Who was the best middleweight in 1990?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Most of those shots bounced off Watson`s high guard, no way could Watson take G-man`s power, he was one of the hardest punchers of all-time.
     
  2. Bujia

    Bujia Well-Known Member Full Member

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    There’s a major difference between the streamlined, two fisted body blows McCallum interwove in his attack round by round and the single left hook to the body that McClellan could occasionally land with admittedly devastating results.
     
  3. Loudon

    Loudon VIP Member Full Member

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    Fairly ordinary?

    Really?

    Benn, Watson, Eubank, Nunn, Kalambay, Graham, Jackson and McCallum etc.
     
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  4. THE BLADE 2

    THE BLADE 2 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nunn was regarded No1 at the time
     
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  5. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Some got throug Mark and maybe Watson would have taken McClellan’s blows on his high guard.
     
  6. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    That makes sense, I just feel G-man was a killer and Watson just wasn`t at that level.
     
  7. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Look how G-man mixes up his shots to the head and body, that left hook would have killed Watson`s body.
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  8. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Benn was reckless v Watson, Watson was out-classed v McCallum, Eubank wasn`t that good, Nunn was sloppy, Kalambay was better defensively than he was offensively, Graham`s fundamentals were bad, Jackson was brilliant at 154 but stuttered at 160, McCallum was better at 154 and had a few good tricks but was highly flawed as a fighter overall.
     
  9. Unforgiven

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    Yeah. Nunn's the best of those and he was never really great.
     
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  10. Bujia

    Bujia Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Well, that settles that.
     
  11. Furey

    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    Have a day off.
     
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  12. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I really feel Benn got hit too much at 160.
     
  13. Loudon

    Loudon VIP Member Full Member

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    None of those guys were ordinary.

    McCallum wasn’t highly flawed as a fighter.

    What are you talking about?

    He was a technician.
     
  14. Loudon

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    I think you’re doing them a great disservice.

    They weren’t fairly ordinary.

    Nunn looked great before his out of ring troubles affected his career.

    Kalambay and McCallum were excellent fighters.
     
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  15. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    McCallum got caught by a lot of shots from Kalambay and Collins.