Both men arguably in their prime: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqr-wMprjEk[/ame] Credit for the upload to FightFilmsGuy.
Its funny...The most skill shown is the subtlest. Watch how they react when punches aren't being thrown, getting into brief, active feint duels before the fury resumes. They read eachother in a matter of microseconds, almost all their decisions are spot on, and they execute. Charles looks a wee bit stronger everywhere, but man, what a great match up. Terrific upload.
Charles really showed to me he's the better technician, more efficient boxer, in these and the Marciano fights. Walcott has more tricks and maybe flashier but Charles is much more textbook and it pays dividends down the stretch I haven't seen this before, he certainly took those championship rounds. Thanks for this GreatA does anyone know if the full fight is available? Or more rounds?
Nothing else of the fight available as far as I know. Saw this the other day, and was very happy to see it posted. Both look class, but evidently it's Charles who does the far better work (right hand in particular) Charles bossed the 2nd fight, then Walcott sparked him. Is the fourth fight available? And how was the decision? Did Charles get a rough deal?
Charles is controlling the distance with his footwork too Some thought Charles won the 4th from what I've read, I don't have more info than that
Charles looks so fluid and perfect here with his straight punches, love that snappy right over the top. He also negates' walcott's cross very well leaning into or away from it
I can see why people compare Charles and Jones. Saw a couple of Jones' check left hooks in there and a counter right body shot that Virgil Hill would recognise.
These two were real masters...and they knew each other so well, even in the first fight. Charles only lost his focus in fight number 3. The 4th bout I've always read, was Charles's to win...his lack of effective aggresion let Walcott keep his title, but many thought that Ezz won #4.
Yes it is, atleast partial highlights of each round. Walcott was able to get going and his moves worked better than in this first match where Charles was a little quicker at 10 pounds lighter (you can see Walcott's vaunted counter right hand being completely nullified here). Seemed like a close fight, with better action than how the newspapers described it. Then again Baker-Valdes II was supposed to be the most dreadful heavyweight fight of all times, yet on film it was actually a high-paced, exciting battle. The standards were higher back then I guess.
Indeed, it's his best punch but in this film it looks wide and easy to predict for Charles, he's stopping almost every one.
Not true. Walcott staggered charles 6 or 7 times, and the fight was much closer than the scorecards indicated. Some thought it was too close to score.