[CEROVFC]

YouTube - Roberto Duran Highlight

My favorite parts is him skipping rope and working the speed bag with his head.

Don't think there's been a fighter in his class since.

[Zodiak_Killer]

I like how hes standing there trying to look scary in a camo speedo.

[CEROVFC]

Originally Posted by Zodiak_Killer

I like how hes standing there trying to look scary in a camo speedo.

Gotta love the 70's. Reminds me of this Albanian dude I use to work with. Picture a fat older dude. Was telling me when he first came to the States (not that long ago) he was at a public swimming pool and he busts out his speedos with a red star over his crotch. He says as he started walking to the pool he noticed everybody there was just staring at him. He walked back and covered himself with a towel.

[Tam-Tam]

Bestest. Fighta. Eva.

[CEROVFC]

I dunno how to put it quite right. He's a fighter that aggressively throws bomb, yet at the exact same time shows masterful ability to roll with punches and avoid counters.

I can't think of another fighter who is so offensively minded, yet brilliant on defense simultaneously.

A true marvel, a true all time great. I guess you don't earn the moniker living legend for being less than absolutely stellar.

[bradlee180]

Originally Posted by CEROVFC

I dunno how to put it quite right. He's a fighter that aggressively throws bomb, yet at the exact same time shows masterful ability to roll with punches and avoid counters.

I can't think of another fighter who is so offensively minded, yet brilliant on defense simultaneously.

A true marvel, a true all time great. I guess you don't earn the moniker living legend for being less than absolutely stellar.

The prime "Manassa Mauler" Jack Dempsey circa 1918 to 1921, fits your description to a tee.

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Very clear film of Dempsey-Willard (can download preview clip.)
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Jack Dempsey: To Victory.
YouTube - Jack Dempsey: To Victory

RE: The opening 90 seconds of Dempsey/Willard with Dempsey circling his prey before the carnage begins, and the sparring session with 6′6½″ Big Bill Tate as Dempsey prepared for Willard:
By God, that man could MOVE.

Ray Arcel trained Roberto Duran for a while (and Barney Ross, Tony Zale, Ezzard Charles, and Larry Holmes), and Arcel considered Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, and Muhammad Ali to be the 3 Greatest Heavyweights of All-Time.

Gene Tunney,1952- "Jack was no wild slugger.He was an extremely clever fusion of fighter and boxer..Gibbons was one of the all-time great boxers.Yet Gibbons could not outscore Dempsey..Unable to reach this clever opponent with a knockout punch,he(Dempsey) was still a fine enough combination of fighter and boxer to outscore him all the way."

Unfortunately, Dempsey's most destructive year, 1918 as a contender, went unfilmed.

Folks often wrongfully chalk Dempsey up as a 1-dimensional slugger nowadays based on a handful of films, most of them when he was past his prime.

Dempsey was more like a Heavyweight Roberto Duran.

[Ivan Moser]

One of my favorite fighters ever. Him beating Barkley at his age was unreal. That was before todays fighters fighting into their 40s with Mackie Shilstone training techniques etc.

[Zodiak_Killer]

Originally Posted by CEROVFC

Gotta love the 70's. Reminds me of this Albanian dude I use to work with. Picture a fat older dude. Was telling me when he first came to the States (not that long ago) he was at a public swimming pool and he busts out his speedos with a red star over his crotch. He says as he started walking to the pool he noticed everybody there was just staring at him. He walked back and covered himself with a towel.

LOL, yeah it was a different time. Now you see a guy with a speedo and a mustache you would think boxer is the last thing he does.

[aceventura]

Dempsey was overrated.

[deadpool]

Combined with the music (Shook Ones instrumental), that was one of the sickest HL I've ever seen!!