Which of these fighters hold/held their hands the lowest?

louis54 · Dec 12, 2017

Slattery the lowest...Jeanette next mabe... Canzoneri, Ali, jbratton many others about the same

MrFoFody · Dec 12, 2017

Joe Calzaghe

jyeahfosho · Dec 13, 2017

Well as of right now i don't think Tyson fury can hold his hands low. He cant even tie his own shoelaces.

mcvey · Dec 13, 2017

mrkoolkevin said: ↑

It's not a "stigma"--it's merely recognition of the well-known fact that having low hands is a potentially serious defensive liability because it tends to hinder fighters in their efforts to avoid being punched in the face. Some guys get away with it (although it eventually catches up to people more often than not), but there is a reason why trainers have reached a consensus about the superiority of high guard hand positions.

In my view, it was probably far less of a liability way back when, when a boxer's opponents more often led with one power punch at a time before falling into clinches or inside fighting positions. It's a far greater potential liability when it comes to dealing with the constant jabbing and more regular combination punching that are more prevalent in modern boxing. So the fact that a fighter from the turn of the twentieth century was able to use it against the boxers of his day doesn't mean that he would likely be able to pull it off against modern opponents.
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Excellent point about the lower volume of punches the oldsters had to contend with.

mcvey · Dec 13, 2017

jyeahfosho said: ↑

Well as of right now i don't think Tyson fury can hold his hands low. He cant even tie his own shoelaces.
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I doubt he can see them!

mcvey · Dec 13, 2017

Bokaj said: ↑

Yeah, this is a very straight forward point that I've made several times, but it just doesn't get through.

If Tyson Fury was only 6 foot and fought that way against Wlad, Wlad would have turned his face into minced meat.

Same with Wlad and Vitaly. Their leaning back defence would be much less effective if they were, say, Byrd's size.

Boxing fundamentals are taught on the premise that you don't necessarily have physical advantages in size and/or speed over your opponents. If you don't have lightning quick feet and reflexes like Jones or can't keep your opponents at bay with long powerful straight punches like Wlad, it is very useful just to automatically have your hands in position to protect you.

It's an extremely simple proposition, really.
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You have to wonder why that blatantly obvious fact seems to have escaped some?

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