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Everytime I watch Cerdan my opinion goes up. Christ, his hands were awfully quick. His lateral movement was beautiful. He was a dynamite puncher as well, probably one of the hardest to grace the division. His two-fisted attacks are reminiscent of young Mike Tyson, but with better lateral movement. Against LaMotta, his beautiful lefhook was put out of commission in the first round when he slipped and fell to the canvas. Without that injury, I believe he would have seriously dented the LaMotta legend with a passionate beating if not a stoppage, clearing the way for a Robinson fight which would have been inevitable. Even Jimi Hendrix got to show more of his stuff before fate intervened.
It is hard to bet against the known qualities of Jake, but I believe he was in with a better man, a better boxer, a better puncher who would have regularly beaten him to the punch and chewed him up all night long. He was not even doing badly for a guy with one useable arm.
This is a fighter. Watch how fast those lefts and right come out. Almost impossible to dodge.
It is hard to bet against the known qualities of Jake, but I believe he was in with a better man, a better boxer, a better puncher who would have regularly beaten him to the punch and chewed him up all night long. He was not even doing badly for a guy with one useable arm.
This is a fighter. Watch how fast those lefts and right come out. Almost impossible to dodge.
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