez (twice).

Scartissue

 

The BEST EXAMPLE: :good

 

So did i as i was expecting McGrain or McVey to get the obvious jump in as usual but i'ts me-me-me-me 1st & you are a big 2nd:yep:tong

 

I think I found one...

Mayorga-Forrest?

 

Already been mentioned, in the first couple of pages, in part because it's one of the better examples of this concept.