Examples of Fighters nullifying the opponent's strong point?

Almost the entirety of the Rumble In The Jungle. Ali took advantage of Foreman's long guard, which he used to push his opponents and put him in his preferable distance, prior to unleashing deadly punches and stopping them. Ali can be seen countering him multiple times in every single round by exploiting that stance and the openings it left.

He also tied him up, used collar ties, grabbed his biceps, and just left his balance compromised in general. As a result, Foreman was left unable to set up his power shots properly. A lot of the shots Foreman threw that night were compromised, and the ones that did land were blocked by Ali, ridden with, or just taken well. Then Foreman gassed and Ali took him out.

 

Andre ward in most of his fights.

 

Winky wright comes to mind. That man's right jab broke up and took away Shane Mosley's handspeed/combination punching and backed up an offensive minded Tito Trinidad who simply struggled when he couldn't plant his feet and punch.

 

Duran had a helluv great chin an at that time only one guy had knocked him down in over 80 fights.Hitman Hearns was able to nullify this great strength of Durans by using his right hand to knock Duran out cold an drop face first to the canvas in one of the greatest kos ever

that’s how you use your great strengths to nullify someone else’s great strength an attributes

 

Yeah. A young Foreman rarely had his hands close to his body, you can almost always see him with his arms outstretched, as if he wants to grab something. That's what I'm referring to.

 

1) Joe Frazier's main offense came in the form of an inside fight, but George Foreman kept pushing him off creating the space to bludgeon Joe from the outside.

2) Michael Spinks completely contained Dwight Qawi by sticking with a solid jabbing game. Qawi, like Frazier, wanted that inside game.

3) Julio Cesar Chavez wanted to bear down on Pernell Whitaker, but everytime he was near enough to get set, Whitaker would pivot the body throwing an angle out there and then, the moment was gone. JCC had to reset, line him up again, only for the same thing to happen over and over.

 

He also used a cross guard during his return in the 90s.

 

Marvin Hagler…everytime he faced another southpaw….his right hook was such a weapon

 

This is the kind of technical discussion this forum is sometimes lacking, haha.

He did a similar thing to nullify Pipino Cuevas’ left hook, knocking him out in the second round to stop Cuevas from ever hitting him with it, lol.

 

Remember when Hagler used his titanium cranium to very tactically break Hearns' right hand. Greatest display of Ring IQ ever. He straight nullified his best attribute not just for that fight, but for over a month!