Technical flaws you've noticed in fighters...

Yep.

One of my favourite fights of all time was watching him grind a juiced up Vargas to a halt. I loved all the build up and bad blood between them. So happy when that little ***** got stopped

 

De la hoya was incredibley square on which left him wide open to punches down the middle. However, he was brilliant at blocking hooks, anyone who wants to learn how to block hooks should watch de la hoya. If he'd stood less square on with his left shoulder pointing forwards then I don't think he would have been as succesful at stopping these wide shots, so I guess it was one or the other. Also, his square on stance let him get full speed and leverage into his lightning combinations which usually involved him mixing straights and hooks from head to body. Again - this would have probably been harder to do from a less square on stance.

 

You shouldn't really wish it on anyone, but yeah totally agree.

I even wanted Mayorga to smash him, which speaks volumes

DLH ought to look at himself in the mirror and think ''What could have been?'' - he gave away the Trinidad fight (even though I had him still winning), he was leading in both Mosley fights, and caught Floyd on an off night.

Hopkins was just too big, and the Pacquiao fight was just a shocker. He had to take his pants off to make 147 for Trinidad a decade earlier, so you have to question his health at 145 :-(

 

Not a British fighter and nobody cares, but I was watching Paulus Moses yesterday and noticed that as he shoots the jab, he pulls his right hand back and downwards slightly, meaning if you can be sure he's not throwing the right hand behind it, you could easily slip the jab inside, shifting your body weight on your left in the process and nail him flush with a full-power left-hook.

 

I think some of you lot on here should be trainers (sarcastic remark btw).

 

Eddie chambers plants his feet square and jacks his upper body back sharply as his defence. leaves him off balance and open to long straight shots from a taller fighter.

 

And you are.........?

 

Matthew Hatton.

 

we have two categories of fighters - terrible and good technique. talent seems to be the deciding factor.

on one side we have relatively good technique in guys like arthur, murray, limond etc hands up, jab jab jab etc on the other hand we have terrible technique in guys like hatton, witter, even haye on occassion but now he's changed his game alot.

talent is the deciding factor. the main issue with our domestic guys is they are very basic and standard. you don't see anything cute - no neat combos, no screw shots, no leaping left hooks, right hand leads etc

 

Nope I am just a fan of Ricky Hatton but way some people have a go at fighters on here, its like people just do to make themselves feel better.

 

It's more like analysis. Do you just want to discuss how great everything is? That would be dull.

How would fights play out if neither guy had ANY weaknesses. Would be cagey and boring, both fighters, having analysed tapes of each other extensively to no avail would both just stand, perplexed and static, like two even more cautious Junior Witters.

A fighters weaknesses are sometimes proof of their ability of a fighter, by overcoming them against an opponent who wassupposed to exploit them and beat them handily. Adaptating is the mark of a great fighter IMO.

 

Nice little stylistic analysis there.

Funeka vs Moses is probably doable, from what Ive seen of Moses (bits of te Kobori fight) I think Funeka would give him a real pasting.

 

Wladamir Klitschko leaves himself wide open to the counter when he throws a jab.

 

You can pick flaws in just about anyone, since there's no such thing as a guy with no bad habits when he fights.

Gamboa:

- moves his hands wide apart when he's combination punching, stands right in front of his guy when he's on the attack and doesn't use enough angles to keep out of trouble

Ward - leans in when advancing on his opponent and will eventually cop an uppercut from someone more rounded that his previous opponents, leaves himself exposed when he switches stance on the inside. Lucky for him that inside fighting appears to be a dying art.

And that's just recently, but generally these guys have strengths that more than compensate for their flaws.

 

Still can't understand why Kessler didn't use this more often. Was too bamboozled by the rest of what Ward was doing methinks.