Duran McGirt Napoles Roy Off the top of my head. Ill have to have a look at some videos for examples.
Roberto was especially excellent at feinting SRL into knots during the opening moments of Montreal, and he also did this well with Palomino. Pastor discovered early in his first match with Louis that he could feint Joe into knots. I haven't yet watched that footage for signs of this, but it is available online currently. Feigning distress to lure an opponent into a trap that creates an opening which can result in sudden victory was a favorite ploy of Fitzsimmons and others over a century ago. This is far more unusual during the modern era, because overreactive referees today administer standing eight counts and stoppages so quickly. Mike Weaver was prematurely robbed of his WBA HW Championship by paranoid referee Joey Curtis in just this manner when he was challenged by Mike Dokes. This content is protected Incredibly, it was this very same Mike Weaver who later engineered one of the most cunning traps ever produced by feigning distress in world class heavyweight annals. When Hercules Weaver squared off with rising prospect Carl "The Truth" Williams, he was a respected veteran who had also successfully defended his former championship in a classic war with Gerrie Coetzee, and originally earned his reputation as a credible contender in a startlingly audacious title shot at Holmes. In his rematch with Dokes, Hercules repudiated the premature first round judgment of Curtis by taking Dokes the distance in a grueling 15 round draw for the title. It was widely believed Hercules deserved to regain the championship he was wrongly deprived of to begin with. This content is protected Williams had established himself by giving Holmes 15 rounds of hell before dropping from the unbeaten ranks on the short end of the decision which turned out to be Larry's final successful title defense. Although Williams had been dropped a few times in his professional career, he was a decorated amateur and talented all around athlete with excellent coordination, height, reach, speed and skills, who many projected as a future champion. This broadcast was largely expected to be a promotional vehicle for Williams, using Weaver as a stepping stone. In the footage of Weaver's earlier responses when genuinely stunned by Dokes, Coetzee and Holmes, it can be noted that he keeps his left hand protectively up by his head. (He would also adopt this posture when legitimately staggered by Smith in his following loss.) In round two of his nationally televised face off with Williams, Carl shot over a hard looking right to Mike's head, and Hercules retreated to the ropes as if wobbled. ("'Come on in!,' said the spider to the fly.") Williams pounced. "The Truth" had fallen for the lie. Viewing the telecast live, I immediately saw exactly what was happening, and was startled that the victim of Joey Curtis would dare risk such a daring strategy. Tony Perez was the referee this time though, and I knew what was going to happen to the chinny Williams if he stayed out of it. In sharp contrast to his defensive guard against Holmes, Coetzee and Dokes, Weaver was not holding his left up by his head for protection, but premeditatively had it cocked and loaded. Ready to pull the trigger, he was obviously timing Williams. I thought Mike might patiently wait until after his prey had expended himself in a more protracted offensive, but the counterstrike happened quickly. At just the right moment, he sprung his trap when Carl was wide open between punches, suddenly launching a massive hook off the ropes, the same hook which made him a champion in Nashville. His unsuspecting quarry went down as if shot. To his eternal credit, Williams managed to beat the count, but the outcome was now a mere formality, especially with the three knockdown rule in effect. "The Lie" was toast. Feinting punches convincingly and feigning distress are two tactics I've enjoyed fooling others with when wearing gloves in sparring, but again, feigning distress can be extremely risky in competition. I figure that if I was able to recognize what Weaver was doing, then Perez must surely have realized that Mike was playing possum. I doubt most modern referees have the experience and competence to discern this.
The key thing about feints is that they are based in something. Feinting a punch a fighter is not expecting and then throwing something else behind it isn't worth that much. Throughout his fight with Billy Smith, Burley flicked out a scoring, light, very very fast jab, sometimes using it to make space for his retreat, sometimes flashing something else behind it. Here, if you're interested, you can see Burley feint a jab and throw a left uppercut instead: 3.35 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4IsZxqeJos He feints throughout this fight, and it was, as always, a key part of his strategy.
The best feinter out there right now would be Hopkins. Against Pavlik he feinted with a straight right and threw a left hook (don't try that at home, kids) late in the fight, but I forget the round and Gorrilla Productions which had it in HD slow-mo has been stripped from YouTube. Infuriatingly.
I saw Ricardo Lopez feint with his feet, oh my, some skill. You know the one i mean McGrain, you posted the clip ages ago. He stops the guy just when he pulls the move off as well.
Watch Jersey Joe Walcott in the first Louis fight. Louis had been stalking him for three rounds, truthfully over confident, (and why not, he's Joe Louis, this was supposed to be an exhibition bout). Louis just walking in. Was down in the first when he had Walcott cornered and Walcott landed two right hands. Now in the fourth, starting at about 5:25 in, Louis is still stalking, and the cagey Walcott uses that inevitability; stepping away when Louis pressures him once again, only to step back in with another big right hand that puts Louis down at 6:00. If you'll notice, leading up to it, Walcott is baiting Louis, inching in only to step out it almost looks like he's pulling Louis in with his left hand. Not a feint per se, but very effective... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gB09VEEZvM
been watching alot of Duran myself recently and copying afew of his moves like the feints and thy work a treat.
