Dont Judge A book by its cover especially in boxing

[bobweaver]

Im not saying most tuff looking people aren't tuff, im saying a lot of people who look weak or nerdy aren't and they can really fight good is what im saying. Im saying dont sleep on anyone

[sparked_85]

Im not saying most tuff looking people aren't tuff, im saying a lot of people who look weak or nerdy aren't and they can really fight good is what im saying. Im saying dont sleep on anyone

yeah it's a nice sentiment. I suppose it all depends on what you think is tough. I'll stay away from the kid who never says a word to anyone and stares at the floor.

[eazy_mas]

I think this prooves my point

http://www.usaboxing.org/86_1204.htm

http://www.usaboxing.org/86_2010.htm

he look normal but not the fighter type.

[Panamaniac]

Jeopardy!

i had to make this thread because people say tall skinny/lanky people look like nerds, and they dont think they can fight, im like that so whenever i spar i usually make people look bad because i have a real good jab, and move real good, but after people see me beating up very experianced amateurs and beating on some decent pros. People dont udnerstand how affective lanky people are in boxing until they are in with me and then they say wow i didnt expect you to be so good i thought you were weak or a nerd and coudnt fight lol. I get that all the time. Hell i started wearing glasses to now to fight weigh ins just to look the nerd part even more, it works it throws people off a lot because they think they are gonna kill you before the fight and have nothing to worry about lol.

Name two lanky dudes who packed a wallop: Who's Tommy Hearns and Bob Foster?

[Scott9945]

Name two lanky dudes who packed a wallop: Who's Tommy Hearns and Bob Foster?

Those were two fighters who could turn out your lights with one punch. They both got terrific leverage on their punches. Alexis Arguello would be another one on a smaller scale

[jadagod]

TBH i look alot tougher then i really am, ppl look at me see my stare and do not mess with me(out of the ring) but im the gym i look way if u though alot of punchs and sometimes throw hardly any punch's because i'm waitin to counter

my trainer says i got lots of natural talent but when it gets rough i lose my confidence!!!!!!

[Panamaniac]

Those were two fighters who could turn out your lights with one punch. They both got terrific leverage on their punches. Alexis Arguello would be another one on a smaller scale

You're absolutely right. I totally forgot about "El Flaco Explosivo" (The Explosive Thinman). And while I'm at it, I also forgot to mention the legendary Panama Al Brown, the first world champion from Latin America.

[al caPWN]

I got lost somewhere in the run-on sentences.

[La_Vibora]

This is exactly what I tell the young guys that don't believe the old time fighters could compete if they were around today. I mean lets be honest, you guys would swear up and down if Kelly Pavlik were a fighter back in the 1920's that he would get killed if he were around today to face the bigger faster middleweights like Edison Miranda and Jermaine Taylor. Its the same thing they say about guys like Greb, Dempsey, Marciano, and even Langford.

Anyways, I can relate to what was said here, back in my day I was a 6'2 welterweight pretty much like Paul Williams, many people thought I was weak, but I carried a hell of a straight left(I fought southpaw even though I am a natural right hander much like Michael Moorer).

[Nostromo]

I got lost somewhere in the run-on sentences.

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