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  1. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Obviously the Dillon fight is a stand out performance but couldn't mike be a bit to defensive at times didn't it cost him the middle tittle against mcgoorty as the fight went to a no-decision .
     
  2. Flea Man

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    Smaller Gibbons is greater.
     
  3. Surf-Bat

    Surf-Bat Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Reposting this. For what it's worth:

    George Chip weighs in:

    "Tom would deviate from boxing and fight you, but Mike, he was a master. He studied you out and never let you get loaded to discharge. Just when you about worked yourself into a position to let go, he would reach out with the left and shove your right shoulder and off balance you'd go. And again he might stick out his right and shove your left shoulder- and off you'd go again. You could not get set to discharge on him." --New Castle News, 2/4/1943
     
  4. KuRuPT

    KuRuPT Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Can I see the list of bigger fighters above Benny's best weight that he beat?
     
  5. KuRuPT

    KuRuPT Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Obviously Whitaker is too low buddy ;)
     
  6. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace

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  7. anj

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    :good
     
  8. anj

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    Yeah, he is. Let's agree to disagree. Whitaker doesn't have many names on his resume, still probably a Top 20-25 kid though.
     
  9. anj

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    Rosenbloom is probably worth mentioning.
     
  10. Flea Man

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    So why does Oscar get as much credit for his win over Paez then?
     
  11. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Personally I have no idea , paez was a former feather champ and not the biggest feather at that and de la Hoya beat him up at lightweight and paez was about four years past prime at least
     
  12. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    Random thought...


    I find little to seprate Jofre and Pascual Perez other than Eder's great comeback.Perez was a monster.
     
  13. Flea Man

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    :happy Elaborate you *******! Dai Dower, Olympian and European champ'; :scaredas: Julian Jackson-esque, Locche with the trotting feet of the Minotaur! :deal Best win? Shirai.
     
  14. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing

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    Was Shirai as good or better than Caldwell or Caraballo, lora ? Really a question since my knowledge on Shirai is zero.
     
  15. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    Just in career arc, quality of opposition, talent and skill...all slim margins of difference one way or the other.

    Jofre takes it with his comeback added in, but Perez was a similar legendary fighter in his day to all who saw him fight.I'd ideally like to have seen more of both of them too, which might make them close as well in my mind.