Turning Defense Into Offence

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  1. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Jack Johnson is a famous example of a fighter who turned great defense into great offence, throwing a punch with the same hand he would use for a block.

    What other fighters were really good at turning defence into offence?
     
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  2. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Max Schmeling.
     
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  3. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I'd say Bernard Hopkins and Jersey Joe Walcott could do it with footwork, taking a defencive stance or retreat and turning it into a beautiful attacking opportunity.

    Floyd Mayweather can do it. He can pot shot from a heavy lean and turn a dip into a shooting opportunity.

    Duran?
     
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  4. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    Why are you spelling defence with an 's' by the way? :twisted:
     
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  5. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    ...I don't know.
     
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  6. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    Please stop it.





    Thanks. :good
     
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  7. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Easy done.
     
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  8. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Didn't help him v the Ultimate Warrior.
     
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  9. Swedish81

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    I thought spelling D with an S or a C was every man or womans own choice.
     
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  10. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    It's the Americanisation of the spelling that bugs me, unless it's a Yank that's posting.
     
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  11. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Mike Tyson - slipping and countering in pretty much 1 motion.
     
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  12. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    :lol: :lol: :lol:
    :lol: :lol:
     
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  13. FThabxinfan

    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Duràn did it pretty much,he can parry punches inside with one hand and beat the snot out of you with the same hand too.
     
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  14. Rollin

    Rollin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This. Peekaboo was meant to make aggressive, evasive maneuvers to put the practitioner in a perfect position to unload.
     
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  15. Rollin

    Rollin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Also, Joe Frazier's bob and weave, and Jose Napoles working on third gear. Mantequilla was otherworldly.
     
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