why isnt MONZON that leagiondary?

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cheers man, thats a really good read on monzon

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[nachorjj]

roy jones and bernard hopkins are the only MW who earn monzon but rovinson hagler and more no

[Miburo]

Monzon is one of the strangest and most difficult to qualify fighters in the history boxing. He's like the anti-Tyson, a man who never let any of his character or habits outside of the ring influence his cold, surgical performance.

[TheGreatA]

This is the best I've seen of Carlos Monzon:

[Miburo]

This is the best I've seen of Carlos Monzon

It's amazing how ordinary Monzon could look even while looking good.

[savorduhflavor]

Monzon's style reminds me of middleweight Ali.

Obviously with the exception of the footwork as Monzon seems to stay flat footed.

But with the way he uses his jab and his arsenal of punches, it really reminds me of Ali.

[TheGreatA]

It's amazing how ordinary Monzon could look even while looking good.

He was only truly spectacular in the way he was able to use his height and reach to his utmost advantage, as well as the calmness and poise he showed inside the ring at all times despite his chaotic life outside of it.

I believe he was recovering from a gunshot wound inflicted by his wife and also having great trouble making the 160 lb limit for the second Griffith fight, despite all this he was able to win in his traditional if unspectacular fashion. You have to wonder how it never caught up with him until later on in his life.

[Miburo]

He was only truly spectacular in the way he was able to use his height and reach to his utmost advantage, as well as the calmness and poise he showed inside the ring at all times despite his chaotic life outside of it.

Yeah, a truly unique style in that he was so dominant despite being completely flat-footed and having mediocre power. The guy would often be in complete chaos up until the weigh-in, having to go on brutal runs right before the fight just to cut weight, drinking, smoking, having sex all night, etc. Pure violence outside the ring, but oddly detached inside.

[Miburo]

You have to wonder how it never caught up with him until later on in his life.

Being a complete physical freak certainly helped. Everyone jokes about Mayorga, but a man who was one of the top 2 middleweights of all time was living the same lifestyle.

I think he became an even more violent individual once he was out of boxing though. Boxing was probably the only discipline in his life, and once that got taken away it was anything goes.

[TheGreatA]

Being a complete physical freak certainly helped. I think he became an even more violent individual once he was out of boxing though. Boxing was probably the only discipline in his life, and once that got taken away it was anything goes.

That seems to be the case for many boxers.

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