What made SRR so special?

unfortunately i got into boxing too late when i was 19ish so i never really tried to go anywhere with it besides sparring with the amateurs and pros in the gym by my college but I think i've got a solid eye for this sort of stuff. There's really no other way for guys using that stand up boxer puncher stance to punch effectively, IMO... The sluggers and swarmers have the advantage of moving their whole body weight forward with constant forward movement and so they don't really need to focus on torquing their mass efficiently to get a lot out of each thrown punch.

 

Crazy leverage on his punches

 

S, true the sluggers and swarmers ala Tyson, Marciano, Armstrong were able to put all their weight behind their punches, while stand-up classical boxers found it more difficult to do. But there are exceptions to the rule. Benny
Leonard, Joe Gans, Jack Delaney,and the much neglected Freddie Steele,
though stand-up classical boxers were deadly hitters too. I suppose there is exceptions to every rule.:good

 

He knew pretty much every punch inside and out, In Lamotta 6, he thorws every type of punch in the book with his technique down to a tee, from jabs to bolos. The film I'd like to see in its entirelty when he was closer to his prime (that is known to be available) is the Dykes fight.

He was also a thinking fighter from the moment he started as a teen. When he fought Angott, a champ he was still a kid and Angott's bobbing weaving style was knew to him, but Robbie solved it, he decided to punch upwards and won the fight. Quite clever for a guy only starting out.

Another example, when he fought Zivic, he was still starting out, he was getting counterpunched and losing. His solution- play Zivic's game, feint a punch, when Zivic thows, throw a counterpunch in return, SRR won the decision and used the same technique the next time getting a TKO.

 

He had no weaknesses & he did most things better than good.

SRR was the best fighter that ever lived, pound for pound, no doubt.

 

Hyperbole.

No doubt, standup and even mobile boxers can hit ridiculously hard given the proper technique, and speed, and timing.

 

What him so special was his massive ego, he had supreme confidence in the ring. Aside from being the p4p greatest, he was also one hell of a negotiator; routinely outpricing himself when he was at his best.

Oh yeah, and Sugar Kills babeh....sugar kills doyle that is!

 

Punched like Louis

Moved like Ali

 

Good post.:good

 

He could strutt while sitting down

 

The man who said he had that Night Time quality about him...

Robinson had a kind of ineffable quality.

 

SRR is like the original Coca Cola (a favorite drin k of his btw, from his bio)...a zillion imitators and no one to match him.

 

Very good Rocky. About one year after Robinson retired i met him standing in front of me ,waiting for valet parking at the Concord Hotel. I tapped him on the shoulder [LIGHTLY], he turned around,we shook hands,and then realized i was talking to ROYALTY, and his demeanor suggested that he AGREED.Good
looking guy Ray was, and a pretty "fair " fighter.:good

 

Just about your perfect package. As gifted physically as anybody in the sport, with all the science and well learned technical ability to back it up. He took no shortcuts in his training and his learning: His movements are precise, his leverage is spot on, his punch selection was terrific, and when the going got tough, he had the heart of a lion.

You'd struggle to find a boxer with the sheer amount of tools in his box Robinson had. I don't think there has been another one. He had everything, and backed it up with being a master craftsman.