Apparently Bokaj is the law of the right hand lead it seems lol Archie Moore Napoles Pep (Pep & Napoles a bit unorthodox but very solid fundamentals) Barrera Monzon though a bit unsure about this as he leaned back a bit Liston Duran Chavez Frazier believe it or not Saldivar Hagler Michael Spinks very awkward but solid technique imo Olivares Penalosa Jose Medel? Feel free to post more guys people I soak up watching solid technicans for the most part lol. I've noticed most lowerweight divisions of recent times BM-LW are stacked with a history of skilled fighters. Used to be WW-LHW but now lower weights are getting more love and imho in these times BM-FW have the best displays of skill and power.
It's part because he's either closing distance with it or throwing without setting, both serve a purpose
I can't imagine anyone outside of Philadelphia with half a brain who would start teaching a beginning to box on the Hopkins model.
I think it would serve a purpose if he just threw it correctly too, but I agree that he made it work for him.
Not sure about this lot. Spinks had horrific balancing and positioning, which he sacrificed for having as awkward-as-MS-DOS defence, and often threw very non-textbook punches. Frazier looped his punches a lot and could be very wild, especially when tired/hurt. Monzon was very sound except for the way he relied on his height to lean back sometimes, as you note.
God damn no love for Whitaker? Great jab, balance, footwork, defense, combinations, leads. Did everything amazingly Arguello Tunney Hopkins Hagler
Good call. He did so many unorthodox things so well that it's easy to forget he had very sound fundamentals.
He did do many things very well, but balance and footwork were some of the more unorthodox traits that he possessed. The noted crossing of his feet and the subsequent potential to be caught off balance as a result with the straight right are definitely not fundamentally sound. Pete's exceptional radar, reflexes and judgment of distance more than compensated, however.
Holyfield's a good shout here. I'd also like to mention Julian Jackson just because he normally wouldn't be mentioned in a thread like this. His punching technique was great.
Holyfield is a great call. Tremendous basic boxing skills. One could do no wrong teaching a student to mirror Evander. Just attempt to incorporate more head movement into it.