successful pros lacking speed and power
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margaret thatcher
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successful pros lacking speed and power
carlos molina
andrey kotelnik
any names spring to mind
andrey kotelnik
any names spring to mind
Re: successful pros lacking speed and power
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
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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Manuel Medina
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Bernard Hopkins
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Greg "Mutt" Haugen.
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Re: successful pros lacking speed and power
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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handsofstone
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Emile Griffith
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Twinkle Toes
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Sven Ottke
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Boxerbeetle
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Re: successful pros lacking speed and power
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.Counter-puncher wrote: ↑24 Apr 2021, 05:58did 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.
Re: successful pros lacking speed and power
Counter-puncher wrote: ↑24 Apr 2021, 05:58did 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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JamesPhilips
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Barry Jones
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dr_devious
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Crolla
Flanagan
The McDonnells
Warrington
Quigg
Liam Smith
Flanagan
The McDonnells
Warrington
Quigg
Liam Smith
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Alex Arthur.
Joe Joyce.
Terry marsh couldn’t crack an egg
Joe Joyce.
Terry marsh couldn’t crack an egg
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Re: successful pros lacking speed and power
I wasn’t going to mention but in that case it’s something of a disgrace you didn’t quote the Medina epic yourself
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JamesPhilips
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coghaugen11
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Re: successful pros lacking speed and power
Collins was actually fast when he was younger
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coghaugen11
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Re: successful pros lacking speed and power
Froch had power.
I can’t think of many. Paul Hoko?
I can’t think of many. Paul Hoko?
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coghaugen11
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Re: successful pros lacking speed and power
Actually Hoko had a big left hook
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JamesPhilips
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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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coghaugen11
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Re: successful pros lacking speed and power
Quick combos and covered a lot of ring space laterally. See Thornton fight etcJamesPhilips wrote: ↑24 Apr 2021, 09:09I’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
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Re: successful pros lacking speed and power
Hodkinson wasn’t a big puncher would could hurt you.
What about steve Robinson?
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coghaugen11
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Re: successful pros lacking speed and power
He outsped Kalambay too in Italy
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coghaugen11
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Re: successful pros lacking speed and power
Robbo is a good one. Terrific guard, terrific body puncher. Not overly fast or powerful.