Thanks to @George Crowcroft and @FThabxinfan for inspiring me to make this thread. Argentina has produced a lot of great fighters with a unique style. Some have implemented a unique defensive technique that uses head movement and cross guard rolling. Boxing's most renowned defensive specialist Nicolino Locche is the primary example of this technique but there's been other Argentinian fighters that have also followed with a similar style as well. Some examples of the Argentinian defensive style: This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected
Locche is one of my favourite fighters of all time. Coolest boxer ever. Looked like my dad & smoked like him too lol
Santos Laciar showing masterful head movement while still putting relentless pressure This content is protected Omar Narváez also showed some very good defense as well. This content is protected
I’ll post on behalf of @Seamus and us knowing ones… Jorge Castro had an astonishing onion layered defence. https://youtu.be/IU5o-rgxLx8
Pretty underrated defense especially considering how he's only been stopped twice out of his 11 losses, not to mention being in 144 fights. Like a less refined version of Galindez.
He lured him into the den, then pounced. A rare few could pull off such next-level mastery of combat.
Some might consider the IBHOF a joke because of him. Not. Being. There. Same like the Nevada boxing hall of fame being seen as a joke because Wilfredo Gomez is not there either,
Another crafty Argentinian boxer worth mentioning: Hugo Corro @George Crowcroft @FThabxinfan This content is protected This content is protected
In all seriousness, Argentine boxers do seem to grasp the concept of range and distance very well, thinking of Locche, Monzon, even Maidana recently. Hell, Castro didn't get hit near as much as people assumed. He knew his range and had reflexes to counter.
Castro actually displayed some craftiness in his defense and counterpunching against a prime Terry Norris despite losing in one sided fashion. This content is protected
Paco Bermudez was the main coach of the Mocoroa Gym (named after the great Julio Mocoroa) and he liked to teach defense for his guys a lot.. But it was Cirilín Olano, a black-cuban fighter, that trained at the Mocoroa Gym, that started the trend in Mendoza of being slick and playful way back then... and showing that there was some sort of "pride" in avoiding punches... he was the influence for the style that had Locche later.
Paco Bermudez´s motto was "pega y sale", a modern version of the mendocino style was Julio Pablo Chacón, watch him and you get a picture... he was formed by Bermudez since his kid days.
