Sugar Ray Robinson was of course 1 of the most complete fighters, but many would say Joe Louis. I would also mention Alexis Arguello. Marvin Hagler deserves consideration.
Sugar Ray Robinson was of course 1 of the most complete fighters, but many would say Joe Louis. I would also mention Alexis Arguello. Marvin Hagler deserves consideration.
Ruiz deserves mention as the most complete and versatile clincher of all time. Actually though, after watching Stribling-Schmeling in July 1931 I got a funny deja vu feeling. Maybe Young Stribling didn't look so good in that fight, but he clinched worse than Ruiz ever did. It's a good thing that Schmeling knocked him out or else we might have had an awful clincher as world champion.
Yep, it wasn't a 1-time thing with Stribling:
I never heard him called "Willie the clutch" before. I'll have to remember that.
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