fighters that where good with very simple arsenals

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  1. good right hand

    good right hand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    franz botha
    i just watched franz botha fight michael moorer and from all assumptions that had about botha's interesting style, it consisted of a,

    1. pawing jab
    2. mauling right
    and he would switch this up with a
    3. right uppercut comming sometimes from outside

    thats was about 95% of what he did! and he looked good until the fight was stopped in the 12th round.

    what was even more interesting is even though he had this simple three punch change up, he was breaking guys bones. he broke shannon briggs rib and i think moorers jaw and his ear drum.

    danny lopez

    heres another guy that did about three different punches,

    1. stiff stiff powerfull jab to the head
    2. the right that needs not introduction

    or

    1. stiff jab to the head
    2. right hand to the body
    3. left hook to head

    thats pretty much what i saw lopez do in his fights with octavio, ayala, sanchez and some other fighters on youtube. his left hook although im sure was heavy, was mainly a punch that he turned only a little into so he could set up a sequence that he fire his straight right hand which was a punche that he everything into.



    what others fighters where good with very simple arsenals?
     
  2. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Lately, Wladimir Klitschko, of course.
     
  3. rekcutnevets

    rekcutnevets Black Sash Full Member

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    I read an article around 15 or so years ago, and Larry Holmes talked about having a simplified game. He said you should only focus on around three punches. He said his were the jab, straight right, and uppercut. Too bad he didn't include the hook. In his bout with Holyfield, the referee ruled Holyfield's cut to be the result of a punch. Replays would later prove George Foreman's calling of an elbow to be correct. It was on Evander's right eye. A hook sure would have been handy.
     
  4. PopeJackson

    PopeJackson Well-Known Member Full Member

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  5. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    Carlos Monzon, tho obviously talented in his own way to the n'th degree, kept it surprisingly simple many times using his height and assets to sublime advantage.