before yiz all laugh, i understand this guy isnt on the level of the guys mentioned here but i would say damaen kelly was pretty slick for a lower weights white guyQuote:
Originally Posted by generalbulldog
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before yiz all laugh, i understand this guy isnt on the level of the guys mentioned here but i would say damaen kelly was pretty slick for a lower weights white guyQuote:
Originally Posted by generalbulldog
To me slick fighters are the ones who make you miss by an inch with complete ease. No matter how much effort you put into beating them up there always there, then not. Toney, Whittaker. Others like Ali, Mayweather and Hopkins can do this but they also rely on frustating you with distance.
Going back a bit in time, but here are a few more that I believe were slick...
1) Willie Pastrano
2) Joey Giambra
3) Kenny Lane
4) Ralph Dupas
5) Joey Giardello
6) Jeff Chandler
All but Chandler were white- Dupas I think was mixed.
The problem with slick fighters is that as they age they lose a lot of their skills that made them slick and they need to adjust. Most are not power punchers either. Floyd has adjusted well, and so did Giardello who put on a masterful exhibition of that term in 1963 when he beat Dick Tiger, at the age of 33, for the middleweight championship.