Whats Your Opinion On Battling Nelson?

[Frazier Hook]

Just wanted to get your thoughts on him. As a fighter, person etc.

How great do you feel he really was? Any interesting facts or stories on him?

discuss

[The Morlocks]

Just wanted to get your thoughts on him. As a fighter, person etc.

How great do you feel he really was? Any interesting facts or stories on him?

discuss

i heard he is dead!:fire:smoke

[GPater11093]

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[janitor]

His combination of durability, tenacity and stamina were simply breathtaking.

In my humble opinion he probably had the best stamina of any champion in any weight class. This guy was matching some of the better punch outputs per round of our era in 45 round fights.

To some extent he was a product of his era. He was virtualy impossible to stop, and he just kept on coming like that monster in your nightmare that you can never escape from. This meant that in a 45 round fight he was going to get you in the end even if he lost every round. Put him in a later era with 15 round fights and he starts dropping decisions and perhaps loosing by TKO.

[My2Sense]

I'm not sure if I would call him a true great. He had some big wins in his time (namely against a still-live Gans and Jimmy Britt), but he also had some very obvious flaws/limitations. Ad Wolgast (another rough, crude brawler who I don't believe was truly great) and Owen Moran were both able to withstand his attack and then come back to stop him. He seemed to me like one of those fighters who relied heavily on his chin, and once that had been worn down and/or his confidence in it had been shaken, he was basically done as a top tier competitor.

[Rise Above]

I'm not sure if I would call him a true great. He had some big wins in his time (namely against a still-live Gans and Jimmy Britt), but he also had some very obvious flaws/limitations. Ad Wolgast (another rough, crude brawler who I don't believe was truly great) and Owen Moran were both able to withstand his attack and then come back to stop him. He seemed to me like one of those fighters who relied heavily on his chin, and once that had been worn down and/or his confidence in it had been shaken, he was basically done as a top tier competitor.

I agree, had some good wins and was definitley a tough fighter but take away his wins over Gans and his resume doesnt look like that of an all time great.

[Boxed Ears]

i heard he is dead!:fire:smoke

I don't know if that's what's going on or not but I hear he's been ducking Koki Kameda for years.

[Frazier Hook]

I'm not sure if I would call him a true great. He had some big wins in his time (namely against a still-live Gans and Jimmy Britt), but he also had some very obvious flaws/limitations. Ad Wolgast (another rough, crude brawler who I don't believe was truly great) and Owen Moran were both able to withstand his attack and then come back to stop him. He seemed to me like one of those fighters who relied heavily on his chin, and once that had been worn down and/or his confidence in it had been shaken, he was basically done as a top tier competitor.

What about his wins over Terry Mcgovern, Young Corbett, Jimmy Britt, and two Lightweight Title reigns?

[My2Sense]

What about his wins over Terry Mcgovern, Young Corbett, Jimmy Britt, and two Lightweight Title reigns?

McGovern and Corbett were both fading ex-FW champs; they were ideal opponents for a bigger, stronger, fresher brawler like Nelson. Britt outboxed him in two of their other fights, and in between his two title reigns, he was also beaten soundly by Rudy Unholz.