You Can't Touch This...

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by Chinxkid, Jul 15, 2009.


  1. GDG

    GDG Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I always thought that he failed to fulfill his full potential!!

    But it just goes to show that being defensively elusive alone is not enough. I think it pays homage to the fighters discussed earlier in the thread that he wasn't able to accomplish that much!!!
     
  2. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Kinda like Chinxs idea but how about you do it in sections so like

    Guys who used movement for defence:

    Pep, Canto, an early Whittaker

    Guys who slipped shots excellantly:

    Benitez, Locche, Canto

    Guys fighting in the pocket:

    Locche, Mayweather

    Aggresive/less reknowned defences:

    Monzon, Duran, Frazier, Tyson

    thanks will give it a watch.

    He looked good in that other video in terms of defence but his offence was crap

    Great point. People say Locche was limited offensivly (which he was) just shows how great his defence was
     
  3. teeto

    teeto Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Greg he was immense mate, he could box from a technical standpoint perfectly, then he could do that **** you just saw in the highlight, the clowning. And he could produce the goods against another pure boxer as well, in Montiel, who was quality then.
     
  4. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    teeto ill check him out

    Montiels pretty deecent but agin i havent seen alot.
     
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    :good
     
  6. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    my spellins terrible

    i havent saw much of the lower weights in the 90s-2000s if im honest.

    I love defensive guys though, im sure theres someone were missing from here.




    Jim Driscoll
     
  7. Chinxkid

    Chinxkid Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Well, nobody's really given Ali much credit yet but for a big guy he was pretty friggin' hard to hit. Other big guys, Holmes and Jimmy Young were pretty good at it too. And a few posts back you mentioned Tyson, GP. For a swarmer, a guy who's first thought was to get inside and take your head off, he had not only good head movement but he had good torso movement.
     
  8. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    knew we was missing some ali is obvious

    Tyson in his younger days was a defensive wizard. His head movement was brillaint he was very very hard to hit. I have seen tapes of him training and his defence was phenomenal really great i rate him highly in defnce stakes.


    Also I think we should do a ESB classic show where we all sit down and discuss the defensive fighters :rofl
     
  9. Chinxkid

    Chinxkid Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I thought that's what we were doin'...
     
  10. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    and put it up on Youtube haha
     
  11. Chinxkid

    Chinxkid Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Oh you mean an actual show with video, audio and all? We'd need quite a few remote cams for that.

    How'd training go today?
     
  12. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Locche's title winning tko victory over Paul Fuji was as much due to fatigue and mental exhaustion from the futility of trying to land something on the brilliant Argentine as from any punches landed by Locche. I've watched the fight on video and I think the hard punching Fuji was beaten mentally.
     
  13. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    would be a good show though.

    didnt train today atm i only have time for tuesday and thursday but should change as i am allowed traing every day at the gym now but its half an hour away so it ll be tough but ill do it, itll cost a heap on buses.

    but itll do me good.
     
  14. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    definitly but Locches defence made it happen just shows how great it was.
     
  15. Chinxkid

    Chinxkid Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Also nothings more tiring than missing. Punching air!