Willie Pastrano Footwork

[Boxing&Blues]

thanks guys. I made this video and a couple of willie pep when i was researching this style of footwork. lots of lateral movement and direction changes, great style to watch.

[red cobra]

Originally Posted by Boxing&Blues

thanks guys. I made this video and a couple of willie pep when i was researching this style of footwork. lots of lateral movement and direction changes, great style to watch.

Great job..I've enjoyed the hell out of this vid..Pastrano is one of my favorites..

[Vic-JofreBRASIL]

Originally Posted by Boxing&Blues

thanks guys. I made this video and a couple of willie pep when i was researching this style of footwork. lots of lateral movement and direction changes, great style to watch.

Top job Your video with Pep´s footwork is great too....

[MagnaNasakki]

Its just so learned. No mistakes, perfect control.

[MrOliverKlozoff]

That's some olive oil slickness right there, guys. Unmistakable.

Originally Posted by red cobra

Just take a few minutes to admire this tribute to dancing naster Willie Pastrano! Poetry in motion as they say so often, but this is the real thing..Taken from close but title winning bout with Harold johnson in June '63. You can clearly see how he influenced Ali...
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Thanks for posting.

Originally Posted by Boxing&Blues

thanks guys. I made this video and a couple of willie pep when i was researching this style of footwork. lots of lateral movement and direction changes, great style to watch.

Thanks for making.

[Senya13]

A lot of excessive movement, spending his energy for nothing. Good for him he only had to last 15 rounds once.

[The Predator]

Pastrano had great footwork and even if Ali was to much for him in sparring it doesn´t matter, Ali is the greatest of all time and you have to be blind not seeing that Ali was influed by this, their moves are similar, Ali just took it a level higher.
The Predator

[LittleRed]

That was sort of my point. Comments earlier made it seem preposterous that Ali could hang with Pastrano in sparring but of course he could, Ali was significantly bigger even as a kid. And Pastrano looks breathtaking there. What made him so inconsistent.

[red cobra]

[quote=LittleRed;12368368]That was sort of my point. Comments earlier made it seem preposterous that Ali could hang with Pastrano in sparring but of course he could, Ali was significantly bigger even as a kid. And Pastrano looks breathtaking there. What made him so inconsistent.[/quote]
He liked hangin with th' wimmens more than fighting. That contributed to his style too BTW, in that he had an almost pathological aversion to getting hit..he felt it ruined it for him as a womanizer.

[LittleRed]

Well that explains a lot. Still he wasn't a total underachiever. He was light heavyweight champion of the world for a couple of years...

[Bokaj]

Originally Posted by MagnaNasakki

Its just so learned. No mistakes, perfect control.

It's very nice, but too energy consuming, I'd say. You have to rely on great legs to get away with that.

It's a nice watch, but if I was showing someone perfect defensive footwork the Marquez-Pac fights would win out over Pastrano-Johnson every time.

[lora]

I wouldn't show either.Marquez worked well with what he had footwork-wise, but it was more his excellent counterpunching that kept Pac at bay.I'd show many different boxer-punchers before Marquez for defensive foot positioning.Unless maybe it's for showing someone doing well with the basics, without great technique or footspeed.the 2nd and especially 3rd fights would be as good as any for that.

True that Pastrano's style needs strong physical attributes though.He's not that much more idea for a young amatuer\pro to studyl than the likes of Ali, Buchanan, Rodriguez or Chang in terms of intuitive movers.

[Bokaj]

Originally Posted by lora

I wouldn't show either.Marquez worked well with what he had footwork-wise, but it was more his excellent counterpunching that kept Pac at bay.I'd show many different boxer-punchers before Marquez for defensive foot positioning.Unless maybe it's for showing someone doing well with the basics, without great technique or footspeed.the 2nd and especially 3rd fights would be as good as any for that.

Don't agree with that at all. The technique of his footwork in those fights is close to perfect and a very important reason as to why his counter punching is so effective in the first place.