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    Default Re: Fighters with great timing.

    Great timing is defined as a boxer who has a high percentage of punches landing which cause impact.

    Carlos Maussa does not fit into that definition.
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    Default Re: Fighters with great timing.

    Cassius Clay

    He came along when Sonny Liston wanted to get out of boxing and 'cash in'.

    He came along when Floyd Patterson was nursing a 'bad back' and trying recover from
    back-to-back 1st-Round Knockouts to Sonny Liston.

    Having excellent management with tons of money helped as well.

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    Default Re: Fighters with great timing.

    Having innate talent helped the most.
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    Default Re: Fighters with great timing.

    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Paxtom View Post
    Cassius Clay

    He came along when Sonny Liston wanted to get out of boxing and 'cash in'.

    He came along when Floyd Patterson was nursing a 'bad back' and trying recover from
    back-to-back 1st-Round Knockouts to Sonny Liston.

    Having excellent management with tons of money helped as well.

    Says the guy that misquotes Larry Holmes. The biggest opportunist is heavyweight boxing history. Feeding off the table scraps of Ali's table.

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    Byrd, Toney, Calzaghe, Hopkins, heck all the champions had good timing.

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    Default Re: Fighters with great timing.

    Tyson in his heyday had superb timing.

    It's the one thing he immediately lost after Rooney departed. People lament the demise of his defence, but his timing was the first thing to go and he never got it back.

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    Default Re: Fighters with great timing.

    Timing and being in condition are both sides of the same coin for me. The better condition you are, the more you practice the better timing you have. Tyson did not train like he needed to the level to still be a champion.
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    Default Re: Fighters with great timing.

    Miguel Cotto had phenomenal timing. Watch his fight vs a still dangerous and faster Mosely to see how timing can offset superior speed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeeod View Post
    Miguel Cotto had phenomenal timing. Watch his fight vs a still dangerous and faster Mosely to see how timing can offset superior speed.
    Cotto has pin point precision in his punches as well.
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    Default Re: Fighters with great timing.

    Quote Originally Posted by beenKOed View Post
    Byrd, Toney, Calzaghe, Hopkins, heck all the champions had good timing.
    I think Byrd gets overlooked quite a bit. Thinking about it his hand speed was right up there with some of the best at the time also. Not much pop but very sharp, one of the only guys I've seen make David Tua "Uggh" with a body shot. 6th round I believe.

    Tapia had killer timing, great at rolling in hard body shots off leads. Going in and coming out.

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    Carlos Monzon was methodical and thunderous, grinding down opponents with precision punching. He appears one dimensional, one paced, but he had extraordinary ring craftsmanship, timing and a paralyzing right hand. He broke fighters down who couldn't counter him enough to hurt him.

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    Default Re: Fighters with great timing.

    Salvador Sanchez, Niccolino Loche

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    Default Re: Fighters with great timing.

    Vitali Klitschko is underrated for his timing. Actually reminds me of Monzon.
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    Default Re: Fighters with great timing.

    Quote Originally Posted by SlimTrae View Post
    Salvador Sanchez, Niccolino Loche
    Solid duo.

    Today Roman Gonzalez.

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    Default Re: Fighters with great timing.

    From current fighters Mayweather and Crawford come to mind.
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