If you're going to box, you're going to get hit. The better the competition, the more they'll hit you. Obviously your job is to minimize how many...
"[T]ake George Benton. He didn't have the connections. He was the uncrowned middleweight champion. His people down in Philadelphia didn't have the...
Absolutely spot on. Explosively closing the distance while throwing punches and changing head slots demands a lot of the legs. It's difficult and...
Barry Robinson did a good YouTube video breaking down how Foreman used control maneuvers and range manipulation tactics to set up his punches. If...
I don't know how to properly do the formatting to a response in order to make it easy to follow, so I apologize if this is hard to follow. I...
I think the boxing public has different expectations of fighters than do the casual/crossover fans. The best example I can think of, probably even...
St Pat is truly wise in these ways. When we can snatch the pebble from his hand, then we can go.
I don't think the Frazier fights are definitive, but they are informative because Frazier's style dictated that he often put his face in the...
That's a compelling theory. It especially makes sense because of how outrageously Duran disrespected SRL and his wife. Eating and drinking himself...
I'd be interested in seeing your response to my Roberto Duran example, if you have the time and interest.
If you can forget about the pressure, that is of course good advice. My experience is that it's not that easy to forget about who may be watching....
I guess I might differentiate between a "passive" clinch and an "active" clinch. Passive clinching would be tying up the opponent's arms to keep...
Cards on the table: Dempsey is my favorite fighter, hands down. Tyson and Duran always tug at my loyalties, but it always comes back to Jack....
My thoughts exactly. As painful as the punches were to watch, inaction by the ref is worse. And then the look on Norton's face after. Lord have mercy.
I see a double jab, followed by perhaps some kind of parry or control move with the right hand, and then a right to the head. Regardless, very...
