Interesting successful strategies ...

Sadly, only dirty tricks, real or alleged, come to mind. Coetzee and Schutte kicking each other; Duran thumbing Moore (supposedly) etc.

 

Golovkin has a few unusual punches, like the "skull compactor" shot he did on Rubio and his lovely liver punch.

 

Nice thread but I just can't think of anything offhand.
After getting repeatedly butted by Jackie Beard in their first fight, Brian Mitchell turned his head completely away in the clinches in the rematch, to prevent more butting. Not a fight strategy as such but it worked and the horrid cuts he suffered in the first fight did not open up in the rematch.

 

I guess Leonard's clowning (emasculation?) of Duran in their second fight obviously got very different results!

 

Cool point about spinks and ali :good

I am surprised that more boxers don't pretend to be hurt :think

You know it order to get the other guy to go a little crazy thinking he can knock you out thereby draining his energy :bbb

Maybe it would backfire, I saw Qawi do it to Holyfield late in their first fight if memory serves :silly However, he did it almost from desperation on the spot it seemed.

The obvious drawback would be fooling the judges/ref into believing you were hurt and scoring it or stopping the fight

 

what do you mean you cant think of any, that's a great one! lmao

it was showmanship or whatever you want to call it, Leonard was essentially showing with his ACTIONs in the ring he had figured Duran out, as long as he didn't get loose control and start slugging with Duran he was going to WIN, then he kept on showing how his SPEED was such a factor Duran couldn't land solid on him and it in truth did get inside Duran's head and that wasn't easy as Duran was a tough dude :good

 

Knowing that Primo Carnera used to lean all his 260 lbs. on fighters in clinches, Tommy Loughran loaded his hair with the most foul-smelling hair tonic in existence. They said there were photos of Carnera turning his head away in clinches in disgust. Too bad it didn't work to get the decision, but a good plan nonetheless.

 

Junior Witter against Corley was odd, the way he held his arm in that angle.

 

Steve Collins against Chris Eubank II, perhaps the least skilled looking world title fight winning performance I can think of. Rushing in at angles, wildly, face first, ragged arm punching etc.

 

Gives me an idea. Wlad's opponents should put pepper spray in their hair.

 

Mayweather's "sucker punch" move that he tagged Mosley and took out Ortiz with.

 

Ortiz's response still has me baffled. He shrugged his shoulders almost like saying "what are you going to do?" He accepted it so easy and quickly within minutes with all the grace of I'm just happy to be here. Not even the slighest hint of being upset or caring.

 

I would say Nate Campbell vs Juan Diaz. Not the fact that Campbell outbrawled Diaz when he does his trademark flurries but his inside clinch work.

Right as they clinched Nate would get one hand free and shoot these weird arm-wrist uppercuts , very very short but Diaz hated them and seemed like he couldn't block them. They helped a lot in puffing his left eye as the fight went on. Nothing dirty about Nate here, just a savy veteran move I think Diaz thought the referee would break them straight away and instead got outmuscled.

 

If we were talking MMA I would bring up Vovchanchyn who lost by a chin in the eye KO ... but we're not so maybe mentioning Tyson trying to break Botha's arm in the clinch would be better?