philly shell - the best move in boxing

[Frank Martin]

All style has flaws. There is no such thing as perfect style as all fighters get hit even if rarely.

[BrooklynBomber]

This shell defense is all wrong if you actually wanna hit someone, you have to bend backwards/low and it is a ****ty position to throw punches from. Only few use that guard and I know of only one or two who are succesful with it.

[Fox McCloud]

This shell defense is all wrong if you actually wanna hit someone, you have to bend backwards/low and it is a ****ty position to throw punches from. Only few use that guard and I know of only one or two who are succesful with it.

It does seem like it can set up uppercuts extremely effectively though... the backwards motion seems to roll into a loaded up uppercut pretty well.

He did it Baldomir pretty masterfully.

[Frank Martin]

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[FeFist]

This shell defense is all wrong if you actually wanna hit someone, you have to bend backwards/low and it is a ****ty position to throw punches from. Only few use that guard and I know of only one or two who are succesful with it.

Actually it isn't a **** defence to hit someone from. It offsets the opponents balance and provides good counter opportunities.

[Gorilla Dogs]

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oh wait who won that fight?

[Fox McCloud]

oh wait who won that fight?

It's ignorant to say that a defense is perfect because someone who uses it sometimes has won all of his fights.

I mean... really, not the sort of logic you really want to be using.

[Gorilla Dogs]

It's ignorant to say that a defense is perfect because someone who uses it sometimes has won all of his fights.

I mean... really, not the sort of logic you really want to be using.

if floyd was a switch orthodox/southpaw it would be flawless. but he rarely fights southpaws so its perfect

[FeFist]

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It's funny that people say the defence is **** against southpaws because he got rocked a few times. Ignoring the fact that fighters get rocked against southpaws and orthadox fighters countless times using a standard guard.

[Eric Holder]

I have always loved how Toney shot his counter right after slipping and rolling