Been doing research on the high guard, and the fighters that come to mind are
Winky Wright
Ike Quartey
Eddie Chambers
Bam Rodriguez
Hitter Clottey
Subriel Matias
David Morrell jr
Frank Martin
and who else have I missed?
I will check out Román González, I haven’t watched too many of his fights
If you're not biased against the small guys, he's a great one to learn from. One of the best high volume pressure fighters out there. His first two fights with Estrada each they combined for over 2000 punches. Both were fight of the year candidates easily.
https://www.boxingscene.com/juan-francisco-estrada-chocolatito-gonzalez-rematch-compubox-punch-stats--156126
What's really impressive is that he's not just winging combos though. He's very high volume but still placing his shots in an educated way with good power. Fought Martinez, who was an undefeated champ at the time, and 8 years his junior, and absolutely demolished him. I was impressed with Martinez' chin at least, since Chocolatito landed over 50% of his power shots.
I was a wrestler all my life so my tendons and ligaments are kind of strong, and I have a pretty long reach ( my height is 184cm and my reach is 202cm ) so the high guard comes naturally for me
And I am not the most agile guy in the world and I don’t like getting hit, so it’s perfect for me
is that what you wrote on your grindr profile
The high guard takes away punching power imo
not a lot of punchers use the high guard. Shortens the swing on counters. Also opponents can see punches comjng
I was a wrestler all my life so my tendons and ligaments are kind of strong, and I have a pretty long reach ( my height is 184cm and my reach is 202cm ) so the high guard comes naturally for me
And I am not the most agile guy in the world and I don’t like getting hit, so it’s perfect for me
My favorite was Joshua Clottey. If only he kept up a good punch output every round. Because he was hard to hit, hurt and his punches were accurate. Ask Cotto
Clottey and Winky are the fighters I study the most I think
Winky Wright probably the best example. But modern fighters, you missed Canelo and Chocolatito. Surprised nobody has mentioned the latter.
I will check out Román González, I haven’t watched too many of his fights
The high guard takes away punching power imo
not a lot of punchers use the high guard. Shortens the swing on counters. Also opponents can see punches comjng
My favorite was Joshua Clottey. If only he kept up a good punch output every round. Because he was hard to hit, hurt and his punches were accurate. Ask Cotto
There is a very big difference between an ordinary high guard and an ACTIVE high guard.
The basic high guard boxer absorbs punches until the opponent has stopped punching and doesn't throw back.
An active high guard boxer will catch, parry, slip, find positions to counter and often will use upper body movement.
Canelo (now especially) is an example of the first style, Marlon Starling/Winky Wright where masters of the second.
Been doing research on the high guard, and the fighters that come to mind are
Winky Wright
Ike Quartey
Eddie Chambers
Bam Rodriguez
Hitter Clottey
Subriel Matias
David Morrell jr
Frank Martin
and who else have I missed?
The best fighters of the " Philly shell " or high guard fighters are fighters with short torso's and long arms. They cover up nicely. If the happen to have big arms, that is a bonus.
- Dr. Z.
Today canelo and Benavidez have exceptional high guards though canelo does mix his up a bit when playing defense.
BITD my favorite high guards were Bazooka Quartey and Ricardo Lopez
To me the style is very appealing and technical, and I have long arms and that’s the way I use to spar
David Benavidez uses it very well and counters from it well also. Suits him perfectly.
Just about every German fighter or fighter that fought out of Germany.
Martin Murray, Felix Sturm, Robert Stieglitz, Arthur Abraham, Dominic Boesel etc
Forgot about Felix Sturm, that high guard completely shut down Oscar de la Hoya