Dempsey vs Norton

You criticized him for walking back with his front foot first. I produced examples of modern fighters doing the same thing.

 

Got it. No, my point was that the whole sequence was terrible. Standing straight up while taking 6 or 7 steps straight back and crossing your feet at least once, with your arms loose and away from your body, slapping at your opponent, is simply bad boxing. It's the kind of technique that you would expect to see in one of those outclassed jobbers they threw in with a teenage Iron Mike to build up his confidence. Like I wrote before, when you watch him fight and move like that, it's really easy to see understand he lost to tiny 175-lb men I've never heard of.