Does the better technical fighter always win?

[ShatteredGlass]

A good example of this is that this one time, there was an Irishman named Herrol Graham, who fought at middleweight, he was a really good technician with good skills and was well rounded. He got a world title shot against Julian Jackson, and preceded to school Jackson badly, he was making him look ridiculous, but then all of a Sudden Jackson lands a big shot on Graham, who goes down unconcious and Jackson gets the title.


This sort of thing is rare, but it can happen. The difference is that the chin/power ration in the PBF-PAC fight is not what it was in the Jackson-Graham fight. I still think Floyd is the favorite in this fight, but a fighter like Pac is never going to be anything but a very slight underdog against him.

[talip bin osman]

Has there been any fights in recent history where the better technician lost? If not, then Floyd gets it.

of course there were fights when the better technical fighter lost...

just to clarify, it doesnt mean that if sum fighter is an unorthodox one, he automatically gets picked apart by the perceived technically superior fighter...

sweet pea was unorthodox as anyone IMO...

well, maybe u can still remember carlos maussa dismantling a prime vivian harris...

or what about cristian mijares, a non black american but slick as hell technical fighter getting ripped to pieces by an "inferior" unorthodox southpaw named vic darchinyan?

even without the KO, darchinyan was still winning the fight...

there are several other examples my man... with the internet @ your disposal, im sure you are going to find them...

[Pugilistic™]

Pavlik - Taylor is a good example.

[TheUptownKid]

mayorga, urango, ali frazier, all vic darchiniyan, etc

[Uturn]

Of course, their are plenty technical fighters that get beat by sluggers! khan/prescott...taylor/froch....are good examples!

[The_Demon]

pavlik-taylor springs too mind

cotto-marg

hatton-malignaggi

froch vs anyone

[JOM'S]

PAC-SASAKUL
PAC-LEDWABA
PAC-BARERA 1

lolz

[Sparked_1985]

Depends whether the technically superior fighter can impose his skill or whether the technically inferior boxer can eventually walk him down and beat him up.

Cotto punched seven shades out of ****e out of Margarito, made him look ordinary, cumbersome and average - and then he eventually got walked down and beaten up (plaster references not included). Margs still got to him.

Ricky Hatton vs Kostya Tszyu, recentish. Hatton bullied Kostya and made it rough and tumble for the entire night, no other way he could have avoided being KO'd much less win the fight.

[zeidrich]

PAC-SASAKUL
PAC-LEDWABA
PAC-BARERA 1

lolz

pac marquez II
pac cotto

[madsweeney]

One thing I think people forget is that heavily disciplined "skilled" fighters are trained for fighting orthodox styles. When they have to deal with unorthodox fighters they tend to be significantly less effective because they don't know what to expect and their muscle memory tends to work against them.