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It is when they are able to beat their "poison style matchup".
You know a slick boxer is going to be pretty special when he is able to dodge and counterpunch the pressure fighter all night long without taking too much of a beating. Mayweather's display against Jesus Chavez showed that he is more than just a good slickster, because slicksters usually have quite a bit of trouble with pressure fighters.
When the pressure fighter is able to be in the face of a one punch killer slugger all night and win out. Margarito's destruction of one punch killer Cintron shows that his chin will get him out of his so-called "poison style matchup" against a one punch KO artist.
Finally, when a slugger is able to land their huge punch on a slick boxer, you know they are going to be something special. Someone like Ricardo Mayorga landing his bombs on Forrest enough to KO him in the first meeting and to scare him to the point that he won a decision in the second meeting. A boxer should be quick enough to keep the jab in the slugger's face so they can't ever really get their flush power shot off.
Thoughts? When a fighter is able to run through every kind of style (especially their "poison style matchup"), that is when you know they are going to be P4P material, and possibly ATG material.
You know a slick boxer is going to be pretty special when he is able to dodge and counterpunch the pressure fighter all night long without taking too much of a beating. Mayweather's display against Jesus Chavez showed that he is more than just a good slickster, because slicksters usually have quite a bit of trouble with pressure fighters.
When the pressure fighter is able to be in the face of a one punch killer slugger all night and win out. Margarito's destruction of one punch killer Cintron shows that his chin will get him out of his so-called "poison style matchup" against a one punch KO artist.
Finally, when a slugger is able to land their huge punch on a slick boxer, you know they are going to be something special. Someone like Ricardo Mayorga landing his bombs on Forrest enough to KO him in the first meeting and to scare him to the point that he won a decision in the second meeting. A boxer should be quick enough to keep the jab in the slugger's face so they can't ever really get their flush power shot off.
Thoughts? When a fighter is able to run through every kind of style (especially their "poison style matchup"), that is when you know they are going to be P4P material, and possibly ATG material.
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