Eubank Sr says Wilder must jab, must keep Breland!

I just don't pay any mind to what he says. Even when it's not total crap it's just the dude stroking his own ego. But half the time it's also total crap. Can't stand looking at/hearing that guy speak.

 

Eubanks has better wins than Fury.

Only a semi retired Wlad is a HOFer on Fury’s resume. Wilder could very well be a bum, we have no idea if he’s on Benn’s level.

 

I stopped reading here.

 

Youre joking right?

 

To state the Fury doesn't have a good jab has to be the stupidist thing I have read in months.

 

Hes mad as ****, nearly everything he says is bollox, and if you absorbed everything he said you would end up in the nut house. He can get away with it in short interviews but long ones get a bit messy with Brother Christopher

 

WBO legend, that belt was called the "Frank Warren" belt when he had it, if you weren't British you wouldn't be bothered with it, it was a UK belt in the 90's, just above British just below euro

 

You've over simplified what Griffin did, if it was that simple other fighters would of figured it out and repeated what he did.

He wasn't just feinting to deceive RJJ, he was using feint's to back Roy onto the ropes where he was less elusive and vulnerable.

Griffin's strategy, likely pieced together by the legendary trainer Eddie Futch, was to take the centre of the ring and force RJJ onto the ropes. He rarely engaged RJJ in the centre he was patient, defensive while in the centre not opening up much and leaving RJJ opportunities to counter him.

RJJ's defence is to slip and evade punches with his remarkable reflexes. But this type of defence while extremely effective does have a flaw in that it means they react to feints. A guy with a guard defence who blocks shots may just raise his guard when feinted, but a defence like RJJ's means a feint can force them to move back and we saw Griffin do this throughout the fight, take the centre, feint Roy onto the ropes and then unload.

Griffin stayed often just out of RJJ's range, feint to make him step back and then again mvoe forward but just out of RJJ's reach, keeping RJJ under pressure all the time with his constant presence in front of him, making him back up.

By only engaging when he had RJJ on the ropes where he couldn't slip away easily he ensured he could trade with Jones on his terms, this is simply good ring generalship. He was controlling where the fight was taking place. Less patient fighters would walk into a counter, fighters without his defensive and counter punching skills couldn't keep RJJ on the back foot. Fighters without Griffins inside game couldn't beat RJJ up close and would just smother their work or get clinched.

It was such a good strategy the next fighter to use a similar strategy vs Roy ended being the guy to beat him, namely Tarver. Tarver did the exact same thing Griffin did. Took the centre, feinted and jabbed while remaining defensively tight and backing RJJ with the jab and feints and then unloading on Roy when he had him on the ropes and never engaging in the centre where Roy would dominate.