I thought Nunn was beating Tate with ease and whenever he stepped up he hurt Tate. I need to check that one again.
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True. Even Ray stated years later that he felt like Benitez was a mirrored image of himself.
Maybe I have gotten accustomed to anti-chess match fans calling that style of fight boring.
Nothing boring about Leonard vs. Benitez
And on the Nunn note, -Same here LOL, I thought Tate got schooled by Nunn.
What I do need to watch again, was the reffing towards the end, Wasn't there a bogus count where Nunn should have won earlier?
1. Initially I agreed that it was more of a war than a chess match, but the rebuttals are spot on, I concede.
I wonder if MAB got the arm-to-disarm-move from JCC.
While Ray Leonard was providing excellent commentary to JCC vs Rosario, it was the first time I ever noticed a fighter in the inside blocking shots with his arm, by turning it upward like a chicken wing.
Can I call it the chicken-wing defence? ;D
JCC would block some of the most accurately thrown shots then counter to the body then head, truly a work of art.
Sweet pea v Nelson
Mike McCallum v Herol Graham.
I go for
1 leonard vs benitez
2 toney vs mccallum
Did not watch many fights mentioned in this thread though
Also,
Tyson vs Ruddock I, II was chessy enough
Ruddock seemed to figured out Mike, or declined Mike, so it was quite competitive
Tyson v Rudduck 2 is the fight I have probably watched the most and it was absorbing because anyone was liable to knock one another out.
I haven't watched that fight in years, but I remember Ruddock being very one dimensional in this fight and just basically loading up on his "smash" hybrid over and over with limited success. Tyson had very good technique with his punches and defense (when he trained and focused on it) and I remember Tyson being a full level above Razor and dominating the fight. Am I missing something?
Tyson was awful in the that fight he did not punch in bunches and no real head movement. Tyson was loading up and he did break Razzors jaw and bruised some ribs but overall Tyson was finished as a top fighter at 25.
I saw his destruction of Berbick and it was beautiful.
Tyson even seemed gassed out by the 10th round. I remember some pretty questionable blows Tyson landed. Two times I think to the hip.
Rounds 1-6, great, but after that, it seemed either he was declining or just wasn't a fighter who could do damage in the latter part of a fight they he could in the 1st half.