Worst game plans ever..........

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  1. gooners!!

    gooners!! Boxing Junkie banned

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    Worst game plans ever..........


    Foreman's vs Ali would probably have to qualify as THE worst, but are there other examples?
     
  2. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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  3. i heard 41 of Mayweathers opponents had bad game plans
     
  4. Delroc

    Delroc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Gatti trying to jab/Box with Mayweather lol

    "its cool, just a little more water baby."
     
  5. horst

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    Sharmba Mitchell vs Kostya Tszyu II

    Shane Mosley vs Floyd Mayweather Jr

    Two that come to mind right away.
     
  6. mgdb26

    mgdb26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Cotto's gameplan for Pac wasn't very good. He tried to trade way too much when he should have just boxed and used his jab.
     
  7. Ukansodoff

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    Thought Hattons plan of lunging in with chin up against Pacman didnt work as well as hed expected.
     
  8. bballchump11

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    yeah that's a good example, but I'm sure he thought it would work and the same with me, but that Pacquiao is one tough S.O.B. but Cotto could have made it a lot closer if he fought like he did in the 8th and 10th

    Also Sugar Ray vs Duran the first time
     
  9. TommyV

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    The actual gameplan formulated by Richardson for Mosley against Mayweather was actually very good. It just wasn't executed particularly well after round 2. Mainly because Floyd adapted. It's difficult to formulate a 12 round gameplan for Mayweather because he's so adaptable and once he's figured out your original gameplan, you're not gonna be able to stick to it with any success. Which is why you need to keep formulating ideas and switch to a plan B, plan C etc against him. Mosley just wasn't able to do that. He is what he is, an athletic brawler.
     
  10. Thread Stealer

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    I always felt that was a little overblown. Yes, Leonard should've moved more, but he was traditionally more of a flat-footed fighter anyway, and Duran was all over him, cutting off the ring on him. Ray made the right adjustments in the rematch.
     
  11. Ectoplasm

    Ectoplasm BOXING IS DEAD Full Member

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    Hatton's against Pacquiao wasn't very smart. Rushing in and trading with his hands down...is that what Floyd Snr. told him to do???
     
  12. Starched Him

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    it worked tho. lol

    Everybody that has ever went in thier to pressure mayweather

    Anybody that decided to brawl pac

    Abraham vs Froch

    Allan Green gameplan to keep fighting
     
  13. Rudyard

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    The corner of Dirrell for Dirrell vs Froch...They gave Dirrell a shitty gameplan that was not in anyway shape of form correct.
     
  14. Thread Stealer

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    What was really stupid about Foreman in Zaire was how he executed the plan of trying to hurt Ali on the ropes. He left himself wide open and was hit repeatedly with clean shots throughout the fight. Not when Ali tired, but with good shots in every damn round from the 2nd round on.

    He just kept doing the same **** over and over again.

    I mean, yeah, you have Ali on the ropes and you want to hurt him, but it might be a good idea to tweak your D a little bit when you're getting hit like that.
     
  15. horst

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    To me, it looked very like Shane believed he would be able to compete with Floyd in terms of handspeed, and thought he could stand in the middle of the ring with the younger, faster man - and failed dismally and made no attempt to change it up. Whereas if Shane had the energy to even try and do what Oscar (and Castillo) did and keep trying to take the fight to the ropes, he might've made it a bit closer. I thought his approach was pathetic, actually. JMHO.