What slick move do fighters...

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  1. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    ...no longer use?
     
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  2. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    i'm not sure if this qualifies but when i watch benny leonard, his footwork always intrigues me.

    i never see any boxers move round the ring like he used to.
     
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  3. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Beyond Benny's footwork, l, the move was part of his repertoire
     
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  4. dinovelvet

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    Playing the possum.
     
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  5. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sure Benny did that, too, d, but this was a slick move that usually ended a fight with one shot.
     
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  6. lufcrazy

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    Solar plexus punch?
     
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  7. Ted Spoon

    Ted Spoon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It's still used, but fighters get grilled these days for spinning their opponents.
     
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  8. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Have to go out now. Look forward to the replies when I get back.
     
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  9. lufcrazy

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    Hook on the back foot?
     
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  10. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    Jersey Joe's walking away and bang move.
     
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  11. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ya don' see it so much nowadays, d. It was a favorite of Jake LaMotta's. He paid for it dearly against SRR.
     
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  12. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    WHATTA SWEET MOVE! b. Remember seeing him flatten the great Ezzard Charles with that shot.
     
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  13. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Who comes to mind first with that move, l?
     
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  14. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    When done right, it's a thinga beauty. Remember seeing Pep twisting opponents into pretzels, tattooing 'em with jabs, 'n gone before they could find him. Same for Sweet Pea, Camacho, Sr. 'n Tippy Larkin.
     
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  15. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    Willie Pep arm pull turns, and the long range right to the body whilst turning over the shot to connect using the fore-knuckle part of the glove. Ray Robinson, Charles and a generation of fighters really favoured that punch and its gone now, you dont see it.
     
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