Was Willie Pep a running coward?

[Spoon23]

Willie Pep was a bum man, if he fought today he would only be worthy of washing Mayweathers bugattis. TBE mayweather would have made easy work of pep man. Mayweather invented defensive boxing, pep was nothing but a pale imitation. Pep had a time machine and saw mayweather fight gatti in 2005 and learned how to fight defensively. TBE mayweater.

Nope. This is bum boxing. For lack of a better this is garbage boxing.

Calling Pep a bum. That guy has the cohonez to fight. The one below compared to Pep has a vagina lol

Clinching to prevent an opponent from punching is and always will be garbage boxing.

[Spoon23]

he punch with intention and he's engaging, that aint mayweather marathon

Exactly, TS trying to compare a legend to Floyd. Blasphemy.

Pep fights with intention to hurt. Floyd fights with intention to survive lol

[Derranged]

Never even occurred to me he was Italian.

Exactly. His real name was Gugliermo Papaleo.

[Larry the boss]

buuuuuuuuuuump

[krazyn8tive]

Larry must have a day off today. He's bumping treads he made in early July.

[PACBOY]

nobody is a coward like Floyd Mayweather. Nobody hugs like Floyd Mayweather. Nobody runs like Floyd Mayweather.

TBE!!!

[Larry the boss]

Larry must have a day off today. He's bumping treads he made in early July.

No according to people on here fighting defensive can not make you an all time great and in the 40's you'd be laughed at

[Larry the boss]

Rocky Marciano fought during the era of "real" PRIZEFIGHTING, "real" BLOODSPORT", "real" FIGHTERS who went up the ring with full intention to hurt their opponent. And he fought "real" FIGHTING. If Rocky fought on this era and wins his 49-0 hell be way up there. If Floyd fought on Rocky's era, he will never even get pass his 20th fight, no promoter will get him, nobody will pay to watch him run around and pitty pat his opponents. Nobody. If floyd and rocky lives in the same era it will be like... https://********/Y2gOde2LRi4

Pep fought in the same era doe

[Raonic]

Reminds me of a fighter this generation.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Willie Pep got booed back in his time. Read this:

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19500316&id=5tUiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PAAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2981,1061146&hl=en

It's funny in hindsight that great boxers of the past go through the same thing that fighters today go through. But as time passes they are looked at as brilliant boxers and they're tactics and technique are studied for the next several generations.

Very interesting article. I was never a big fan. He backed up too much for my tastes. Of course, he had an advantage over Floyd since he went over 60-0 before he lost and then another 60 plus fights in a row after the initial loss. And 240 wins is hard to argue with. However, like Mayweather, his fights are not fun to watch looking back. Don't blame that crowd at all. I would have booed as well.