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Cool video I found, thought I would share.
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Cool video I found, thought I would share. -
my thoughts:
1) Robinson is more like Jones Jr. or Mosley, becauase he relied more on physical gifts than well solid skills (i m thinking of his disregard for defense) pbf lacks the ridiculous power that all the other three had but he is more polished.
2) take a fighter with robinson/jones power, pbf skills, robinson/mosley aggressive mindset (speed they are all on top) and... do the math -
i think hes more like roy...Comment
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In terms of accomplishments and physical gifts, you are obviously right.
In terms of style, I think Jones is too unorthodox to be similar to Robinson. Robinson was a solid (maybe not "classic" at the time) boxer, who liked to be flashy (and/or dog it out depending on the caliber of opponents) and he could because of his power/chin/speed.
Jones' style was plain crazy, I mean Robinson stance was at least conventional. Jones is just... different, it is not just the way he leads or keeps his hands down. The way he moves around the ring, the directions where he pushes (or lets go) the fight, are pretty much unique.
A friend who does not follow boxing asked me a few years who was the best fighter around, and I showed him a clip of RJJ, his comment was illuminating: "it looks like he is playing basketball".
Also, Mosley likes to be aggressive at 147, while Jones always adopted a safer style at 175. Robinson fought life and death battles at 160. Although this probably has a lot to do with Mosley and Robinson's chin being harder than Jones's.Comment
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