In-fighting - why is it so hard for people to appreciate?

. The marquez/katsidis fight was in-fighting to perfection. No clinching, no wrestling, no butts. Perfectly placed punches through or around the guard.

Ward/Bika was just sloppy wrestling, grabbing, sloppy footwork as they were falling all over the place, with very little clean effective punching.

 

in fighting is hard for the judges to score becuase they usually cant see whats going on, but its an art just as fighting on the outside is, personally i dont like infighting becuase im tall and got long arms and without throwing some bows its hard to do

 

I love infighting! I think it's more of a cultural thing. In antiquity fighters just fought, but once some of them got smart and started evading shots, outside fighting become popular for people who were more agile, quicker, and longer. It seems many American fighters fit this profile so that's the skill that's emphasized and praised.

Infighting has a bad connotation for being inferior, one dimensional, etc. I think it's because its more for shorter, slower, more powerful fighters. It's hard to learn well, and not that many coaches emphasize it. The ideal inside fighter should also have good defense getting to the inside and good defense while inside. Most "inside" fighters today just pressure and get hit.

 

because they raised the prices.

 

In-fighting seemed to disapear the same time telephone booths did.

 

I agree, plus Marquez vs. Vasquez I, II and III!

 

The body of this post reveals the answer. People can't appreciate what they don't understand. You seem to.

 

Diego Corrales was an infighter. Ward is a Ruiz style lunge, hit and holder. It's not the same. Ward sucks.

 

Ward has a style you either love or hate. Personally I love watching him fight. He does have a very old school style in his past 2 fights and it takes a certain type of fan to enjoy it. I appreciate good infighting so he's fascinating to watch for me. Not only that but he's like B Hop in the way that he always plays the spoiler and doesn't have the best physical attributes but he still finds a way to win. His style is to neutralize your style. To me that is a smart way to go about things and interesting to watch.

 

He's NOTHING like Bhop and I'm getting tired of seeing that comparison. There are some similarities between his style and the way the OLD BHop would fight when he needed to extend fights and get a breather, but he's NOTHING like a young Nard. At all.