Blocking and parrying

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  1. Nagabilly

    Nagabilly Member Full Member

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    Who was the best ever to utilize the art of blocking and parrying?
     
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  2. Brownies

    Brownies Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Let's start with Jack Johnson, one of the greatest defensive specialist of all time. Look at pictures of his face after most fights and you'll understand why he's considered so highly. He blocked most jabs coming at him, leaving him unmarked.
     
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  3. RockysSplitNose

    RockysSplitNose Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Joe Louis was very good at this
     
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  4. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    By eight weight classes

    Hw- Jack Johnson
    Lhw- Harold Johnson or Archie Moore
    Mw- winky Wright
    Ww- Marlon starling
    Lw- probably gans or McFarland. Of the guys I've seen Chavez maybe.
    Fw- azumah Nelson but i'm sure there's since old timer like Dundee who is just as good
    Bw- Jofre or konadu, maybe
    Flw- Ricardo Lopez

    Edit- do.Philly shell guys count? Cause then Mayweather and Benton might make it.
     
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  5. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Marlon Starling there makes me think of the Honeyghan fight. I think he blocked almost everything Honeyghan threw at him.
     
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  6. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    langford was apparently quite good but the footage we have doesn't tell us enough.

    whitaker did it masterfully at 135
     
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  7. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Blocking-Winky Wright
    Parrying-Jack Johnson
    these are just the first two examples that come to mind..
     
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  8. MagnaNasakki

    MagnaNasakki Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Roy Jones in his prime was SO good at this. He's smack away punches with his left hand and counter with swift rights regularly. Beautiful to watch. His rematch with Montell Griffin is a parry-to-trigger punch masterclass.
     
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  9. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bernard Hopkins is fantastic at it. I'm not just mentioning it due to his schooling of Cloud 2 days ago, either.

    Getting all of that leverage into a right hook after blocking Trinidad's left hook with his right hand to knock him out took a lot of skill.

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  10. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    Beautiful knockdown that.reminded me of Kalambay's last round knockdown of Herol Graham.
     
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  11. Surf-Bat

    Surf-Bat Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I tend to think of George Foreman as being one of the most overrated fighters on this forum. But he deserves his due- he was a pretty darn good parry artist! He slaps punches away a lot like Jack Johnson at times.
     
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  12. SugarShane_24

    SugarShane_24 ESB good-looking member Full Member

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    Does cross arm block count, Archie Moore is excellent with this.
     
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  13. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No doubt :deal
     
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  14. ThinBlack

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    Jack Johnson was the first to come to mind, definitely.
     
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  15. Senya13

    Senya13 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Gans was more renowned for these skills.
     
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