Top 10 Infighters?

Hi Buddy.
As said to Peter Heller " I like to get in close and bang to the body, punchers seldom hurt me " from the Fighting Bellhop.
Stay safe amigo.

 

I really like D1ck Tiger - I think he could earn a spot here to me if I went and watched him again. He reminded me of an alligator in the ring, slow and looking for the ambush - he’d pounce on them and it’d always be a thrashing sort struggle they might break away but they couldn’t swim to shore. Tiger almost never lost the role of stalking predator, he was always the feared opponent, the threat in the ring - Till Foster.

 

And in his defense what inside fighter at middleweight or below would be able to beat Foster at 175?

 

James Toney? - good question, it’s got me thinking of guys who actually weigh 160lbs and I come up totally blank.

 

The answer is probably the ones we have little or no footage of. Greb was the first to come to mind. I remember you having a Mickey Walker phase. What are your thoughts on Walker vs Foster?

 

The 1st one to pop in my head not on George's list. Arguello for a fighter usually taller than his opponents was an excellent in fighter.

 

Oh that’s a good one, I actually forget he exists sometimes. My memory is like a kids play room with so many toys everyone gets the chance to gather a little dust. I actually think I’d need to watch some more of Walker again before I’d make a decision, I think Foster would just be too long for him and it might resemble the Schmeling beating, not quite as quick though - Sharkey who comes to mind as a big guy was playing to Walkers strengths in the highlights and wasn’t working to his advantages, although they might’ve been few as he liked to be where Walker did. Foster will measure twice and cut once with Walker he’ll figure out where he’s going on the way in and he’ll let him till it’s time to drop the hammer.

 

You could add Monzon to the list gangly inside fighters, Valadez, Griffith and Napoles were all very capable but Carlos negotiated with them inside brutally well.

 

Also Mickey Walker should be here…

 

THIS GUY GETS IT

 

Dick Tiger was one of the greatest fighters that I've ever seen. He cleaned out the middleweight division from 1960 until there was nobody left to fight and he had to move up in weight. And although he was old by then, and had fought a lot of wars, he still did remarkably well against light heavies despite being only 5 feet 8. Beating Jose Torres twice was a great feat. But Foster presented problems similar to what we would later see in Tommy Hearns.

 

I know

 

Hi Buddy.
Your pick of Monzon as a " inside fighter " has slightly thrown me, my estimation of such a fighter would be someone like, Zivic, Ambers, Armstrong, so the style would be, standing real close, utilising uppercuts, short left and right hooks to the ribs, solar plexus, not letting any distance arise between yourself and your opponent, pushing mauling, not giving him any room to get off, or counter, as I remember Monzon, none of the above applied, I see a long rangy boxer, probing with a somewhat slow jab, paving the way for a, once again slowish albeit hard right hand, mixed with a left hook/cross as a follow up.
I have not, got to admit, not much knowledge of the likes RJJ/Toney, my interest in watching live boxing had waned by then, so they might well be as described, infighters but Monzon ! help me out buddy, enlighten me, I feel I am out of step with you, and I don't want to be, your posts are, informative , polite, and helpful.
stay safe hombre.

 

Well I should rephrase. Monzon is very capable at inside fighting - top shelf, but he is not strictly an inside fighter.

 

I think Manuel Ortiz is a good shout.