You might want to use a swivel in place of one of the links if you can, that way the bag will turn and you won't be hitting the same place. Those...
Ali vs. Ortiz in the 60s...Who knows? Ali never fought anybody similar to the 6-4, 240 pound southpaw Ortiz. Ali should be given credit because...
Right, to be a big puncher you've got to be willing to take big punches. A guy like Earnie Shavers threw big punches, but when he missed he often...
that was before Cuba and the Eastern European countries became a power in amateur boxing. The U.S. dominated the heavyweight class at that time....
Joe Louis looked like a man doing another sport compared to his competition in the 30s. I don't have any idea how he lost to Schmeling, maybe he...
If Langford was "exactly" as he was in his career, I wouldn't bet that Langford would last one minute in a fight with Ortiz. There was NOBODY in...
I don't know about the legality, but when a fighter leaves his left extended like that a lot of fighters will hit the elbow and try to hyperextend...
I don't think fundamentals are optional, style can be. If a fighter is bigger, stronger, faster, etc. than another then if the skills are close,...
I don't have any heavyweights, most of my fighters are between 120-40. I've always thought Sharkey was one of the two best heavyweights of the...
Sharkey is a good heavyweight for his era. He had some defense and he had a decent hook, in fact the left hand looked more natural than his right...
Headgear makes it "different", making it more difficult to see punches and making you move your head more to slip punches. The real advantage of...
Johnny B, your opinion is shared by many/most young fighters who have watched the old timers on video. I have never talked to a modern fighter...
James Broad looked much slimmer in that video than I would have expected. Even for real fights in 1987 Broad weighed in between 257 and 269 so he...
This video was not at the Upton Gym, but Tank comes from the Upton Gym (Baltimore) and they don't spar "light." We've taken fighters there a few...
Coetzee is a man using just physical talent in that fight. He looks like he is almost untrained in that video. He lunges, his feet are all over,...
