Swarmers Who Could Fight Backing Up?

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  • GrandpaBernard
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    Swarmers Who Could Fight Backing Up?

    did they exist?
  • IronDanHamza
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    **** Tiger wasn't necessarily a "swarmer" but he could swarm and he could also fight off the back foot.

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    • Humean
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      **** Tiger is a good shout, he tried to box against Griffith to a large extent. Didn't work too well though. Pryor could back up and box for relatively brief periods. Not sure if he was being properly backed up though. A typical swarmer when being bettered on the inside tend to just keep pushing until they either succeed or fall to the canvas.

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        Originally posted by Humean
        **** Tiger is a good shout, he tried to box against Griffith to a large extent. Didn't work too well though. Pryor could back up and box for relatively brief periods. Not sure if he was being properly backed up though. A typical swarmer when being bettered on the inside tend to just keep pushing until they either succeed or fall to the canvas.
        I thought he did well in the first fight. I felt he edged it. Then again, he boxed and took the fight too him in spots. But I thought he boxed well when he did.

        Of course he didn't have it all his way, no one would when trying to box Griffith

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          #5
          Originally posted by IronDanHamza
          I thought he did well in the first fight. I felt he edged it. Then again, he boxed and took the fight too him in spots. But I thought he boxed well when he did.

          Of course he didn't have it all his way, no one would when trying to box Griffith
          I haven't seen the second Tiger Griffith fight but you are right that in the first fight he did fight well from the outside but why didn't he swarm Griffith? I felt Griffith deserved the decision although it was close. Having said that the copy of the fight that I scored from was missing 2 rounds and I had Griffith by 2 rounds! Tiger was at his best when he was very aggressive, pouncing then swarming.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Humean
            I haven't seen the second Tiger Griffith fight but you are right that in the first fight he did fight well from the outside but why didn't he swarm Griffith? I felt Griffith deserved the decision although it was close. Having said that the copy of the fight that I scored from was missing 2 rounds and I had Griffith by 2 rounds! Tiger was at his best when he was very aggressive, pouncing then swarming.
            Very close, for sure. Couldn't argue with the decision.

            Lost the second one comfortably but he was slipping quite swiftly at that point.

            Definitely at his most comfortable coming forward. He just was adaptable.

            He did similar things accross the Giardello fights. Boxed a little when you'd think he'd take it too him. I guess he was also confident in his boxing ability to attempt and do well against these elite counter punchers. I'd say he was a little reluctant to make mistakes considered they could so swiftly make him pay.

            The contrast In comparison to the final Fullmer fight for example, is quite staggering.

            He was just a versatile fighter I suppose.

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            • mickey malone
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              #7
              Originally posted by GrandpaBernard
              did they exist?
              Armstrong, Saddler, Zivic, Beau Jack..

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