If you could have one fighter fight for your life?

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(01-12-2017 07:50 PM)Dickagon Wrote:  Marg had no technique and he won a title in this era. Maidana sucks and look at what he did to Floyd.

And Fitz, could you have picked a worse example than Greb? This guy was known as the antithesis of a stylist.

BTW, watch Usyk shadowbox, a weapon in the ring, looks like trash shadowboxing. Lomachenko looks pretty average shadowboxing too. These guys aren't stylists, they are super practical.

As for Joe Louis. Only people that would tell you he keeps his hands too low are idiots. Watch Rigondeaux, his lead hand is also low. But only when he is at distance, and he hops (Louis shuffles) to get out of range when the opponent attacks. Keeping the hand low helps to judge distance and baits your opponent in. As soon as they get into the killzone, the hand comes up, or you can roll with the shots. But often you can hop (shuffle) out of range and it provides you counter opportunities. Ollie's mate Parker does the same thing.

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(01-12-2017 10:20 AM)ViperSniper Wrote:  I like this! Look at Kovalev, he is one of, if not the best fighter at the moment, yet there are other fighters more skilled and talented. Kovalev may not be flashy but has an understanding of the game.

The Eastern Europeans generally are really changing the game. Tszyu started the movement of the style into the professional ranks a long time ago, but it has taken a wave of them to really showcase it. It is almost unnatural, so you have to have it drilled into you since you are young, which is what happens to them over there in their boxing academies. They are effectively counter-punching pressure-fighters. It is paradoxical.

As for Kovalev, he does something very unique, so nobody can deal with him. He is a pressure fighter, that keeps you at the end of his punches. Nearly all pressure fighters do so by getting inside. Kovalev's other huge advantage, is his power. It makes it very hard for guys to slip inside on him while he is pressuring. I thought Ward was going to do it fairly easily, but even he struggled to do it and most of the times when he did, Kovalev tied him up well (Ward only got a bit of decent body work done inside). IMO, Kovalev will come apart if he faces a bull that can take his punch and makes him go backwards (that could be Beterbiev, but it may not be).