Height Matters So Much Today Because Almost Nobody Can Fight Inside

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  1. scarecrow

    scarecrow Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Very few men today are skilled on the inside. Guys like Ward and Golovkin are skilled inside boxers. Watch them and see how it's done inside.

    So what happens now when a fighter gives up a big height and reach these days? A lot of times they look lost because they don't know how to fight short. They don't know how to get inside and go to work on a comparatively frail man.

    Being short is not an inherent disadvantage in boxing. Being lighter is.
     
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  2. Optimus Dime

    Optimus Dime Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    But that's like saying Boxing.. guys like Ward and Golovkin are skilled on the outside..
     
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  3. Willie Maeket

    Willie Maeket "40 Acres and Mule" -General William T. Sherman Full Member

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    ggg vs stevens comes to mind.
    Stevens is 5'7". The corner stopped the fight but he was fairly successful on the inside.
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  4. Willie Maeket

    Willie Maeket "40 Acres and Mule" -General William T. Sherman Full Member

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    Canelo is excellent on the inside.
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  5. Optimus Dime

    Optimus Dime Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Live by the sword.. win by it too.. unlimited is only 100%.. limitless.. so points overlap.. of the 2 points..
     
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    Optimus Dime Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Live by the hook.. die by the hook.. but if.. you.. have.. a.. jab etc..
     
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  7. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    Fury beat Wlad on the inside whilst the smaller Wlad fumbled around clinching...hilarious really.
     
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    Optimus Dime Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Emphasizing the jab line..
     
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    Optimus Dime Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Boxing is the 2 point martial art.. muay thai is the 8 point martial art........
     
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  10. james5000

    james5000 2010's poster of the decade Full Member

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    Let's see how good GGG is on the inside against a brutal puncher like CEJ.

    CEJ is the best inside fighter in the game atm
     
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  11. Angler Andrew

    Angler Andrew Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Maybe,he's also the best at cancelling fights as well,his career is in danger of going off the rails.
     
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  12. Blackclouds

    Blackclouds Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    There's a template for fighting big, thanks to Emanuel Stewart but not really the other way around. Though I do enjoy folks bitching about it.
     
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  13. renyo

    renyo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Well, i think a big part of that problem is the amount of holding going on today. Clinching has always taken place,but excessive amounts were penalized. I've watched many a fights where a guy who likes to get inside gets caught in a wrestling hold 20 times a round trying to get inside. If a smaller man is able to get inside than you have to fight him off or keep him at bay with range shots, but not anymore. Just grab him and hold until the ref breaks it up and start back at a distance.
     
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  14. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Agree 100%, bad referees have all but killed fighting on the inside, boxing in a phonebooth style fights. Negators are rewarded for fouling and stalling.
     
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  15. renyo

    renyo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    When holding became cool,infighting became obsolete. It use to be acceptable but frowned upon,now it's a "tactic".. gtfoh is hitting your opponents in the nuts a tactic now too?
     
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