Worst anti-boxing wins in world title fights

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  1. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Pro division: Mike Rossman vs Victor Galindez 1.5 (the time Victor anti-boxed by refusing to come to the ring for his light heavyweight WBA title challenge while champion Rossman was in the ring)

    Amateur division: This fighter only has one recorded bout by Boxrec, but she probably had more since this was some kind of international cup event:

    https://boxrec.com/en/box-am/1254527
     
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  2. Paul McB

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    Carlos DeLeon vs Johnny Nelson.
    Henry Akinwande vs Scott Welch.
    Tyson vs Bonecrusher.
     
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  3. bolo specialist

    bolo specialist Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think that's an unfair assessment, it makes it sound like a John Ruiz performance. He was up on his toes for most of the fight, scoring w/ hit & run tactics from the outside & periodically stepping in close to smother Johnson's attempted flurries @ close quarters. I would say that's the very definition of boxing, not "anti boxing."
     
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  4. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Just rewatched some, I agree, it’s less scrappy than I realised, just low volume, but Pastrano implemented a great gameplan to find gaps through the stiffer stance and guard of Johnson by constantly moving his hands and feet so he was difficult to read, feinting one way then attacking from another angle, because Johnson was only defending from one angle, so when you feint one way and come through the other, you have a great chance of landing since he’s only defending from straight ahead.

    Some might say it was running from Pastrano, but I do now agree that it was smart boxing and not anti-boxing like you’d see from John Ruiz or Hopkins at times or Ward.
     
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  5. Seamus

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    Willard quitting and handing the title to Dempsey on a silver platter a la Seldon v Tyson.
     
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  6. FThabxinfan

    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Sandy Saddler vs Del Flanagan, Saddler was ugly but Flanagan was horrific looking.
     
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  7. Shay Sonya

    Shay Sonya The REAL Wonder Woman! Full Member

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    Jack Dempsey vs. Luis Firpo. Nobody could accuse that fight of being an example of technical boxing. It was as anti-boxing as it gets.
     
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  8. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    He didn’t win but he got a draw that he didn’t deserve.

    Philadelphia Jack O’Brien displaying the manly art of unashamed holding and running against Tommy Burns (see below).

    Tiny Tommy was the only one who actually wanted to fight. O’Brien thought he was at a track meet.

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