The Art of War in boxing

[NChristo]

3. Temper: Duran taunting and clowning Sugar Ray Leonard before their first fight led Leonard to try and stand toe-to-toe with him, leading to a huge upset win for Duran.

Disagree, sure Duran got to him but Leonard fought as he usually did / his normal style in the 1st fight, you seen him fight a lot more like that then what he did in the 2nd fight.

[BigStereotype]

Disagree, sure Duran got to him but Leonard fought as he usually did / his normal style in the 1st fight, you seen him fight a lot more like that then what he did in the 2nd fight.

Maybe so, but I think that a less angry Leonard would have had the sense to adjust when it became evident that Duran was on such a furious warpath and just wasn't going to be outmanned that night.

[NChristo]

Maybe so, but I think that a less angry Leonard would have had the sense to adjust when it became evident that Duran was on such a furious warpath and just wasn't going to be outmanned that night.

Duran forced him to keep fighting like that, Duran cut him off masterfully (even if it wasn't the prettiest of things at times) he was not giving Leonard the chance to adjust at all, it's not about him having the sense too it's about him having the chance too / being able too, with the ring IQ and composure of Leonard you don't think he tried too ?. Duran made him fight his fight.

The 2nd fight is a much much better example of temper, Leonard got to Duran with his taunting and Duran's game plan went out the window, in fact the 2nd fight could be used as an example for 1, 2, 3 and maybe 4 depending on how you look at it.

[BigStereotype]

Duran forced him to keep fighting like that, Duran cut him off masterfully (even if it wasn't the prettiest of things at times) he was not giving Leonard the chance to adjust at all, it's not about him having the sense too it's about him having the chance too / being able too, with the ring IQ and composure of Leonard you don't think he tried too ?. Duran made him fight his fight.

The 2nd fight is a much much better example of temper, Leonard got to Duran with his taunting and Duran's game plan went out the window, in fact the 2nd fight could be used as an example for 1, 2, 3 and maybe 4 depending on how you look at it.

I was actually going to use it for any one of those but I decided that one Leonard-Duran example was enough. I felt like this was a pretty famous example. But my point is that I didn't really see him try to adjust. Duran's taunting affected his composure and ring IQ. I haven't seen the fight in a couple of months, so I'll rewatch it and see if I'm wrong. I very well could be.

[GrandpaBernard]

He certainly does. Just skimming my copy now, I found several direct analogs for the mind games played by the Alis and Mayweathers of the world.

ooo, man

Let us know when you get there.

[BigStereotype]

ooo, man

Let us know when you get there.

Haha that was it man. Here's a link to a hypertext version if you want to check it out. http://www.chinapage.com/sunzi-e.html