The Gods of War

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  1. teeto

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    This is amazing.
     
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    Reading these articles brings a smile to my face because it's so good. The description of the southpaw is beyond superlatives.
     
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    Just read the Duran one. IWhat can i say, Duran is my favourite fighter of allt ime, and that was fantastic.
     
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  4. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    yep
     
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  5. Stonehands89

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    I'm very glad to think that you caught the point of that as well as the humor. I was laughing when I wrote that part. When I first started mixing it up in the ring, I despised southpaws because they were able to land too damn much on my grill; but I did my best to avoid letting that old grudge in the writing. One of my best friends trains a young southpaw and I felt the need to tell them both that it was tongue-in-cheek and that no one wants to dunk them in the sea.
     
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  6. teeto

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    Hahaha it was hilarious, but of course taken figuratively. I used to spar this southpaw, he was younger than me but he was standard, a pain in the arse, totally. Iused to go southpaw myself when i had a go in the ring. I was **** at crossing my right over straight, so i'd go southpaw instead and just felt more comfortable. I'd get told off like.
    And :rofl at having to tell your mate and his fighter you didn't mean it maliciously:rofl
     
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  7. Stonehands89

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    "Don't nobody need to feel sorry for old Sam...."
    ~ Sam Langford, 1944.

    I have a working list of article to come after this series runs to its conclusion. That will happen after "The God of War" is unveiled in a matter of a few now.

    Here's the thing. There are articles about Langford out there. If I do one, it will have to be a new angle or based on either new information or forgotten information. I don't want to be redundant, you know? That's why you'll never see an article that is all about Ali. It's just a played out topic. However, Ali does very well in the background of articles about lesser knowns. I don't know if you caught my 3-part series called "The Liston Chronicles" but Ali is in that, all over the joint, and it works because I managed to find long-forgotten quotes and surprises -like Ali's quiet, curious presence at Liston's last fight.
     
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  8. Stonehands89

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    if you are still sparring, be sure to take note of the "Fitzsimmons shift". It's in the Duran article and I made it a point to discuss its mechanics. I can vouch for how unbelievably well that move works.

    It is viciously effective.
     
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  9. teeto

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    Nar i finished a few years ago, but i just want to say that i never really took too much notice of Duran doing that, then as soon as i read your Duran piece about how he and Fitz did it i was like 'oh yeah, Duran did that against Leonard'. It's a mental motion pic that just stays in the mind. It looks like a mistake but clearly from reading that it's a way of still making good on a missed shot, it's class.

    Looking forward to number four Stonehands.
     
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  10. GPater11093

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    I am sure every right hander that has laced on gloves is plagued by Southpaw problems.

    However a freind of mine (one of them southpaws) tried to convince me it was harder for a southpaw to fight an orthodox rather than an orthodox to fight a southpaw. It is fair to say I disagreed.

    Beat you to it, Stoney. About 6 months ago me and Cross Trainer anaylsed Fitzsimmons style with the aim of making a sort of manuel to get the style of Fitzsimmons unlocked and available for anyone to understand.

    I tried to practise some of Fitzsimmons moves this being one of them, and of all the moves I practised, this is the only Fitz technique I use in the ring when I am sparring and boxing.

    Despite slow progress the Fitzsimmons project is on going I just havent had alot of time to do anything
     
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  11. teeto

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    They say the worst nightmares occur for boxers when two southpaws fight each other, well some say so.
     
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  12. GPater11093

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    At least they half see how hard it is for us Ortho's

    Just reading another Stonehands article 'ROBERTO DURAN - The Fourth Crown'

    Which was really good and provided us with this smasher of a line

    'Duran would be reduced to fighting for coins again, often badly conditioned enough to look as if his name were Rotundo Duran.'
     
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  13. Stonehands89

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    Question: Who is Duran sans Freddie Brown and Ray Arcel?

    Answer: A Lightweight Rocky Graziano... in fact, one of his earlier nicknames was "Rocky" after Graziano due to the big right.

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    "Duran is Duran", they used to say. Duran wouldv'e been something far less had Brown and Arcel not been there. Far less. Anyone who tells you that trainers don't matter should be dope-slapped on the spot. They are critical. And Duran had two masters with him. God bless them... and God bless Duran for being a good student.
     
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  14. Caponecartels

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    Whenever anyone asks me about Duran,
    I'll refer them to your articles Stonehands.
    You've described him in a way better than I ever could.

    Roberto Duran, El mejor boxeador de Centroamérica. :hey:yep:rasta
     
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  15. GPater11093

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