Ricardo Lopez KO3 Kitichai Preecha

Wow I thought first that the last left hook landed... what a champion.

Now I am gonna have to watch some Lopez fights

 

:huh

 

Lopez was deliriously fluid. Even when off-balance, he just sort of flowed from one movement on the next. There was nothing choppy about him, even when he was pressured, moving or throwing at the same time.

Nearly perfect balance and coordination. His power was an extension of his ability to throw a punch that didn't lose any steam due to natural internal resistance.

 

I used to. By watching that kind of fighters (which is pretty rare) you can see boxing's finest. Every punch thrown is text book, I can't think of many with that perfect style.
Compared to Floyd, I like Lopez better.

 

Beautiful McGrain.

:good

 

From what I have seen of him, which is not nearly enough, he was beautiful to watch. Despite the fact that it is overstated, he was textbook perfection. I like the way that he could stay balenced and make adjustments in the middle of throwing a combination.

In terms of his natural ability, his ability to put people to sleep as a 105lber was high;y impressive.

I think that if you were to blow Lopez up to a natural lightweight you would have had a properlly high level ATG.

 

Hmm. I'll have to check into that.

As for Payakaroon, oddly enough he was far higher regarded as a Muay Thai champion than as a boxer, but he was one of few to pull off the transition successfully. Normally the muay thai stance doesn't cope well with boxing, but he adjusted his southpaw stance and really fit the boxing game well.

I personally think higher of Zapata, but I like the shout-out.

 

I actually was just thinking about this, too.

Jones has the more explosive athleticism, the kind of bursting speed you typically associate with basketball and American football players (RBs, WRs and DBs, anyway).

Meanwhile, Lopez has that easy fluidity that reminds me of Tiger Woods hitting a golf ball or Roger Federer play tennis. Some of your elite baseball players have that kind of "watery" coordination as well.

Not sure how else to explain it, but in the clip watch how Lopez's shoulders seem to be moving in rhythm with his feet! I mean, it's one thing for the hips to have that dynamic with the feet, but another deal entirely for the shoulders to have that kind of grace as well. Remarkable, really.

That's why I think, as McGrain pointed out, he was able to throw punches from positions that for almost all other fighters lend themselves to only certain punches. But Lopez could throw everything from anywhere, and he made it look so easy.