The rise of a legend

I do. Camacho was more athletic than Pea, with more speed, but in terms of actual skill... Whitaker was clearly superior to Camacho, and proved it by beating better fighters. Speed isnt everything.

 

"Unbeatable".... Edwin Rosario arguably beat him.. or you gonna say Camacho was past his prime in that fight as well.:roll:

And Camacho wasnt in the same class as Ali, Robinson, and Duran. He may have had the talent to be, but not the dedication and desire.

In that way he was similar to another PR fighter with amazing talent, Wilfred Benitez. But Benitez was better than Camacho.

 

Maybe, but Howard Davis Jr, Bernard Taylor, Greg Page, Pernell Whitaker, and Tony Tubbs could give very strong arguments to that.

 

Do you really want to stand by that statement.

If you mean all flash and very little substance, then perhaps.

But as far as effective boxing technique, I will start my list with JCC. Far more effective boxing technique.

 

whipping your hands around in pitty pat punches to little avail is not what i call boxing talent. it seems a skill more suited to cheerleading.

 

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I saw a tiny bit of that fight, but Howard was around four, fives years past his prime.In an interview with KO, around 1983, he seemed to have some reservations about beating Howard.Hector could possibly beat both Davis and Whitaker, but truthfully, it could also go the other way.

 

Well, guys like Ali, Robinson and Duran all beat great fighters to prove their legendariness. Who were the great fighters that the macho man beat to claim that status?

Also, why shouldn't we take the Haugen loss as proof that Camacho was never on the level of a Chavez?

Had Camacho shown signs before fighting Haugen that he was on the decline?

Camacho, as far as I'm concerned, beat very few live fighters throughout his prime. Most of his wins came against past it fighters like Limon, Boza-Edwards, Mancini, Davis, and they weren't all that in their hey-day either.

 

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You forgot Cory Spinks, Lou Bizarro and Paulie Malignaggi.

 

The best pure boxers of the last 40 years are Whitaker, and Benitez.

 

Camacho would have had as much chance at beating Whitaker as Chris Rock would have at becoming President.

 

They were the same age and Julio had 60 more fights. How does this make him more past his prime than Julio?

Camacho was a nothing. Greg Haugen- who was well older than him- ****ing schooled him.