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

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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.

Thats exactly what i said in my previous post, SRL had to stalk Thomas Hearns because he had to. Because he was losing, and even in both fights with Thomas Hearns when he had to stalk. He didn't constantly do it, he boxed atleast 50 percent in both fights.

Like i said i really don't know what SRL has to do with this thread personally, just because he was a great fighter doesn't mean he was on the best stalking/come forward fights.

90 percent of the time he boxed using his footwork, the fights i chose like Marvin Hagler, Marco Antonio Barrera, Mike McCallum, are perfect candidates for this thread.

They constantly stalked there opponents picking there shots, and they were like hunters waiting to pounce on there opponents, when they made one mistake.

OK, well I don't mean to split hairs, but I thought you said he stalked Hearns because Hearns was outboxing him. I said he stalked Hearns because Hearns went on his bicycle after being hurt, and Hearns still outboxed him while he was being stalked, for most of the whole 2nd half of the fight. Until Leonard moved in for the kill. Bit of a difference. Now if you are saying that's not how the fight went, then i'll have to go back and take a 2nd look.

I haven't seen the fight in awhile but from what i remember, Thomas Hearns outboxed SRL from long range as SRL struggled to get inside while using movement in the first 4 rounds. Then SRL decided to stay flat footed and punch and he did have Thomas Hearns in trouble in the 5th round if i remember rightly.

I don't think Thomas Hearns really changed his tactics after being hurt, he was doing what he was from round 1 and that was using his superior reach. To outbox SRL from the outside, now this is the point in the fight im struggling to remember.

Im pretty sure SRL become the stalker after that and won a few rounds, then Thomas Hearns seemed to adjust to the style. And i believe SRL went back to boxing for another round or 2, then when Angel Dundee gave SRL his famous speech "Your blowing it son".

SRL went out there like a man possessed and hurt Thomas Hearns badly in the 13th, then stopped him in the 14th round with a barrage of punches.

The 2nd fight was pretty similar to the first first except for the knockdowns, with SRL using 50 percent boxing/stalking. But everytime he boxed he clearly got dominated, i don't know why he just didn't stick with stalking in the 2nd fight.

Because he was clearly having his best moments when he stalked. And he almost had Thomas Hearns out of there in the 5th and 12th rounds.