Head To Head Comaprisons - Please Clarify

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by bowerboy, Oct 27, 2012.


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  1. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    I wish I could look that outdated in the gym.
     
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  2. Colonel Sanders

    Colonel Sanders Pounchin powar calculateur Full Member

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    :huh

    I'm not convinced, I think we still see this stuff nowadays, and it's not a bad thing either (forget the back hand slaps)
     
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  3. bowerboy

    bowerboy Active Member Full Member

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    please enlighten me as to why those styles are superior / more effective than todays boxing styles?

    Am i to belive the fighting style has gone backwards over the last 60 years...i am talking style / method / technique

    would love to know
     
    bowerboy, Oct 28, 2012
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  4. bowerboy

    bowerboy Active Member Full Member

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    Ok I tell you what...I will make this really easy for you guys...tell me ANYTHING and I mean ANYTHING...that was done better, faster, quicker, more efficiently 70 years ago than it is today....tell me anything, sporting or otherwise that hasnt been tweaked to make it better...or is boxing the ONLY thing in the world that has NOT developed or has gone backwards??
     
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  5. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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  6. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The NBA shoots free throws the exact same way they did years ago and the percentage is similar to what it was in the mid 1950's. Cause you asked for just one thing.
     
    LittleRed, Oct 28, 2012
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  7. kingfisher3

    kingfisher3 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    srr 50+ years ago, or was it willie pep, or joe gans over 100 years ago, there are different styles of fighting and by what you are saying those 3 are more modern than hatton or froch,

    that sentence doesn't make sense but neither does anything you've written so i'll leave it
     
    kingfisher3, Oct 28, 2012
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  8. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Some skills just get lost over time, especialy when there is little demand for them.

    There are some flint tools made by Cro Magnon man, of such intricacy that no modern craftsman can replicate them.
     
    janitor, Oct 28, 2012
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  9. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Marciano and Louis style outdated? How so? explain
     
    SuzieQ49, Oct 28, 2012
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  10. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Well, that is the only thing he has shown in this thread....now it is time to stop feeding the trolls so he can return to Jr. High and worry about his acne problems.

    I believe even zits are bigger and juicer today than they were 40 years ago.
     
    PhillyPhan69, Oct 28, 2012
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  11. bowerboy

    bowerboy Active Member Full Member

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    Clown
     
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  12. bowerboy

    bowerboy Active Member Full Member

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    “When two men are fighting, what you’re watching is more a contest of wills than of skills, with the stronger will usually overcoming skill.…."

    Cus D'Amato..but what would he know
     
    bowerboy, Oct 28, 2012
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  13. bowerboy

    bowerboy Active Member Full Member

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    That Benny Leonard fight...your kidding me right?? You dont think Pacquaio or Donaire would put a perfect hook over those low held hands?

    You are kidding right surely?

    Sure "allow for inflation" when you compare Benny Leonard head to head with Pacquaio and you have a real fight...."time machine" system and Leonard would be gone within 2...mismatch

    I dont know why people get so upset about the concept that boxing and sports have developed so much in 60 or 70 years...its just reality.

    I know the game was more pure back then and we all yearn for the good old days but denying reality just seems silly...i am not saying those fighters are any less and yes we all know they would reign supreme in todays world but I am saying they would need to adjust in order to do so..
     
    bowerboy, Oct 28, 2012
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  14. bowerboy

    bowerboy Active Member Full Member

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    It is not intended to....merely a counter to the other guys post about how boxing is all about skill....nothing could be further from the truth...
     
    bowerboy, Oct 29, 2012
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  15. kingfisher3

    kingfisher3 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    so the modern style is irelevant because boxing is about desire, so why have you written so much bull**** about the modern style.

    p.s there is no such thing as the modern style, there are styles that would be less efective today, jack johnson and freddie welsh ect, and it is acknowledged that the blocking style fell out of favour as gloves got bigger. but since todays fighters never see it i like welsh vs most modern fighters in a 1 off time travel type match.

    tell me one thing carl froch does technically better than joe gans
     
    kingfisher3, Oct 29, 2012
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