Who perfected the one dimensional style

Bazooka Limon is another.

 

Jim Watt never really had much more than a good southpaw jab, other than plenty of guts and toughness. He didn't do too bad for himself until it was time to cash the chips in against Arguello.

 

Ricky Hatton wasn't one dimensional, certainly not in his earlier days.

In the Tszyu fight he simply went hell for leather, to perfection, but there was still head movement and feints.

From the Collazo fight onwards that element of his game dropped off significantly, trying to blast out the opponent in the first round, in that fight he punched himself out and was lucky that Collazo took the 11th round off.

 

It's not a case of me trying to imply Benn is significantly more skilled, rather i think he was better when he attempted to bring in a wider range of the textbook skills he had at least some ability to execute.I'd never bring up Benn as a particularly technically proficient fighter, but he was better when he was at least trying to be a bit more refined, rather than when he fought in his version of what the threadstarter is looking for.

In other words not a good example of someone who perfected a one-dimensional style imo

 

Well yeah, Benn was better in the early '90s rather than the late '80s, if slightly less fearsome and uglier to watch.

At the same time, Marciano had some nice skills. Not that I'd put him anywhere above average in that respect, but he was at least more skilled than Rocky Graziano, for instance.

Anyway, I thought the clear answer to this thread was Henry Armstrong.

 

Benn was much improved as he went on.

For me, Sun Kil Moon. He just walked forward throwing hard shots, some turned over perfectly, some just winged. More often than not it worked for him.

Khaokor put on a masterclass in their 2nd fight but apart from being multi-talented and as strong as an ox (not unlike his lesser talnted but harder punching brother) but I have been told from a very, VERY reliable source that Moons trainer passed away shortly before the fight.

You can't really tell though, he still gives it his all and I don't feel it should detract from the masterclass Khaokor puts on :good

 

Danny Romero was the first guy i thought of , he kind of reminded me of a mini NIgel benn, Big time punchers fast hands , but you always knew what they were gonna do. " IM COMING AND TRY AND STOP ME"

 

Khoasai Galaxy
Rocky Marciano
Henry Armstrong(you cant stop a whirlwind)
Joe Frazier
Carmen Basilio etc.

 

I suppose i'll go with Marciano, my pick as the definitive 'head to head nightmare', and one dimensional to boot

 

i thought this was just about good not great. Well then id have to throw Pipino Cuevas and Little Red Lopez in there. One dimensional,but super awesome punchers. No doubt both guys are atg punchers!

 

Oh sorry, if it's just about good fighters or great ones then yeah they're defo good mentions. My fault, i thought we were meant to be putting forward our picks for the best one dimensional fighter ever.

Also though, it's not just the come forward guys that are 1-D, it'svery arguable that at his best James Toney was one-D, a ciunterpuncher solely, with a great defense, good power and a flat footed style. Top quality opponents with footwork were always the threat to him. Marquez doesn't have the defence of Toney but a similar argument can be applied to him.