Have to disagree with both Oscar and Joe being pity patt combo artists. Oscar was like Roy, where they would throw combos and vary the power and speed to throw the other fighter off and open them up. Joe had bad hands towards the end, so he had to be more cautious and selective as to when he would throw the hard shots.
Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom was the first fighter I recall throwing what we used to refer to as "shoe shine" combos. Ray Leonard used the shoe shine flurry to steal the fight vs. Hagler, but prior to that Ray would put some heat on those combos, so I don't really see him as a pitty pat guy.
Camacho, later in his career, turned into a PPF guy, but you saw how ineffective that was vs. Chavez, Oscar, and Tito. Great analogy/example using the Toney/Body Snatcher fight, and to a degree the Ali-Foreman fight. Ali's chin and conditioning allowed him to hang on to stop an exhausted foreman. That being said, if George had paid even a little attention to pace, he dominates Ali and wins the fight (shows how great Ali was at getting in people's heads).
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