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By Tim Struby
ESPN The Magazine

Thursday, September 10, 2009

This article appears in the September 21 issue of ESPN The Magazine. Counterpuncher. It's a dirty, faint-praise tag for a boxer. Counterpunchers are artists and strategists in a sport with fans who favor guts over guile. Sure, the Winky Wrights and Pernell Whitakers can reach the top. But it takes many bloodless 12-round decisions to turn guys like that into gate draws. No wonder, then, that fans have stayed lukewarm to the Sept. 19 bout between Floyd Mayweather and Juan Manuel Marquez. Both ...

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