Holyfield: "King of the Headbutt."

Hopkins is good with it.

If you can do it without getting caught, more power to ya. As long as the ref is not biased.

 

Nobody like holyfield but hopkins would be 2nd place. Casamayor deserves a mention also

 

Ward was doing quite well with Kessler.

 

Yeah, Holyfield and Hopkins are good at the "intentional accidental headbutt".

Casamayor uses it a lot, but is not quite as skilled at hiding how deliberate it is. Against Katsidis, that **** was obvious.

Guys like Tyson and Golota...they needed work on making it look accidental. Against Golota and Ruddock, Tyson's use of his head was pretty obvious. And Golota against Nicholson?

:rofl

Nicholson's reaction was comedy too.

 

More recently, Nate Campbell and Tim Bradley seem to bump noggins a lot. Before I get virtual-jumped, I'm not saying they do it on purpose.

 

dude, i was watching that fight over christmas and only watch the first 6 rounds thinking "what's everyone bitching about?!". then i watched the last 6 rounds last week....mother****er was like junkyard dog in there, he was throwing headbutts like a french world cup player

 

lol it was still a great performance. I thought Kessler was coming on a little in the second half though. I don't consider taht fight as much of a beat down as everyone else does.

 

ward won most of the rounds but at the same time, most of the rounds were close

 

Larry Holmes used his elbow to cut Holyfield in that fight, its funny how you forget to bring that one up.
Holyfields headbutting is a bit of his style along with the other fighters style, in the Tyson fight, the first one, Tyson caused that headbutt, the rematch different story but there was no sign Holyfield did that to gain an advantage.
The Rahman fight, that was actually Rahmans fault when Evander got Rahman in trouble Rahman was on the ropes as Evander went to work, you can see Rahman bounce off the ropes and the heads came together.

I can honestly say that Holyfields style causes some of these clashes of heads, to me I dont see him trying to use the head as a weapon he just does what all the well schooled fighters do, when you get inside your going to want to protect yourself and Holyfield, if you watch the 2nd bowe fight, Manny stewart instructs him to put his head on Bowes Shoulder on the inside..... Why do you think he would instruct that?

simple answer, to avoid getting hit with Upper cuts.... and since that fight every big man evander has fought, he has used the same tactic

 

Ive observed that the fighters that do headbutt generally have pretty good chins, and I can suppose that they are simply the kind of people that have a "hard head". The two would go hand in hand. They also dont cut easily generally


Not that any of that is particularly insightful


Having done boxing and muay thai on and off as a hobby for fitness, I do know how easy it is to clash heads with your opponent when falling in. And how effective it can be. Some people absolutely hate clashing heads

If you got the head and the chin for it, taking it a step further and learning to headbutt isnt much of stretch

 

Clottey uses his head alot as well.

 

Andre Ward will usurp Evander's spot as the greatest head butter of all time real soon.

I am anxiously awaiting the day when Ward fights someone who isn't afraid to plant an elbow across his face.