who had more tricks...

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by shommel, May 8, 2012.


  1. shommel

    shommel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    archie moore or jersey joe wolcott and please explain? did the steal anything or any moves from each other?
     
  2. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Very tough one to call. A fight between them would have the audience gasping at the level of skill.
     
  3. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Moore had more tricks than a whorehouse. Yakking away during fights, before fights to maneuver fighters to do what he wanted. Mixing in hard and soft punches. His cross arms defense invited body punches so he could counter. After bidding his time for 13 rounds he bullrushes Harold Johnson and takes him out. Wearing an impossibly good goatee.
     
  4. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    The cuteness level in this fight would have reached a ridiculous high.
     
  5. Legend X

    Legend X Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    There's no easy answer.

    Jersey Joe Walcott had 101 tricks, but he also had 1,001 semi-tricks, and 1,001 quasi-tricks.

    Archie Moore had 69 tricks and some of them would nowadays be classed as super-tricks, and he had 57 varieties of each trick.
     
  6. SuzieQ49

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  7. luke

    luke Well-Known Member Full Member

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    moore had the better and more "tricks" but walcott has some nice moves its too hard to choose, more had the better mind for employing them but joe had the body and athletism to pull them off, moore is my favorite p4p, i wonder who is second :p (jersey joe)
     
  8. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    But the deal is..it would be his opponent who would be "in a pickle" vs him.