US Middleweight Contender- Ronnie Harris

Carlos was indeed fearless, and aside from Hagler, those lefties were clearly not in Monzon's class. Interestingly though, as experienced as he was, he never took on a southpaw (at least of any consequence), and got out just as a profusion of them reached the championship level. This can be a baffling and disturbing experience for anybody who has never competed against this kind of stance before.

Hagler was certainly not afraid of Geraldo, but Marv was obviously confused and bewildered early by the confidence and disdain with which Marcos brushed off Hagler's southpaw style to do his own thing.

Watching how Carlos dealt with a southpaw would have been fascinating to see. He had the right hand lead necessary for the job, but a southpaw might have taken his jab out of the equation. Would his characteristically icy composure hold true to form?

 

Harris was Jones/Rappoport's fist fighter. They had an opportunity to sign Eddie Muhammed (the Gregory), but passed in favor of Harris, who was available because nobody would fight him

Rappaport dressed a guy in a gorilla suit at Madison Square Garden with a sign saying "I finally found somebody who'll fight Ronnie Harris" This what got Jones/Raapoport named the Whack Twins. It alos got Harris the fight with Seales.

 

Could Harris have beaten Hagler during the 77-79 time period.

 

Those would have been 5 extra scalps for Monzon.

 

He would have got old eventually, like every other fighter.Who knows who would have been the one to beat him.maybe someone unexpected, like having his skull caved in by a young Roldan in a non-title bout or something.

 

I may be the equivalent of a masochistic boxing fan, but I was actually a fan of Corro's. He won the crown from Valdez in a strategic type of way that I've seen some light hitting European fighters try..that of retreating and fighting defensively vs an older opponent, and then in the last 3 rounds (usually 15)..they would come alive and sweep those three championship rounds, and earning the decision through finishing stronger and leaving that favorable impression in the minds of the judges. The rematch with Valdez was a onesided affair...I know Valdez was probably shot but nevertheless I admired Corro's nearly flawless boxing in this one...I also saw the Harris defense, and it's been described to a tee already, and I'll just say it was a bit of a drab and awkward affair on Corro's part but he deserved the nod. Corro lost the title to Vito rather than Vito beating him...Hugo virtually stopped fighting midway through the bout..it was one of the most passive showings for a champion I had ever seen...I thought there must have been an injury to one of Corro's hands, but there wasn't, which no doubt brought him much contempt from his Argentine countrymen so used to the great Monzon. Corro was said to be a classic product of the "Mendoza School" of Argentina which turned out defensive, cautious boxers, and Corro was never very popular for his cautious, colorless defensive style...even Victor Galindez criticised Hugo for the way he WON the title from Valdez...being passionless and overly cautious and defensive in doing so. Corro seemed to be relieved after his non-effort surrendering of the title to Vito, who I thought he could have beaten if he had wanted to.