successful pros lacking speed and power

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successful pros lacking speed and power

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carlos molina

andrey kotelnik


any names spring to mind
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Ricky Burns wasnt especially fast or had dynamite punches, but was a good all rounder.

Ray Beltran

Martin and John Murray spring too mind also
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Clinton woods.....made the most of what he had but want a KO artist or speed demon
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Foggy wrote: 23 Apr 2021, 18:29 Clinton woods.....made the most of what he had but wasn’t a KO artist or speed demon
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Manuel Medina
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Bernard Hopkins
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dookus wrote: 23 Apr 2021, 18:32Manuel Medina
did somebody say Manuel Medina?
Datsue wrote:
An actual advert from the back of The Ring, circa 1999 wrote: Gotta vacant title fight to fill? Call 1-800-WEIRDLY-HERKY-JERKY & book Manuel Medina today! Will contest absolutely any sort of vacant belt! Guaranteed successful first defence for someone who probably doesn't deserve their title anyway*! Willing to travel to your boy's back garden & accept lawn ornaments as judges! Cuts easily! Can't punch! What are you waiting for?!?!? Him to get old? HE ALREADY IS!!!! For excess punishment to take its toll? IT ALREADY HAS!!! HE'S BEEN A PRO SINCE HE WAS ABOUT ELEVEN!!!

Call 1-800-WEIRDLY-HERKY-JERKY today!

*: NB: Nueva Weirdly-Herky-Jerky Inc LLc accepts no responsibility should your boy actually be fuckin' clueless enough to follow Manuel around all night eating flounced jabs & zero-leverage right crosses. An inability to cut off the ring will be sorely exposed by liberal applications of Manuel Medina-ness. Even if your boy is fuckin' clueless enough to lose to him, we guarantee you a rematch within twelve days, or before Manuel's cuts have healed properly, whichever is sooner. Your statutory rights are not affected.
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Counter-puncher wrote: 24 Apr 2021, 05:58
dookus wrote: 23 Apr 2021, 18:32Manuel Medina
did somebody say Manuel Medina?
Datsue wrote:
An actual advert from the back of The Ring, circa 1999 wrote: Gotta vacant title fight to fill? Call 1-800-WEIRDLY-HERKY-JERKY & book Manuel Medina today! Will contest absolutely any sort of vacant belt! Guaranteed successful first defence for someone who probably doesn't deserve their title anyway*! Willing to travel to your boy's back garden & accept lawn ornaments as judges! Cuts easily! Can't punch! What are you waiting for?!?!? Him to get old? HE ALREADY IS!!!! For excess punishment to take its toll? IT ALREADY HAS!!! HE'S BEEN A PRO SINCE HE WAS ABOUT ELEVEN!!!

Call 1-800-WEIRDLY-HERKY-JERKY today!

*: NB: Nueva Weirdly-Herky-Jerky Inc LLc accepts no responsibility should your boy actually be fuckin' clueless enough to follow Manuel around all night eating flounced jabs & zero-leverage right crosses. An inability to cut off the ring will be sorely exposed by liberal applications of Manuel Medina-ness. Even if your boy is fuckin' clueless enough to lose to him, we guarantee you a rematch within twelve days, or before Manuel's cuts have healed properly, whichever is sooner. Your statutory rights are not affected.
Legendary post which has supplanted the Hamed & Harrison fights in my mind, and is now the very first thing I think of whenever someone mentions Medina.
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Counter-puncher wrote: 24 Apr 2021, 05:58
dookus wrote: 23 Apr 2021, 18:32Manuel Medina
did somebody say Manuel Medina?
Datsue wrote:
An actual advert from the back of The Ring, circa 1999 wrote: Gotta vacant title fight to fill? Call 1-800-WEIRDLY-HERKY-JERKY & book Manuel Medina today! Will contest absolutely any sort of vacant belt! Guaranteed successful first defence for someone who probably doesn't deserve their title anyway*! Willing to travel to your boy's back garden & accept lawn ornaments as judges! Cuts easily! Can't punch! What are you waiting for?!?!? Him to get old? HE ALREADY IS!!!! For excess punishment to take its toll? IT ALREADY HAS!!! HE'S BEEN A PRO SINCE HE WAS ABOUT ELEVEN!!!

Call 1-800-WEIRDLY-HERKY-JERKY today!

*: NB: Nueva Weirdly-Herky-Jerky Inc LLc accepts no responsibility should your boy actually be fuckin' clueless enough to follow Manuel around all night eating flounced jabs & zero-leverage right crosses. An inability to cut off the ring will be sorely exposed by liberal applications of Manuel Medina-ness. Even if your boy is fuckin' clueless enough to lose to him, we guarantee you a rematch within twelve days, or before Manuel's cuts have healed properly, whichever is sooner. Your statutory rights are not affected.
:lol: I had exactly that in mind. I miss Datsue.
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Alex Arthur.
Joe Joyce.
Terry marsh couldn’t crack an egg
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dookus wrote: 24 Apr 2021, 07:12
Counter-puncher wrote: 24 Apr 2021, 05:58
dookus wrote: 23 Apr 2021, 18:32Manuel Medina
did somebody say Manuel Medina?
Datsue wrote:
:lol: I had exactly that in mind. I miss Datsue.
I wasn’t going to mention but in that case it’s something of a disgrace you didn’t quote the Medina epic yourself :shame: Manuel Medinas name should never be mentioned without it really
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Steveh583 wrote: 24 Apr 2021, 08:56 Alex Arthur.
Joe Joyce.
Terry marsh couldn’t crack an egg
Joe Joyce can punch though. I did think about Terry Marsh.
Steve Collins is a good one.
Billy Hardy?
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Collins was actually fast when he was younger
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Froch had power.

I can’t think of many. Paul Hoko?
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Actually Hoko had a big left hook
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coghaugen11 wrote: 24 Apr 2021, 09:06 Collins was actually fast when he was younger
I’m not so sure. He won on durability, persistence, solid boxing skills. You couldn’t describe him as fast surely.
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JamesPhilips wrote: 24 Apr 2021, 09:09
coghaugen11 wrote: 24 Apr 2021, 09:06 Collins was actually fast when he was younger
I’m not so sure. He won on durability, persistence, solid boxing skills. You couldn’t describe him as fast surely.
Quick combos and covered a lot of ring space laterally. See Thornton fight etc
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coghaugen11 wrote: 24 Apr 2021, 09:08 Actually Hoko had a big left hook
Hodkinson wasn’t a big puncher would could hurt you.

What about steve Robinson?
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He outsped Kalambay too in Italy
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Robbo is a good one. Terrific guard, terrific body puncher. Not overly fast or powerful.
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