What rules from the old school days do you think would benefit fighters today if they boxed under them. And how do you feel boxing under these rules would effect today's fighters if they were used today.
In the black dynamite era, a lot of judges did not score jabs. That would have put Wlad in an awkward position. He could still have used his jab as his main weapon, but then he would often need to get the knockout to win.
era? and did not score jabs,???? yeah ok it is the base of boxing and always was and ps they scored rounds like do now or the whole fight not scoreing jabs or hooks as points
i was thinking something similar the other day when someone mentioned jefferies and johnson's inside fighting. if fighters today learned to grind people down and punch them inside and out of the clinch it would certainly add to their arsenals
Two things that could (and IMO should) change that would have a definite impact on who would be at the top of the game in many divisions: 1) Bring back 15 rounders. Yes, the pace sometimes wasn't quite as fast when fighters knew they would be going the full distance if there wasn't a knockout, but many of these fights were fought at a high pace (and sometimes slowed in the later rounds). What made so many champions special -- Arguello, Duran, Holmes, to new a few from a recent era before 12s became the commonplace standard -- was how they always seemed to get things done in the "championship rounds," 11-15. Seems to me quite certain that some of today's 12-round kingpins would fade in those championship rounds, and other guys who are truly in shape and get stronger down the stretch would rise to the top. 2) Same-day weigh-ins. There are too many size mismatches today -- there are guys who weigh in at welter and step into the ring above super middle after rehydration through IVs. It's a dangerous practice in two ways: the brain fluid of guys who do this is lower when they're in the ring, and their opponents are often giving up 15 or 20 pounds in actual weight, it seems. It's not safe for a lightweight to fight a junior middle, or a middleweight to fight a full-blown light heavy.
first of all they'd be boxing every 3, 4 and 5 weeks... you'd soon see the rankings & ratings changing and you'd be surprised at who stayed the course and who falls by the wayside. Busy Longievity, the proof of true Top fighters!!!
Pinching. Those old timers, with their small, thumb-included gloves could pinch the **** out of their opponents. Jack Johnson, in particular, was a master pincher. And let's not even discuss the finer points of tickling, a science buried with the true ring masters...
andy murray the irish lightweight wouldve beat gavin rees by rights the fight shudve been a draw anyway pity he takes about 4 rounds to get going then hes fresh at the end of the 12th
