Who is your favorite crossguard user to watch?

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by Rollin, Sep 19, 2023.


Favorite cross-armed guard user?

  1. Archie Moore

    15 vote(s)
    34.1%

  2. Ken Norton

    4 vote(s)
    9.1%

  3. Tim Witherspoon

    6 vote(s)
    13.6%

  4. George Foreman

    7 vote(s)
    15.9%

  5. Bert Cooper

    2 vote(s)
    4.5%

  6. Gene Fullmer

    1 vote(s)
    2.3%

  7. Joe Frazier

    7 vote(s)
    15.9%

  8. Other

    2 vote(s)
    4.5%
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  1. Terror

    Terror free smoke Full Member

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    Witherspoon, Cooper, Frazier.

    Witherspoon was the best at it, Cooper was the most fun to watch and Frazier the greatest to me.
     
    Terror, Feb 11, 2025
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  2. Rollin

    Rollin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Rewatching Ibeabuchi-Byrd for the 5th time or so. Shout out to all the users (1?) calling him here. Not a very nuanced crossguard, but Ike is a fantastic watch to anyone drilling the punch selection of the slightly lowered hand position that a crossguarding fighter will often find himself in. Accustom yourself to two-fisted combinations or go home.

    That hookercut dropping Byrd was a painful joy to watch. Ike looked for it a few times and found Chris swaying at the right moment.
     
    Rollin, Jul 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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  3. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Norton is the best cross guard user I've ever seen. Witherspoon was more fluid so he's probably my favorite to watch
     
    MarkusFlorez99, Jul 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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  4. FThabxinfan

    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Moore,Fullmer and Foreman.

    In order because their cross guard blends seamlessly into their infighting.
     
    FThabxinfan, Jul 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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  5. Dorrian_Grey

    Dorrian_Grey It came to me in a dream Full Member

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    Miguel Cotto or Robson Conceiçāo. Don’t much like watching the big men. Loads of Freddie Roach-trained fighters use the cross-guard btw: Cotto, Christopher Diaz, and Toney, among others who slip my memory.
     
    Dorrian_Grey, Jul 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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  6. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Barrios is a bandit robber - Psalm 144:1 Full Member

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    Foreman didn’t know how to fight inside at all…
     
    Journeyman92, Jul 28, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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  7. FThabxinfan

    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    When he manipulated his opponents arm inside the clinch distance,I think that was some form of infighting.
     
    FThabxinfan, Jul 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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