I like watching Barrera just because his style is so easy. All he does is jab, right, and left hook/left uppercut. He tried to be a little slick in his late career but early on that's all he really did and it worked.
I like watching Winky Wright, his style is so simple, hands up, stiff jab, follow up with 1-2. Its the absolute basic form of boxing but if your a smart man like Winky then you can turn that simple technique into a dominating performance. Just watch Winky and see how he utilizes his jab. For instance, the speed, distance, timing and placing of the jab. A lot of fighters just throw their jabs out there to stop the other guy. but Winky throws a jab to mess you up big time.
thanks especially y'all for lomachenko, this guy is exactly what i need to observe. i'm southpaw, with a similar build (1m76 for 68 kg) and i like to fight aggressive but often I loose my cool and get very sloppy. he keeps tight but relaxed at the same time, very good stuff! :thumbsup
If you like Winky, you'll like Ike Quartey. By sheer coincidence they shared the same management team for a while.:good
The Greatest Tutorial of all,:rofl Love it.[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPwTocQ5Zt4&NR=1&feature=fvwp[/ame]
Hopkins has great balance, fundamentals and timing. Tyson doesn't get the credit he deserves for being a defensive master. Check out his punch slipping, footwork and tactics for using and cutting off the ring. Wladimir Klitschko has a good "tall fighter" style, working safely behind the jab/cross, using good footwork and balance, as do other "tall fighters" trained by Emmanuel Steward. (Hearns, Lennox)
yes tyson was the first fighter i ever studied, personally i'm always more impressed by his defence than his offence (in his earlier years that is). He would never have got his power shots in without his bobbing and weaving, he opened up his adversaries' defences without throwing a punch.
its also very hard to see cotto throwing wide punches, he always keep it short and crisp, always see him turn his knees, waist, shoulders into his hook, steps in with the jab, perfect diplay of multiple attributes in always punching down and upstairs, althoigh he became a head hunter for a while but he seem to get his hunger back for body attacks, hell even his behavior and attittude is convinient to learn of, lol. also the guy in my avatar, spare his tough times and personal problems for a sec and take a close look, i almost never saw rosario take steps towards his opponents. he'd always keep it strictly footwork, always bouncing his way in and out to always remain balance, had a strong guard and good movement that made alot of slick opponents miss, and capitalize with good counter punching skills, and short compact punches, also in combos to the head, and body, his stamina was top notch when he remained in shape. he doesn't get much of a viewers chance but to me he had great talent, IMO the hardest puncher in lightweight. but a sad story indeed, when clean and determined was nearly unstopable, bramble and Lagarza for example. hope this helped.
yeah this helped, never watched more of cotto than a few highlights but will definitely be looking into it now. had heard of rosario but never watched. on my way now.
Solid fundamentals are key for a studying boxing. Always liked the Bruce Lee quote "I fear not the man who has practised 10 000 kicks once, but i fear the man who has practised one kicked 10 000 times" As for Hopkins, I think his understanding of fundamentals is great but his style is based on exploiting a fighters lack of understanding with very unconventional attacks.
yeah people look past him skillwised, didn't looks through his problems, but clean of anything, and determined he was very skilled. having the offense to counter easily while having good handspeed to time it, while having defensive tactics in movement to capitalize on his opponents missing. always remain in balance with execelent footwork. his jab was a really good one but the guy had alot of power maybe people didn't really pay no attenttion to it.
yeah he was definitely the heavyweight who moved like a welterweight...I watched several of his very first fights, ****ing massacres haha! so much fun. :!: