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You may keep defending the most ****sexual hobby on the planet, all the while prancing around like a magical unicorn and calling people "feggits" if you want, but it makes you look like a hypocritical dullard.
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The concept is not new , Wille Pep won a round by not throwing a punch , boxing is a skill sport as much as it is a fight hence its called the sweet science .
Boxing is scored on 4 criterias and certain judges favor some criterias above others which is why we have controversial decisions , its fine to like a style or type of fighter over another but it should not handicap a fighter because his style is not liked over another , this is a sport that can be complex , there a many ways to win a fight within the rules of boxing thats why we have judges that are working within a standard set of guidelines but they are obviously swayed by personal likes and dislikes .
a) Effective Aggression
The key to the first category is the word "effective." One may be going forward, trying to get at ones opponent, forcing them back, but not throwing punches, or missing badly. In order to be "effective" one must have success landing consistently while moving forward. It should be noted that the opponent, who is "out-boxing" or keeping the fight at a distance, can be the "effective aggressor" by initiating the punching exchanges.
b) Defense
A badly over-looked aspect of boxing, especially in scoring a fight. Defense is a part of combat. In boxing it is the ability to hit the opponent without being hit in return. Defense may include ducking, dodging, bobbing and weaving, parrying, blocking, slipping, and sidestepping, as well as effectively utilizing the clinch.
c) Ring Generalship
The person who dictates the tempo of the fight and controls the action in the ring is the ring general. The boxer who makes the other man fight his fight. If fighter A keeps the fight in ring center, and nullifies the "aggression" of fighter B he is the better ring general." Or if fighter B effectively cuts off the ring and forces fighter A to the ropes where he can go to work he then is the better ring general.
d) Clean and Hard Punching
This should be obvious, but it's not. Since many fans and sportswriters ignore the two previous categories they often fail to understand what is actually taking place in the ring. A "clean" blow is one that lands flush without being blocked by his opponent. But how many times has one heard an announcer "Oh what a left hook by so and so!" The problem is the punch landed on his opponent's glove and only made a loud noise and didn't score at all. Some blows are "partially blocked"; meaning it did not land with its full force. Such blows are not "clean" punches. Also it is not the amount of punches that are thrown the matters, but the amount of blows that land. Hard punching is important as the amount of damage a blow causes counts in the scoring. In the amateurs a knockdown is only as good as a jab, but in the pro's its worth much more. One hard right that staggers the opponent though is not worth ten hard jabs that snap back the opponent's head. Damaging blows and their value are difficult to assess and that is why boxing is subjective. However it should be noted that landing 3 or 4 punches that hurt an opponent in the last seconds of a round are not enough to make up for losing the first two and a half minutes of the round where he was out-boxed. After all the name of the game is boxing not slugging!Comment
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Just throw in 2 mexicans and you will have a fight. they got so much pride if you hit them they will just want to hit your ass back! lol.Comment
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you single handedly kilt this thread thats why nobodies responding after your horrific post..
Joepal its been said before the defensive style of boxing has been around long before Mayweather and Guzman. Willie Pep and Pernell Whitaker were Masters of the art of defense decades ago. Now what you can do is stop being a ***** and bitching about them, because its not helping your argument that boxing is becoming pussified if you're going to be a little ***** and ***** about it.Comment
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lolz bodybuilders run too homie, my pops was a bodybuilder back when Arnold Schwarzenegger 1st came to America from Austria, he used to be down with the I.F.B.B, my pops was with the A.B.A, he competed in many competitions and today at 63 he is BROLIC, I like bodybuilding though so thats something we can see pretty much eye to eye on, I think bodybuilders of the past were better than those of modern day.. my pops was cool with Lou Ferrigno, that dude who did the Incredible Hulk show on the Sci Fi channel back when he had a speech impediment and couldn't talk right, he had this bad ass image but in truth he was really shy and always wanted to impress his pops, my pops told me mad stories about times he had with guys like Franco Colombo, Serge Nubret, Mike Katz and many other non publicized names of that era.. I go in depth with this because we clash on the Boxing tip, well at least on Floyd but I could see you like a sport I am very familiar with.. bodybuilders DO run though just to stay flexible and not stiffen up, plus it's good for the legs, the best actually but for muscle they Squat and press, Leg raises are good and also Bike riding.. 100Comment
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