Boxing's Ten Commandments (from a technical perspective)

And yet they became champions :think

 

Me too

I always fancied him over Hopkins at any stage tbh.

 

Umm....there should just be a disclaimer at the end of McGrain's post that reads something like:

*In the event that you are a Genius, feel free to disregard this

 

is that a picture of a 50 something Duran in the corner before his last fight w/ Canacho?:smoke

 

Keep your chin down and your guard up

Example: Winky Wright
Counterexample: Ali

Throw punches in bunches:
Example: Joe Louis
Counterexample: Julian Jackson

From the outside, lead with the jab
Example: Larry Holmes
Counterexample: Roy Jones Jr

Don't left hook a left-hooker
Example: Razor Ruddock vs Tommy Morrison
Counterexample: Joe Frazier

 

Basic stuff

1 Hands up
2 chin down
3 elbows in
4 stance should be shoulder width apart
5 turn sideways to reduce the target
6 (conventional fighter) move to your left front foot first, to your right backfoot first
7 move on the balls of your feet
8 Hands return to the same position from which the punches were thrown (up)
9 jab is your steering wheel
10 never move straight back from an onrushing opponent (step to the side)

 

That Burley video (analysing genius), I think needs to be in this thread

 

Implement defence and offense as part of your overall composed and balnced fighting style. Don't go all out in one or the other from the off.

Example- Jose Napoles, Carlos Ortiz, Marco Antonio Barerra (not consistently though)

Falsification- Cory Spinks, Derrick Gainer (too much defence), Jack Dempsey, Joe Frazier (all out offense)

Not to knock them for effectiveness, but we're talking technical commandments here.

I reckon this commandment or one similar to it could be good as the tenth because it's sort of the ultimate summary.

 

Your wish is my command

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81non05aKX4[/ame]

 

Nice one Teeto

Just been watching Nkiko Joyi the wee african Strawweight who is pretty handy but one thing he does not do is finish off a body shot by going to the head. That is definitly a rule of boxing.

 

The eleventh commandment should be:

Fighting by the boxing book is what you win by, but it canm also be what you get beaten by.

 

Some commandments in a fight.


Enter the fight with the advantage of better preperation- Superior force, superior intelligence. Calculation and preparation are by far the most decisive factors in victory

The integrity of your form and posture are key to carrying out a successful tactical and strategic fight. Maintaining strong order is key to clearing the fog of war.

The presence of mobility should always be a factor in your attack as well in defense. More punches, more blocking, more movement, having more options will swarm your opponant with more conditions of your choosing.

Distort your opponants analysis of you through the use of disinformation and ambiguous posturing and defense. Feign disorder, this will bait him into attacking your strengths and thus placing him in an ambush. It will also conceal your own weakness and disorder.

Harrass, demoralize and alienate your opponant from his will to win. If your opponant loses his determination to defeat your will to win, certain victory is not far off. The Moral and Mental Warfare are just as important to victory as Physical Warfare.

Count the cost of your attack, if your supply is spent, punching, defence and order are dulled in future attacks. On the other side, if your opponant is taking ease, give him no rest - you have to lean on your opponant to make him fall.

Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected - surprise attacks are the least costly and easily won. Catching an opponant offguard will arouse panic, disorder and irrational decision making in your opponant.

If the nature of your position prevents clear action and options, disperse and reset. Also, if your supplies are low, disperse and reset. Theres no point going into an attack with nothing to fight with.

If you are overly defensive you are giving the opponant the initiative of control, in deciding the conditions of attack. He will have the advantage when attacking you, there is no victory in not attacking your opponant.

Never let your opponant take an advantage, defend your weak points well. Power is made by power taken, weak points are the start to defeating ones strong points.

If he is secure in position, then one must prepare for attack.






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thou shalt fight for the love of the sport, not for the love of money....

example, old school fighters
falsification, modern fighters.

 

Was thinking of this today actually.

A boxer should always remain defensivly and offensivly aware in equal measures.

Dont have a flasification but Napoles and Duran show how important this is.

A boxer should always be 'first'

Most boxers do this but one particular example of falsification is Benitez, he hardly ever led when against top class opposition.