Technical Pressure Fighters?

Jorodz · Dec 7, 2010

salsanchezfan said: ↑

Absolutely; I remember something Roy Jones said once in an interview, where he said Sanchez was the second best fighter ever (hugely overdone on his part, but that's what he said).......he said that it almost didn't matter what his opponent was doing, because they were always reacting to what Sanchez was doing.

That made me think; I mean, I'd seen it too, but that's a perfect encapsulation of it, better than I could have said. He wasn't leading, but he was forcing the opponent to do something because he was always RIGHT THERE and constantly moving something. You had to act.
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bang on and that's a different kind of pressure, a mental pressure that forces you to constantly shift you focus from thought to thought, move to move without lingering. it's exhausting WATCHING sal force a fight with such brilliant subtlety, can't imagine being IN such a fight

bodhi · Dec 8, 2010

salsanchezfan said: ↑

Not in the least, at least in certain cases. Watch Napoles fight or Sal Sanchez. They usually let the other guy throw the first punch, but they are always making him do something. They're always making their opponent act, whether it be with subtle forward movement, feints, or both, but they put an enormous amount of pressure on their opponent and caused action. They may not be the first to release their fists, but that's only one aspect of pressure.
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Tony Canzoneri was also a master of this.

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