Best practitioner of the cross-arm defense?

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  1. Slothrop

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    The Old Mongoose?
     
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  2. JMotrain

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    Archie Moore was the best.
    Foreman was pretty good at it.
     
    JMotrain, Jul 22, 2007
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  3. psychopath

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    Joe Frazier. :yep
     
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  4. Orishaman

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    The best ever:

    Old Mongoose...

    Chegui Torrez.....

    Qawi.....
     
    Orishaman, Jul 22, 2007
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  5. Slothrop

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    I think it would be interesting if you could go up to Archie Moore, one of the greatest boxers who ever laced up gloves, who knocked out more men than any other boxer in history, and tell him that he was using an ineffective defense.
     
    Slothrop, Jul 22, 2007
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  6. Asterion

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    I think it is effective at a medium range. Not if you're very close or very far from the opponent.
     
    Asterion, Jul 22, 2007
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  7. Orishaman

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    For Moore, Torrez and Qawi was.....
     
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  8. psychopath

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    It's an effective defense for the head not for the body. If you cross your arms it will leave the lower part of the body very open.
     
    psychopath, Jul 22, 2007
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