Originally posted by moneytheman
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1 is psychology, and 2 not all skills are pretty. You make the classic mistake of associating someone in a trained repetitive stance as being more skillful, but in truth boxing is much more layered than that. I know this because you share similar opinions I carried myself back in 2009. You don’t know enough about boxing to comprehend it nor have you ever boxed. Not taking a stab at anyone who hasn’t and nor do I think I’m better than anyone else - it’s just the only way of explaining it.
I was talking to a pretty prominent coach the other day and he said the reason nobody fights in this old styles is because they are too scared to get hit and those moves require you to get hit in sparring to perfect them. Old fighters were very comfortable under fire they didn’t turtle or freak out and weren’t worried about a touch points system. If it doesnt hurt, it doesn’t matter.
where today headmovement is strictly categorized as a defensive move back in the day it was always used to clever baiting. Fighters inexperienced would always throw at the head when they thought they saw a target. A good pro put his head there on purpose to get him to throw, make him miss and lose balance so he could counter him with an effective placed shot. This was common practice. Then the practice of body first, then the head after comes into play. You don’t see the kind of body work anymore either. You start working the body early.
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