Bob Fitzsimmon vs. Jim Corbett (speed corrected / HD)

Great! Fitz throws his overhand right almost like Marciano.

 

Good work.

Corbett looks better than previous. Seems to have a good solid jab and grab system going. Incredibly low punch output though.

Ruby is supposedly an expert counter puncher but even with the magic you work, seeing his reflexes and fluidity is impossible. And whilst his stance was good for avoiding hooks and uppercuts, he's wide open to straight punches by standing square on and leaning back.

I probably have to conclude that the best of Fitz isn't on worthwhile film but it's hard to deny what I do see with what we do have. I see someone who relies on parrying slow jabs and leaning back to evade hooks and uppercuts. Corbett couldn't miss with that jab. Two things he does have 1) incredible power, 2) very quickly gets himself in punching position without having to set himself, explains why he could turn defence into attack very quickly.

The problem I have with Fitz, take someone like LaMotta who has a high output and can follow behind his jab, how does Fitz avoid a beating? He can't parry a triple jab and he certainly cant rely on leaning back to avoid it. Is he capable of weaving? Can he feint and sidestep consistently?

What about a lower level of fighter, Winky Wright, watch the two on film and conclude Fitz had more talent. Aside from a punchers chance what does his filmed style present him with?

It's much easier to be a defensive whizz when the opponent is throwing wild hooks or single jabs. Maybe there's better Fitz than what we see, but I see someone who is no better on film than Gerald or Julian.

 

I imagine the low punch output was about the rounds, rather than a stylistic choice.

 

Better example is Dempsey. Literally chooses to walk through Firpo and Carpentier without a passing thought of defence, but against Willard and Tunney displays some of the best defence on film of any fighter.

Stylistically this is the perfect opponent for Fitz to excel against defensively as he has low output and isn't as quick. Shame we can't see him paste Dempsey.

Yes Fitz relies a lot on jumping back out of range or leaning back out of range, although the Corbett knockdown was a sidestep body counter. But can we see Fitz make his opponents miss and then make them pay? No we can't and that's the worst thing.

Without the proof of defence ad technique it's hard giving him any more credit than a Julian Jackson.

 

Fitz is older here at 33 years old. Which was pretty old for back then. According to boxrec this is Fitz's 80th fight!

 

What I see here, is two David Haye type fighters, feeling each other out.

 

You didn't do them any favors.

 

This isn't HD. If someone here could tell me what format youtube likes that retains the highest quality I will upload a round of the Fitz-Corbett I worked on and a round of the Gans-Nelson 1 fight I worked on.

On HD: Simply having a fight in slightly better quality doesn't make it HD. Taking a fight that's in poor quality or SD at best and transferring it to an HD format does not make it HD. HD is when the original film has been transferred 1 to 1 in a high definition format retaining all of the detail and quality of the original source material. With a real HD transfer you should be able to zoom into the image and still retain near photographic quality.

Here are two examples of a 1 to 1 HD transfer. These aren't perfect examples because I used a quick and dirty screen grab from VLC which itself doesn't retain all of the original quality but its good enough for this example:

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z335/klompton/vlcsnap-2016-02-22-22h38m56s604_zpscwihmptu.png
http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z335/klompton/vlcsnap-2016-02-22-22h39m20s809_zpsagbaomwe.png

and

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z335/klompton/vlcsnap-2016-02-22-22h37m27s916_zpslub3rmxk.png
http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z335/klompton/vlcsnap-2016-02-22-22h37m47s476_zpsdfqwz1qt.png

 

That would be awesome

 

Will youtube accept prores or h264? Everytime ive tried to upload an HD file it wont accept it. I dont care about file size or upload time as long as it accepts it.