Jimmy Young's Defensive style

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  1. hookfromhell

    hookfromhell Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I didn't know that, I did read about dehydration
    at the urging of some shady **** by georges trainer.
     
  2. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    You mean he nearly died??????
     
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  4. The Kurgan

    The Kurgan Boxing Junkie banned

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    I think that had a little to do with the fact that he spent most of the night missing and getting pop-shotted by Young.

    Also, are you seriously saying that Foreman almost died?
     
  5. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    He was unfocused after losing to Ali, it was too hot in San Juan (of course young had an a/c in the ring)..Don't you know Young didn't really win that fight.
     
  6. mcvey

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    Jimmy Young's defensive style.
    Against a fat, complacent,disinterested aging , Ali ,Young resorted to putting his body through the ropes , and out of the ring, to escape retribution.
    When a Bull does that in the Plaza De Toros he is considered to have no appetite for the fray ,and to be looking for a way out.
     
  7. mcvey

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    **** me, how long was Foreman on the deck ? He was up and throwing leather in seconds.
    Jesus Christ ! How much mileage are JYs lovers going to squeeze out of that fight?
     
  8. hookfromhell

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  10. hookfromhell

    hookfromhell Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Wow,ok like I said the only full fight ive seen
    is young vs cooney. Im still gonna
    check out Foreman Young and when I can.
    As well as Lyle Young, which one poster
    called a masterclass. So McVey do you
    consider Young an elite defense stylist,
    one of the best in heavyweight history?
     
  11. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I wouldn't call Young's fights a masterclass in the traditional sense. His style was not overly impressive to the viewer. There was just a cleverness to it, which has to be respected, even if begrudgingly.
     
  12. MRBILL

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    Young was a defensive wizard and a good boxer, but he was better suited to be a 200 pounder / Cruiserweight despite the division being non-existant during his prime years as a ringer...... Young was in good shape between 208 to 212 pound, but was a slob up higher at 220.....

    MR.BILL:bbb:deal
     
  13. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Moorer would have brutalized him .
     
  14. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    :rofl
     
  15. tommygun711

    tommygun711 The Future Full Member

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    lol what the ****. Chisora wouldn't run through him. Young would outbox him easy.