The Pussification of Boxing

[AntonTheMeh]

everytime you post something it has to do with ****sexuality,or a gay slur,in your avatar you have a man in a black bikini posing,seriously,are you having a meltdown,because you discovered something about yourself,you don't wanna face?it's ok to be gay,just admit it and stop acting like your word is the final word in boxing.
jab jab straight left hand countered!

[phallus]

LOL you cant really say that because there was a lack of effective aggression or clean punching from Floyd in his last two fights, yet the judges gave him all the rounds.

floid's last fight was against a drag queen, i think the judges were ****phobes or something

[Easy-E]

LOL you cant really say that because there was a lack of effective aggression or clean punching from Floyd in his last two fights, yet the judges gave him all the rounds.

Uhh Floyd lands some of the cleanest punches in the game right now and against DLH he landed 50% of his shots.
Are you serious right now?

[MaFu MoFo]

I can tell you got a small ****.

Of course not. You're the guy who dont want to press much because you're afraid to look like Arnold. As if you could. Try to bench 250-300 and be a man.

Or they got a big ****. I pick the third.

LOL really? So that's why I feel like talking to a ****smoker whenever she's around! Haha.

JOEPAL and SARTORI are two sick puppies. Sartori has tons of infatuation and a conpulsive obssesion with Cotto and Joepal has the same with big macho men. What is wrong with these 2??? Just stick to boxing.

[SkillspayBills]

Offense wins fans, defense wins championships. You are overexaggerating, just because a fighter is defensive dosen't mean he can turn up the offence. Smarts win fights, not mindlessly punching each other in the face until someone falls.

[Tysonisgod]

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!

great post

[BmoreBrawler]

like Floyd Sr. said, by the point system so eloquently described above, Floyd is a 2 loss fighter.