Post examples of fighters using intimidation tactics whether it be the ring entrance, the staredown, or whatever. This emotion is underrated in boxing imo. Fighters can lose the fight before it's even started if they become intimidated by their opponents. Look at Tyson's early career, men were visibily shitting themselves before the fight. I'll start with two obvious ones: Michael Katsidis Gladiator Ring Entrance Mitchell didn't look at all comfortable after Katsidis' ring entrance. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzTHv3cqju0[/ame] The Tommy Hearns Staredown :admin [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etcQzDZO-Ik&feature=player_embedded[/ame] And here's two muppets getting it completely wrong This content is protected
personally i found lennox lewis intimidating, and for the opposite reasons of what i would regard as intimidating, and that's because he was too calm. sometimes a fighter that is too calm, and refuses to be intimidating is actually intimidating in itself. the way lennox said i'll knock you out to bowe would of sent chills down to my bone, because he didn't lose his composure when he said it, so you knew you was in deep ****.
that sort of intimidation would work against bully sort of fighters that relie on imtimidation, fighters like liston, tyson and so on, but i believe calm fighters such as lewis, holyfield and so on probably would of laughed it off, and not play in their mind like liston allowed ali to play in his. different mindset really. it's something that liston never had to deal with before, and he didn't know how to react to it.