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Great Defensive Boxers REAL fighters ducked none.
Mayweather is just feeling a bit neglected and looking for publicity. He has NO hope of training Wilder, who is a wild(no pun ) swinger who either lands or doesn't. Besides I can't see a 6'7" defensive fighter all of a sudden.... Fury is just too good, too clever. His only hope is to land a finisher. The last one he landed looked like it, but Fury got up and out-boxed him, to fake draw. And he's too old to change.
ALSO....I dispute that Mayweather is one of the greatest defensive boxers of "all" time. Off the cuff I could likely name a dozen greater -and MUCH better fighters.
Like..Young Griffo,(read) Nicolino Locche, Wilfredo Benitez, Duilio Loi, Jack Johnson,(read) Willie Pep, Benny Leonard,(read) Pernell Whittaker, Jack Britton,(read) James Toney, Winky Wright, Gene Tunney, (read) Mike Tyson, Miguel Canto, Nonpareil Dempsey (read) Archie Moore, Macho Camacho, Maxie Rosenbloom (read) Billy Conn, Tommy Loughran,(read) Marcel Cerdan, Tommy Gibbons, (read) Jimmy Barry (read)
I'm tired and my memory is failing. It took me longer than I thought, It took me as long to dredge up Gibbons, Barry, Loughran, and Nonpareil Dempsey as to jot down all the others...longer. These guys were REAL fighters too. Cerdan had well over 100 wins and only 4 losses, 1 due to injury. 2 DQ, and 1 pts. later avenged.
Locche, over 125 wins. 4 losses. I remember that he had NO punch, had, I think(?) more draws than KO wins 14 d.,,12 KO w.. He smoked like a chimney, often got his corner to crowd around whilst he had a puff between rounds. Champion Fuji just gave up against him, didn't land a punch. quit in disgust. Locche was right in front of him which was his usual style of fighting. Incredible. !!
Those with (read) I mostly read about but also saw some early film, the rest I actually saw their fights on the night. I recall so well the massive effort Archie Moore put out against Yvonne Durelle, with being KD 3 times in the 1st rd.. For years, Durelle boxed only when he wasn't out on a fishing boat.
Mayweather is just feeling a bit neglected and looking for publicity. He has NO hope of training Wilder, who is a wild(no pun ) swinger who either lands or doesn't. Besides I can't see a 6'7" defensive fighter all of a sudden.... Fury is just too good, too clever. His only hope is to land a finisher. The last one he landed looked like it, but Fury got up and out-boxed him, to fake draw. And he's too old to change.
ALSO....I dispute that Mayweather is one of the greatest defensive boxers of "all" time. Off the cuff I could likely name a dozen greater -and MUCH better fighters.
Like..Young Griffo,(read) Nicolino Locche, Wilfredo Benitez, Duilio Loi, Jack Johnson,(read) Willie Pep, Benny Leonard,(read) Pernell Whittaker, Jack Britton,(read) James Toney, Winky Wright, Gene Tunney, (read) Mike Tyson, Miguel Canto, Nonpareil Dempsey (read) Archie Moore, Macho Camacho, Maxie Rosenbloom (read) Billy Conn, Tommy Loughran,(read) Marcel Cerdan, Tommy Gibbons, (read) Jimmy Barry (read)
I'm tired and my memory is failing. It took me longer than I thought, It took me as long to dredge up Gibbons, Barry, Loughran, and Nonpareil Dempsey as to jot down all the others...longer. These guys were REAL fighters too. Cerdan had well over 100 wins and only 4 losses, 1 due to injury. 2 DQ, and 1 pts. later avenged.
Locche, over 125 wins. 4 losses. I remember that he had NO punch, had, I think(?) more draws than KO wins 14 d.,,12 KO w.. He smoked like a chimney, often got his corner to crowd around whilst he had a puff between rounds. Champion Fuji just gave up against him, didn't land a punch. quit in disgust. Locche was right in front of him which was his usual style of fighting. Incredible. !!
Those with (read) I mostly read about but also saw some early film, the rest I actually saw their fights on the night. I recall so well the massive effort Archie Moore put out against Yvonne Durelle, with being KD 3 times in the 1st rd.. For years, Durelle boxed only when he wasn't out on a fishing boat.
Maybe he can train him so that wearing a Wakanda outfit won't drain him then. 
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