Lost arts.

I expected the first few posts to say cutting the ring off. CUT THE FKIN RING OFF The amount of fighters who do this are numbered in single digits. Kovalev is one p4p example. He is a 'stalker' and puts some pressure on, but he doesn't cut ring properly. Who else apart from chocolatito and golovkin do this well?

Difficult to show off your inside fighting when referee's call a halt to the action once there is skin on skin contact. Look at Golovkin vs Jacobs rd 5, Jacobs naturally expecting a "Stap poonchin!" because he's initiated skin contact. Back in the day he'd have been sparked then and there. This is also why we don't have the same pressure fighters such as Duran, you can't go after a guy the same way, if he initiates that skin on skin all that chasing was for naught, gotta keep some space between you and the him.

Uppercut at close range:A lot of fighters back in the day used to let their uppercut go with their lead hand. Manny Steward fighters used to use this technique amazingly as did Buster Douglas when he KO'd Tyson. Fighting out of the Clinch: Monzon-Benvenuti 2, you can see Benvenuti was trying to clinch to stuff Monzon's attack but Monzon bladed his body so that he would rip right hands to Benvenuti's body. Doubling up on left hooks.

Uppercuts. Amazed fighters didn't use it more often on Floyd along the ropes. Body work on the elite level.

Bob & Weave Especially at the heavyweight division. That style kept the huge heavyweights out of the upper levels. That style is the Dinosaur killer.:boxing: Yeah definitely agree with that. Would love to see a decent stocky HW come along with a good bob n weave style. The punches would come at these tall guys from way outside their eyeline.

I expected the first few posts to say cutting the ring off. CUT THE FKIN RING OFF

There are aspects of ring generalship that are, if not lost, very marginalised today. Watch a fight like Ali vs Foreman and you will see both fighters gloves outstretched for long periods. Controlling each others hands, controlling their heads, dictating their movement. You still see a bit of it these days, but not ro the same extent or the same level. The bigger more constrictive gloves probably play a part in that. You used to be able to open up your hands and use them to grab and control your opponent

Specifically fighting out of the clinch. Despite what some people think, clinching has always been a part of boxing, difference was in the past aggressive fighters learned to deal with the tactic and had ways of landing good shots even when grappling Try clinching Gene Fullmer and see how far it gets you

catching shots ^That's a big one right there. Almost a foreign concept today. Knocking down the lead hand to nullify it while throwing a cross is another. Effective use of the uppercut seems to have faded. People go on about sports science and the knowledge we have today but, if I can generalize, conditioning just doesn't seem to be at the level it once once. Can you imagine seeing any HWs going at it in the 15th like Norton and Holmes? Not just HW either.

hard to operate inside when the other guy just grabs you

You def didn't watch the Roman rung fight.. inside fighting hasn't went anywhere you just can't use it on everyone, styles make fights.

Inside fighting is a great example. I also think the game lacks elite pressure fighters. Today's pressure fighters are more like boxer punchers that prefer to operate at a distance. Cutting the ring, head movement, rolling, slipping, catching shots, working your jab to get inside and getting busy. How much I miss Roberto Duran.

i agree, canelo does it really well from all the guys I see. It's almost impossible to find someone who will train you with that skill level. Robert Garcia's guys good at it too