Quote Originally Posted by CutMeMick
Quote Originally Posted by WelshDevilRob
Quote Originally Posted by CutMeMick
It's hard to try and pick just 5 good thing you didn't put choose 1.


1. Ike Ibeabuchi - Can you imagine him facing Lennox, Evander, Vitali and Wladimir jaw dropping. The type of battle he would have with them I could only imagine. Sadly that his career is over shadowed by his life outside the ring.

2. Carlos Monzon - Monzon vs. Pavlik anyone? Wow! P4P one of the hardest punchers all time facing off against Pavlik, AA, Winky or Castillejo.
'La Escopeta' vs. 'The Ghost' would be an instant classic.....

3. Ricardo Lopez - Would to settle once and for all a comment I read on the net (Not here) of who's better he or Calderon. Can you imagine
Lopez vs. Solis, Sosa, Cazares or Oleydong. All skilled guys who have shown loads of skill and lot's of heart. The battle of the little guys.

4. Bob Foster - AAHHHHHHH!!!! This dude would tare some a** up in any era. Line them up one by one, RJJ, Woods, Johnson, Hopkins, Dawson.
This guy would kick some a**. I'm not saying he's invincible but I'd favor him over all of them.

5. Alexis Arguello - Arguello vs. JMM anyone? S***! that would be great. 2 of the most skilled fighters from their times facing off. Arguello vs. Pac, MAB, Erik, Guzman even Linares as the kids shown hes very skilled.

Alright Mick,

Looks like I didn't read JT's question properly.

Great post, Mick and just asking if you could sum-up the fighter that was Monzon -even though I'm a downloader, I shamefully have seen only one of his fights and he looked slow. Don't ask which fight as it is in an external hard-drive somewhere.

Anyway, I've read alot of your posts and you always seem balanced and know what your talking about so just wondering your overall thoughts on Monzon?

(CC+ to you, Legion and JT)
Patient and practical with hins punches. He didn't have blazing speed but I wouldn't consider him slow. Footwork was IMO superb he could cut off a ring well he did this to Moyer, Bogs and Mundine. Once he cut them off it was good night for them. His right hand was devastating as seen in most of it not all of his KO's. His nickname 'La Escopeta' translates to 'The Shotgun' labeled as that after his right hand. He could also go the distance that's where the patient part came in. He wasn't KO hungry and he waited for the right moment. If the KO came, it came if it didn't he could go the distance 15 rounds tho maybe not well prepared all the time as far as training he was one of those rare specimens that some how was always in great shape and his stamina was amazing. He also had a great left hook which is the punch that set up the KO win over Munidne or Licata one of the two. But his left hook can also be seen when he fought the Great 'Matequilla' Napoles. Monzons always slated and downgraded as not beeing fast or skilled he might not have been the fastest but you needed fast hands to hit Briscoe, Napoles and Valdez. Life outside the ring somewhat stained his career inside it but IMO he is far more known for his career as the great 'Escopeta' rather then Monzon in his personal life. A womenizer, short tempered had ugly fights with his wife she "accidently" shot him. He then was convicted of shooting and killing his wife. Monzon tragically like many boxers died in a car accident. Sad ending to a great career IMO....

Thanks for the comments Welsh...
Thanks for the reply, Mick

I'll definately look to download the fight's you've mentioned there. Great summary.