Who is your favorite crossguard user to watch?

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Favorite cross-armed guard user?

  1. Archie Moore

    15 vote(s)
    32.6%
  2. Ken Norton

    5 vote(s)
    10.9%
  3. Tim Witherspoon

    6 vote(s)
    13.0%
  4. George Foreman

    8 vote(s)
    17.4%
  5. Bert Cooper

    2 vote(s)
    4.3%
  6. Gene Fullmer

    1 vote(s)
    2.2%
  7. Joe Frazier

    7 vote(s)
    15.2%
  8. Other

    2 vote(s)
    4.3%
  1. Terror

    Terror free smoke Full Member

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    Witherspoon, Cooper, Frazier.

    Witherspoon was the best at it, Cooper was the most fun to watch and Frazier the greatest to me.
     
  2. Rollin

    Rollin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Rewatching Ibeabuchi-Byrd for the 5th time or so. Shout out to all the users (1?) calling him here. Not a very nuanced crossguard, but Ike is a fantastic watch to anyone drilling the punch selection of the slightly lowered hand position that a crossguarding fighter will often find himself in. Accustom yourself to two-fisted combinations or go home.

    That hookercut dropping Byrd was a painful joy to watch. Ike looked for it a few times and found Chris swaying at the right moment.
     
  3. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Norton is the best cross guard user I've ever seen. Witherspoon was more fluid so he's probably my favorite to watch
     
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  4. FThabxinfan

    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Moore,Fullmer and Foreman.

    In order because their cross guard blends seamlessly into their infighting.
     
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  5. Dorrian_Grey

    Dorrian_Grey It came to me in a dream Full Member

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    Miguel Cotto or Robson Conceiçāo. Don’t much like watching the big men. Loads of Freddie Roach-trained fighters use the cross-guard btw: Cotto, Christopher Diaz, and Toney, among others who slip my memory.
     
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  6. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 Full Member

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    Foreman didn’t know how to fight inside at all…
     
  7. FThabxinfan

    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    When he manipulated his opponents arm inside the clinch distance,I think that was some form of infighting.