I’ve been watching boxing for about 3 years now but I still feel like a pretty big casual. I can tell who is winning a fight on my own when I watch it, but I don’t think I’m any good at comparing resumes and skill sets. I don’t feel I could accurately compare how skilled two fighters are without seeing them actually fight. And because of this, I’m not confident at gauging resumes. Any tips? Is the only solution just to watch more boxing?
Yes the solution is to watch more boxing and at first just try to keep things as basic as possible when it comes to assessing skills Look for very obvious things Such as hand speed, foot speed, power, defense, chin, work rate, stamina Don't focus on the intricacies so much as that stuff you will pick up over time
I struggle as well man. Resume is easier to compare than fantasy H2H matches I say. Resume can largely be chalked down to numbers and who you beat.
Awesome, I definitely trip my own feet up trying to notice and understand all the finer details so this is very helpful, thanks!
It's nigh on impossible to separate the two... Showing skills against lesser fighters is easier for obvious reasons - there's more time and space and there's less questions to answer. Showing skills is great, but its only part of the whole... You can have quite successful fighters with poor skills because they're durable enough and powerful enough to get through a lot more fighters than they would be able to beat on cards - and you can have quite skilful fighters who have no chance at the top levels because of a terrible chin. I would tend to operate on the basis that resume gives you an idea of the level of the fighter (and usually, though not always, not too far beyond what they've proven so far) and you can assess what makes them effective up to and including that level from there. Fantasy H2H is pretty meaningless, though okay for a bit of fun as long as it's not too ridiculous. Trying to pick out the next big thing is futile - you'll be wrong more than you're right, and you'll almost never get any credit for it because nobody does (because so many play with the scattergun hype roulette wheel and only count the rare times they got it right, more often than not conveniently forgetting the heaps of prospects they backed who didn't make it).
In the grand scheme of things you need to know: Canelo overrated bum Crawford overrated bum AJ - Bodybuilding bum Usyk - Sex god Tyson Fury - Sex god Simple
I really like your attitude. Many post online with strong opinions they repeat, but you look to find the truth within you. As long as you keep this mindset and continue to be involved with boxing you are on the right way as far as I am concerned. A lot of insight can be found in the comments of others. I find it particularly interesting how others view specific things when they diverge from what I see. I guess what I do most to gauge skill level is that I try to put myself into the body of the fighters and see how it feels, as weird as that might sound :-D
learn boxing. theres posters been posting here daily for 15 years and still have no idea what theyre watching. then again, ive seen a kid here understand boxing better in 2 years than grown men in 15 years. so i suppose it depends on what equipment youre working with. boxing is like a dance. like watching a couple in a dance. if you dont understand the steps in the dance, and how each step has a counterstep, if its done right, then you cant tell who is the better dancer. in boxing for every offensive move theres counter moves, and vise versa. if you understand why a fighter is throwing a punch, and how his opponent is suppose to respond, you start to see which dancer is off step. and which dancer has his steps down pat. so you need an understanding of the technical side of throwing each punch correctly, of maintaining the correct distance, of stepping to the correct positions, etc...
