Ramon, your outgunned here, besides who would know better about punching power then Dempsey who said the Rock hit harder then either he or Louis.
Power, you don't uncross your arms to throw a punch out of the cross, or if skilled in it you don't have too, I never did. The punches come from...
When you think about how the bombs flew when Ron fought two other big punchers in Foreman and Shavers this could be another. I think Ron boxed...
I have to disagree with you on all accounts, the cross arm to an expeirenced user lets you throw both sneak jabs and right hands, hard to see and...
On the Pep-Graves bout, I wanted to ask Don Riley about the whole matter as he wrote the piece from which this myth came. He was my favorite...
Oh my God, that is one of the funniest posts ever written here! Man did you have the awful luck in that one.
Wilfredo could slip anything at his best, ask Palamino! Still Denny was a skilled infighter and smart, and he would'nt have played to Benitez...
Sam Langford, past his best days, begged Jack for a title bout also. Sam would seem to be the fighter Jack regarded the highest, he always said...
George had something to say about this, during his comeback George related how at one point he had reduced his weight into the mid 220's in the...
I had the hardest time learning a really straight right hand, its not a natural thing to throw. Nothing seemed to help, trainers would work on it...
...the negatives of the cross arm, whats good about it can be whats bad about it if your facing someone who hit like the Rock against Moore....
Lots of good posts on this one, I just agree with yours the most. Chances are good Valdez would hit home with one of his TNT right hands but...
Writing only as a layman I found the cross arm a must against one frequent rib injuring opponent I had. After practicing it for several years I...
Buchanan practiced to perfection three forms of throwing his jab. Also you mentioned Archie's cross arm defense, years ago a frequent sparring...
I started young in the golden gloves, still learning and teaching at 54.
