What is "athleticism"?

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  1. kmac

    kmac On permanent vacation Full Member

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    yes, ok then in that case it wasn't athletic at all. :roll:
     
  2. RJJFan

    RJJFan Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Good one Doyle.

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  3. doylexxx

    doylexxx Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    he slipped a punch with his hands behind his back which is essentially like hsi hands down albeit a bit out of position so took a buit more handspeed, its not like he was on the olympic rings


    That said Jones was very athletic overall for a boxer, not quite Prince Naseem however Jones was a far bigger man
     
  4. doylexxx

    doylexxx Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What a classic, like Ali said

    "I have a radar inside me that knows how to judge punches"

    :good
     
  5. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    It's called footwork :D
     
  6. RJJFan

    RJJFan Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Its upper body movement + footwork.
     
  7. How come some of the most hardest punchers were not athletic?
     
  8. Vidic

    Vidic Rest in Peace Manny Full Member

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    Power is a function of size, speed, an technique

    You can have excellent technique and lack any great athleticism, or you could posess a size advantage, or sheer brute force
     
  9. PowerBack

    PowerBack Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Speed
    Movement
    Explosiveness

    Accuracy is usually also a thing that athletic boxer's have
     
  10. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    so :patsch
     
  11. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    I guess you can boil it down to an ability to move quickly and fluidly, with the feet, hands, and upper body.
     
  12. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    A boxer in possession of natural abilities that cannot be taught or trained, extreme speed, extreme power, great refelexes **** like that.
     
  13. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    its used to describe guys that have never won a title but still get hyped as if they are some kind of factor.
     
  14. doylexxx

    doylexxx Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That's part of the radar dude
     
  15. box101

    box101 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    the way you transition offense to defense an defense to offense so subtile yet smooth that is athletisism pardon my fu@kn grammer but you no what i mean