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  • Carpe Diem
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    #131
    As great as Crawford was, he never fought an opponent with elite hand speed, Gamboa was the only one he fought who had fast hand speed.

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    • djtmal
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      #132
      Originally posted by The Big Dunn

      What were his weaknesses iyo?

      Yes he made mistakes in the ring and he paid when he did. So they did exploit them, he just was resilient and came back. That deserves credit.

      But he didn’t fight a steady diet of them. He fought HOFers, champions and top ranked boxers. That is why he is #1.
      Post Hatton he gets credit for cherrypicking oppenents who were non threatening. The better fighters were already shopworn

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        #133
        Originally posted by Carpe Diem
        As great as Crawford was, he never fought an opponent with elite hand speed, Gamboa was the only one he fought who had fast hand speed.
        see the recently uploaded sparring footage on Timmeh’s channel of him sparring with a young prospect TBud

        TBud could be got with rights upstairs and downstairs

        And still recently too

        but most telling from the sparring is how TBud did his best work on the back foot

        highest ring iq most accurate right hand ever igga Floyd would 116-112 him

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        • djtmal
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          #134
          Originally posted by The Big Dunn



          Floyd’s jab and right hand, combine with his reach, would make it difficult for Manny.



          Ly.
          Mannys speed and angles in his prime with the combinations is something Floyd did not want to deal with

          Too bad Floyd was too scared to fight Manny in his prime.

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          • The Big Dunn
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            #135
            Originally posted by djtmal

            Post Hatton he gets credit for cherrypicking oppenents who were non threatening. The better fighters were already shopworn
            This has nothing to do with what I asked you or how they ranked the boxers. This is just your biased opinions.

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              #136
              Originally posted by The Big Dunn



              Let’s stop pretending Floyd wasn’t great offensively. He was maybe the best ever defensively.
              He just didn't do vs the best at their best so he loses to a whole heap of all time greats

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                #137
                Originally posted by djtmal

                Post Hatton he gets credit for cherrypicking oppenents who were non threatening. The better fighters were already shopworn
                This has nothing to do with what I asked you or how they ranked the boxers. This is just your biased opinion. SMDH.

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                  #138
                  Originally posted by djtmal

                  He just didn't do vs the best at their best so he loses to a whole heap of all time greats
                  Another biased opinion that has nothing to do with how these rankings were made.

                  You simply aren’t knowledgeable enough about the sport to have a boxing based discussion.

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                  • djtmal
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                    #139
                    Originally posted by The Big Dunn

                    This has nothing to do with what I asked you or how they ranked the boxers. This is just your biased opinions.
                    Yes it does he didn't do that against the best guys at their best

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                      #140
                      Originally posted by The Big Dunn

                      Another biased opinion n.
                      It's the truth

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