Mayweathers Defensive Skills (vid)

Corley hurt him worse than Judah.

 

And Castillo hurt him more than Corley in turn.

In their first fight Castillo lands a hard body shot and though Mayweather trips over Castillo somewhat, he goes down and I think that's where his rib broke. I think some refs would have called that a KD.

In any case, being a good defensive fighter is not determined by how many times you go down. If that were the case Oliver McCall would be a better defensive fighter than Sweet Pea.

 

You need a good left jab and be patient thru the ducking and he'll get caught. Benitez was the greatest defensive fighter ive seen, especially against the ropes. This man avoids punches while staring right at you.

 

Have you seen anything of Nicolino Locche? He was brilliant off the ropes and in the pocket. Probably the best close-range defensive fighter I've ever seen. Slipping, rolling, blocking, parrying, catching, turning the opponent, clinching at the right times, you name it. He had every trick in the book in close quarters.

 

Always great to see a defensive highlight. Good lookin, E. Only thing that sucks is the networks don't tend to give us slo-mo replays of brilliant defensive moves so we don't have those nice clips to cut into our highlights.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPjl1PUngPI


iN THE SPIRIT OF DEFENSE :good

 

I like him but he had to an extent the same mechanics of a Pea and Floyd where he does alot of sidestepping,rolling and bobbing low. Benitez will make you miss a 20 punch barrage with his head moving a total of 2 inches with each punch.

 

there was a highlight of him where he was cornered against the ropes and his opponent unloaded a whole minute barrage and he stood there barely moving his head and maybe one connected. The man could have been top 10 atg but he never trained.. Theres a story that he trained 3 days for Duran lol

 

Yeah, for head movement Benitez probably had them all beat. Hilario Zapata is another one to check out for otherwordly upper-body defensive maneuvering and flexibility.

 

Hes incredible when it comes to defense but he needs some guttS!!!!!!!!

 

Happy Lora was very similar to Benitez defensively and in his general style, though he liked to clown a lot more.

Here's a highlight:

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And another of Zapata:

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wow...that D is on point

 

Ill check him out, from what Ive seen so far this guy was not only slippery but hes in there going toe to toe

 

He was often forced to against the kind of opponents he faced. To see him more in his comfort zone I'd watch his performance against your Filipino countryman Dodie Boy Penalosa on Youtube. Penalosa is game throughout, but he simply can't lay his gloves on Zapata, who delivers a pure boxing masterclass and shows off some upper-body intuitiveness that will leave you scratching your head in wonder.