Which fighter had the best head movement

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  1. quintonjacksonfan

    quintonjacksonfan Active Member Full Member

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    I was just watching Some Dwight Qawi fights and he should some great head movement. Which other fighters had great head movement?
     
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    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I really love the little movements Vicente Saldivar gave when he was punching. He could do these tiny little moves out of the way of the body of many counter-punches when he was throwing and I always admired that. The head movement that gets the most admiration is flashy, dippy, side-to-side while moving in, and I get that, but Vicente did headmovement like everything else he did, with subtlety and purpose.
     
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    TipNom Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Wilfred Benitez at his best and Niccolino Locche
     
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    ikrasevic War for Souls Full Member

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    I do not know.
    But I've never seen a boxer of any weight class lower his head to knee level like Mike Tyson did in his fight with James "Quick" Tillis.
     
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    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Offensive oriented fighters : Duran , Robinson, Frazier, Qawi,
    Gomez (Before he fell in love with his ko power) Sanchez, Chavez
    Pryor, Liston, Ali (Prime ) Jones Jr., Leonard (Ray), Moore(Archie)
    Louis, Napoles , Tyson.
    Defense oriented fighters, Pep, Whitaker, Benitez (Possibly best ever)
    Canto, Famechon, Lora, Toney, Zapata, Pedroza, Locche to name
    just a few off the top of my head.......
     
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    I think it's actually illegal to go that low
     
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    Smoochie Combat sports fanatic Full Member

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    I'm not even a stan of him like that but it's definitely lately Canelo
     
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    Kid Bacon All-Time-Fat Full Member

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    The original Tyson, with his peekaboo defense, was amazing...
     
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    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I can’t think of a single fight where he maintained it for more than a few rounds.
     
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    This is it nowadays. Show me the fighter who could slip a punches or punches with minimal head movement and be in position to counter and indeed do just that. Amazing slipping and swaying and dipping is somewhat wasted if you don't take advantage of it at regular intervals.
     
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    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    Early on for a heavyweight he was amazing. He barely got hit clean at all during a bunch of consecutive fights. It was crazy.
     
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    Young Griffo. He made fools of legends at times and could scarcely be asked to train seriously.
     
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    Don't say that in front of my man Antman whatever you do. It bothered him for weeks.
     
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    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s banned Full Member

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    Mr Napoles is the best I’ve seen.
     
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