which ATG/Past boxers would you ask your fighters to study copy. A couple of mine would be: Donald Curry Hagler (when he settle on one stance) Arguello BOXERS NOT TO COPY Ali NAz Leonard Hearns
Obviously someone like arguello or joe louis are great textbook template of what a great boxer looks like but I believe its horses for courses. I wouldnt ask a stumpy, strong clumsy kid to study a text book boxer I'd want him to study gene fulmer, a world class figter who found a way to use his strengths, break rythem, cover up and when to pull the trigger. Likewise I wouldnt ask a long limbed, athletic, co-ordinated kid with great balance to study marciano, because he would be beter off studying thomas hearns.
It very much depends. Most of the the great techicians pulled off things that a normal kid shouldn't try in the gym, at least not until he's reached a high level. A more pedestrian fighter like Pavlik is probably a more fruitful model in many ways than a master like Hopkins. Trinidad and DLH are good example of quality fighters that didn't really do the outrageous things but rather did very well with more basic fundamentals. You don't want a new guy standing in the corner and trying to counter off a shoulder roll á la Toney, Hopkins, PBF - no matter how technically superbly they execute it. Similarily, I wouldn't show McCallum-Jackson in order to show my guy how to deal with a huge banger, not if his head movement and anticipation wasn't something truly special.
:goodaint that the truth! I do think a kid who is tall for his weight needs to study long range skills and just as crucial for a kid short for his weight to study how to get inside.
Yeah, I think a guy like Chuvalo could make good study for the right fighter. George really made the most of what he had.
I think that's a very strange grouping. Leonard, Hearns and Ali did many things that I would gladly have the guy I trained try and copy. They did some things wrong that they got away with (most of the time), but that didn't mean they didn't do a lot of things right. Naseem, on the other hand, only does things I wouldn't want my adepts to do.
It depends on the size, athletic abillites, mind set, etc,etc of my boxer. I do think that Joe Louis is a good place to start.
Ricardo Lopez for technique and punch form. Roberto Duran for mixing offense and defense. Miguel Canto for footwork.
it depends on the on i am training how he matches with the style. but bernard hopkins, mike tyson (to some extent), joe louis, rocky marciano and jack dempsey