Is GGG top of the skull punch legal???

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  1. camden1nj

    camden1nj Active Member Full Member

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    Looking at Rubio and Murray after they were hit on top of the head, they had nothing left. I don't remember anyone using it like that either.
     
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    Leoh Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    AFAIK its legal and very effective but it is very open to counter so you cant use it unless you are confident that your opponent is not in a position to counter. It is effective because you hit your opponent where he is not used to get hit, like a punch behind the ear(Price vs Thompson: 1 punch KO), so it will give you an unfamiliar kind of sensation which by reflex you will tend to go down and get knocked down/out.
     
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    Ducklerr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What can I say? He's an innovator.
     
  4. Lady Girl

    Lady Girl Kneel Before Zod! Full Member

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    :rofl
     
  5. camden1nj

    camden1nj Active Member Full Member

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    That was a hook to the face
     
  6. SmokinJoe10

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    Looks illegal to me, like a hammer, near the back of the head
     
  7. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    If you look at someone from behind basically you can't hit what you can see there.

    Anything you can see from the front you can hit.

    If you look at someones head from above (birds eye view) :

    Anything in front of the ears you can hit.

    Anything behind the ears is the back of the head therefore can't be hit

    The most common illegal punch which people get away with is behind and above the ear.
     
  8. Ducklerr

    Ducklerr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The top of the head is not particularly near the back and it is not an illegal area.
     
  9. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    I think it's the hardest part of the skull and one of the hardest parts of the entire human body.
     
  10. boxing_master

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    I call it a overhand twister
     
  11. Leoh

    Leoh Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Do you think the KO in Price vs Thompson I was via an illegal punch?
     
  12. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    it is borderline...but it wasn't thrown with the intention of landing in an illegal place..a legit KO.

    Looks like it lands on the ear & that's perfectly fine.

    Matthysse Molina 2nd knockdown that's an illegal punch...wouldn't say Molina did it purposefully though.
     
  13. BlueBottle

    BlueBottle Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I think that is a good and legal punch. It is designed to be a surprise and to penetrated the borderline between the forehead and the skull against a high guard. Future opponents will have to chose between protecting the chin or against that punch.
     
  14. Blackness

    Blackness Danny Garcia Beat You... Full Member

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    Kinda like Matthysse's rabbit punch. Deadly. Ask Peterson.
     
  15. Dos Huevos

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    Do not cover up and bend down, exposing only the top of your dome and GGG will not accordion your neck for your troubles. Simple as that.