Here's a great video on the great Charley Burley, enjoy

old and great video. does a great job at informing people of some of the principles for textbook boxing

I have a feeling people would be calling him boring if he was around today

 

master piece.....for everyone not hip please watch

 

I saw this a while back. It's obvious that the Old Timers were limited in what they can do. Modern day greats are so far superior to the Old Timers. After all, what is better: computer from the 1940's or the 2000's?
Nuff said.

 

my favorite part of the video is when he explains having minimal and economical footwork can actually be advanced. Many fans think you need flashy, big movements to have good footwork.

"Many boxers use far too much movement, creating too much space and thus giving away control.

Burley is incredibly elusive without running around the ring. His movement is purely functional."

Burley even plays on the ropes and protects himself by rolling his shoulder near the beginning of the video.

best boxing video on youtube for anyone who's into the science of boxing

 

Can't watch from my job.

 

tell em it's for educational purposes

 

Absolutely amazing video of a ATG, I always love finding new Charley Burley footage! There is so little of it out there.

 

I'm sorry. I had to do it.

Big Classic Guy but I always see these arguments.


Yeah, Burley was great. A lot of the Fighters back then were great. Technically sound and knew the little "tricks' that most modern fighters don't.

TheGreatA has a lot of old time videos I enjoy.

What do you think of George Benton?

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Great Trainer too

 

yea you posted this back in 2010 or so- and that was also my favorite part as well as the threat of hand positioning with respect to the opponents field of vision

 

Couldn't see the Burley one :twisted:

 

So we see a lot of strong fundamentals in the best old-timers, and in the very best technicians today, like I guess Hopkins. Has athletics become more focused upon than fine technicals because today's athleticism is that much greater than before, or because there has actually been that much deterioration in the corpus of boxing knowledge available to trainers? That is to say, by choice or by a true decay in the art?