Which boxers had great parries?

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  1. zetsui

    zetsui Well-Known Member Full Member

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    More modern than historical please. Want to study footage
     
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  2. moparfan

    moparfan ESB's glass jawed fraud Full Member

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    Gonna go historical just once....Joe Louis infamous Blackburn Crouch & Rear Hand Parries...!!!

    There may be footage of this on YT, I didn't look yet...!!!
     
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  3. Jennifer Love Hewitt

    Jennifer Love Hewitt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Holyfield was good at parrying punches.
     
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  4. moparfan

    moparfan ESB's glass jawed fraud Full Member

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    Holyfield, Bernard Hopkins...!!!
     
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  5. rodney

    rodney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Floyd
     
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  6. Zimornsky

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    Holyfield. Pacquiao. Floyd. Hopkins. JMM.
     
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  7. emallini

    emallini Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Ward
     
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  8. Mind Reader

    Mind Reader J-U-ICE Full Member

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    He was the first that came to mind for me.
     
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  9. IsaL

    IsaL VIP Member Full Member

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    Oscar De La Hoya is probably the best in the last 25 years.
     
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  10. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Floyd Shoulder parries well, that goes without saying.

    young foreman would paw hands away if we are counting that.

    holyfield fo sho.

    Kllitchko
     
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  11. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Foreman was surprisingly good at parrying. More of an aggressive parry in that he'd actually appear to jam the opponent's lead with his rear hand. Pretty effective tactic.
     
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  12. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    RATJ comes to mind. Ali no doubt imm used it against foreman the most effectively against anyone in his career.
     
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  13. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Winky
     
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  14. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    Like mentioned earlier, Oscar didn't like using too much upper body movement, so he became very good at swatting punches away. Floyd is very good at this too, tho he very much prefers rolling with the punches.
     
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  15. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yeah, plus he negated Foreman's parrying technique by using the right lead more frequently.

    Ali's performance in the Rumble is pretty underrated.
     
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