Was Julio Cesar Chavez just a "crude face first brawler" (not my words)

[prinzemanspopa]

Would you agree with this claim?

Yes, just yes.....Chavez was a crude face first brawler who'd never have gotten a sniff at 100-0 if he hadn't been Don King's post Tyson mealticket.

Poet

And goes even further:

I can. Especially if there's no Don King handpicked picked referee to pull his raisins out of the bran. Take away the protection he got as Don King's mealticket and all Chavez is is an Arturo Gatti with a better chin and a weaker punch. Not to mention his record has more padding than a flat-chested 17 year old on prom night.

Poet

To me,this claim is just complete nonsense.His dominantion of Edwin Rosario is arguably the most clinical and text-book display of pressure and inside fighting that has ever been displayed inside the ring.



Just watch the final round here:






His performances against Rocky Lockridge and Jose Luis Ramirez,aside from displaying his underrated counter punching ability,also showcased his versatility as a fighter,as he used angles and boxed off of the backfoot to great success.He also showed this in flashes against Frankie Randall in their rematch,where he was no longer the fighter that he had been four or five years previously.

[Thread Stealer]

Of course not.

[prinzemanspopa]

Of course not.

Does seem to be an odd claim to make,doesn't it? I've not even heard Chavez's greatest critics describe him as such.Yet the person who makes it is in his early 40's and claims to have watched boxing for a long time.

[BattlingNelson]

Chavez is a bona fide ATG. I wonder what Poet has been smoking.

[PEBBLES!]

Poet is a juvenile little pissant who knows diddly squat about boxing.


He clearly hasn't seen a Chavez fight - what an absolute moron.

[starkiller]

Margarito and Chavez's style mirror each other yet people consider Margarito a one dimensional fighter. I'd say that both fighters Margarito and Chavez both would take there opponents best shots and keep pressuring nonstop. Exactly why I expect Margarito to get stopped against Cotto, Margarito's taken too much punishment and from quality opponents.

[prinzemanspopa]

Chavez is a bona fide ATG. I wonder what Poet has been smoking.

He does seem to come out with some controversial statements,doesn't he? One would think that he had an agenda in regards to Julio Cesar Chavez.

Poet is a juvenile little pissant who knows diddly squat about boxing.


He clearly hasn't seen a Chavez fight - what an absolute moron.

He's certainly very ignorant when it comes to Chavez.I don't know if you'd call it trolling,but his comments certainly aren't true.

[SCtrojansbaby]

Poet is a juvenile little pissant who knows diddly squat about boxing.


He clearly hasn't seen a Chavez fight - what an absolute moron.

Ditto

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[SCtrojansbaby]

Margarito and Chavez's style mirror each other

lol no they don't Chavez was a great counter puncher on the inside and had some head movement Margarito has neither

I bet you think Jamarcus Russell and Mike Vick style morrior each other too

[bojangles1987]

He was not. I think Chavez is overrated, but I would never claim he was some crude brawler. He was a very intelligent pressure fighter.