I was wondering who that had an amateur background would be most benficial to study and learn from as far as technique? IMO i would go with De La Hoya, but i am definetly open minded Suggestions please:think
ive never really watched him just heard of how he knockd out judah but i will definetly look him up thanks:good
for text book punching and footwork look at miguel cotto, juan manuel marquez, mikkel kessler or ricardo finito lopez.
its hard to notice much from highlights so check this out... [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWSEeLpVxCY&feature=related[/ame]
Harold Johnson is superb fundamentally, he has a few weaknesses but they are quite minor in the grand scheme of things. Also a young Emile Griffith was very fundamentally sound.
That depends on your strengths and weaknesses. If you have **** reach, studying Hearns isn't going to yield much, style wise. Of course you can learn a lot from watching him operate, but that wasn't the question. Here's someone I've been studying lately, Ruslan Provodnikov. Very successful as an amateur, and his style suits me well in sparring. Kostya has aspects in his game that I like a lot as well. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_PJSvOrQE0[/ame]
Is there any point posting videos of professional fights for amateur form? The criteria to the two are incredibly different, and everyone's own gifts and weaknesses are going to be different as well. Although I agree with Provodnikov, he is an excellent technical fighter.
doesn't form mean stance, punch technique etc? i dont see what harm it could do studying past greats, alot of them were amateurs too.