Who is (or was) your favorite "stalk, stun and close" type of guy?

[bambamdaddio]

Azumah Nelson.Subtle but so very calculating. Good topic

Good call Bro !!! & add to that Don Curry ... until he was found out, but as a fan & at his peak Leonard was awesome to watch when getting some one on the go....

Leonard was the ultimate closer and when he did his kill, he no longer had a baby face. He was stone cold ruthless in there. He was my all-time favorite.

I remember him taking out our own Dave Boy Green with as clinical a ko combo as Ive ever seen, after he had softened him up..

[ICB]

Mike McCallum
Marco Antonio Barrera
Marvin Hagler

[holmcall]

Good call Bro !!! & add to that Don Curry ... until he was found out, but as a fan & at his peak Leonard was awesome to watch when getting some one on the go....

Leonard was the ultimate closer and when he did his kill, he no longer had a baby face. He was stone cold ruthless in there. He was my all-time favorite.

I remember him taking out our own Dave Boy Green with as clinical a ko combo as Ive ever seen, after he had softened him up..

Did the same with Bruce Finch and Donny LaLonde. Scary KOs. He was a killer in there with the power he could generate with his uncommon hand speed.

[No Contest]

Stalking? I'd go with Joe Frazier, maybe Qawi second. Always moving forward and that head movement.

[Mr140]

Sugar Ray Leonard was a great closer people forgot how much power that guy had at welterweight he could really bang that and his speed made him a guy that was closes thing to a perfect fighter he had it all and could do it all he could box, brawl he had the strengh, speed, reflexs, chin and was very mentally tough he earned the right to have the name suger and not to many people can say that they deserved that name he could and it while be a while till there is a fighter that was like him maybe never.

[CGM]

Hmmm... I thought about this for a while, and for some reason the name Tony Ayala Jr kept coming to mind, particularly the stalking, stunning, and closing part. He was badass. Unfortunately he was also badass outside of the ring.

I liked all the SRL mentions. Another thing about him was, he could take a punch. You hurt the man, and he would come back strong.

[ICB]

I wouldn't class SRL as a stalker who come forward he was mostly a boxer who boxed on the backfoot. He only become the stalker against Thomas Hearns, because he had too because he was getting outboxed. The fighters i mentioned were always coming forward and stalking while picking there shots beautifully. The term "Stalker" does not apply to SRL at all.

[CGM]

I wouldn't class SRL as a stalker who come forward he was mostly a boxer who boxed on the backfoot. He only become the stalker against Thomas Hearns, because he had too because he was getting outboxed. The fighters i mentioned were always coming forward and stalking while picking there shots beautifully. The term "Stalker" does not apply to SRL at all.

I thought he had to stalk Hearns when Hearns got up on his bycicle after being stunned by Leonard mid fight. Stalked him the rest of the fight, even though Hearns was probably out boxing him. Moved in and finished when he had to. Leonard could really raise his game when he needed to.

But right, yeah, that wasn't his main style, only when he had to or when his opponent was running, then he could stalk with the best of them.

[holmcall]

Hmmm... I thought about this for a while, and for some reason the name Tony Ayala Jr kept coming to mind, particularly the stalking, stunning, and closing part. He was badass. Unfortunately he was also badass outside of the ring.

I liked all the SRL mentions. Another thing about him was, he could take a punch. You hurt the man, and he would come back strong.

Tony Ayala Jr. Yep. He was some stalker and closer. He also was a lot like Tyson in that he would attempt to overwhelm (i.e., mug) his opponent early on. Mean one, Tony. I remember when he iced Epps and then spit on him.

[holmcall]

Points taken on SRL. He was a closer more than a stalker. Here is 8 minutes of stun and klill. The stalk part was not filmed but it led to the other parts. Great and savage endings. http://video.google.com/videosearch?rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7WZPA&q=Khaosai++Galaxy&um=1& sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title#

[holmcall]

Stalking? I'd go with Joe Frazier, maybe Qawi second. Always moving forward and that head movement.

FORGOT ABOUT Qawi. GOOD ONE!

[DaxxKahn]

Salvadore Sanchez when he smelled blood..

Aaron Pryor....

Roberto Duran...