Foot work in Boxing - Best examples of foot work in a fight

Great call on Monzon and Duran

 

Anything with Hopkins, the guy has amazing footwork, positioning, balance.

Froch vs. Abraham

Wlad Klitschko has great footwork in that he's never off balance, he's always in position to throw a second punch, which is what its all about. Balance.

Mike Tyson had great footwork also.

 

Wlad also does this thing I really like, not so much footwork but applicable I think to this conversation. He'll jab, take a small, small step back with his front foot - keep the back foot planted, lean his upper body back (usually a bad thing unless you're much taller then your opponent), make the other fighter miss with their counter because of the suddenly increased distance and then take a small step forward with his front foot (while his back foot is still planted) and ram home another jab. Pretty subtle, and if you're not looking for it it might seem like a nothing sequence of just two jabs.

I agree that part of how he's able to do this is his balance and his sense of distance. I think another part is sort of knowing the rhythm of the fight game.

 

Tyson did a superb job at cutting off the ring

 

Mayweather's footwork when he sucker punched Ortiz.

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:roll: how about this footwork

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Get him!

 

The obvious would be Floyd and B-Hop.

Hatton had good footwork in that he cut the ring off well..

 

broner and gary russell are two young guns that exhibit excellent footwork and positioning.

some of my favorites throughout the years for different reasons....

sugar ray robinson....finesse

joe louis...wasn't the fastest...but very sound and methodical

willie pep....very active...used what he had.

floyd patterson....his style predated mike tysons and was great for aggression

mike tyson....cat like in his prime...very hard to stay away from.

ali...float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!

salvador sanchez...angles...

roberto duran...mixed it up well.

ray leonard....very fast on his feet.

hector camacho....similar to ray...very good at getting position

orlando canizales...pretty foot work.

ricardo lopez...very precise. wasted very little movement.

all of these guys brought something different, but all were good at maintaining position/angle and distance. some were better than others...but all are definitely worth studying if u want to learn.

 

May Jr. and Pac, when they bring their A game on footwork

 

Thomas Hearns vs Benitez
Orlando Canizales
Willie Pastrano vs Harold Johnson
Willie Pep had insane footwork
Virgil Hill- Had great footwork and great jab
Joey Archer
Ken Buchanan
Anthony Stephens vs Harold Brazier and Kevin Pompey
Early Felix Strum
Bernard Taylor vs Pedroza-even though Taylor moved a little too much
Calvin Grove
Roger Mayweather vs Baltazar/Munoz and first 5 rounds of Brazier bout
Ray Leonard had great movement- ask Duran:hey
Mike Mccallum vs Toney 1
Mike Dokes before he got on drugs
Greg Page when he was in shape
Hector Camacho could really move
Ruben Castillo vs Sanchez/Arguello
Aaron Pryor when he wanted to
Howard Davis could really float
Mike Spinks-very awkward movement but effective
Jersey Joe Walcott had sick moves-never seen anyone copy him

 

Tyzu v Judah , tyzu used his footwork to cut Judah of and keep him on the out side where he was timed with 2 great right hands

 

:rofl:rofl

Pacquiao has horrible footwork. I don't believe how sloppy this guy gets.

Note-What he pulled off with Hatton was not all that bad though.

 

Easier to counter punch than ATTACK homeboy!!

Like your boy Mayrunner!!

Slick track and field footowork.