How would you defend or counter Wifebeater's left elbow ?

[El Ceja]

I'm gonna go with clinching!

[GrandpaBernard]

This thread isn't about whether Wifebeater's elbow is legal or illegal. It's about defending or countering Wifebeater's elbow. He usually uses it as a bar, and you can disagree all you want, but from time to time he uses to strike with it as well.

How would you defend or counter this or how would you attack to negate his elbow from the get go..

https://<iframe width="420" height="...reen></iframe>

Try to avoid being in that range in the first place. Floyd has 1000 times more experience than anyone else does with that elbow.

[Monte Fisto]

I'm gonna go with clinching!

Yeah, but, clinching don't score points. So, it's ineffective.

If you haven't notice, Wifebeater usually uses his elbow when a right-handed fighter it's at full extension with a straight right punch, his elbow comes right under the opponent's extended right arm and he then swings it away to redirect the punch or get the opponent off-balance.

Now, when he's facing a southpaw like last Saturday. I noticed that the southpaws he has faced like to throw the right hook over Wifebeate'rs elbow. It doesn't work, because by then Wifebeater is already swinging his elbow around to again throw off the balance of the southpaw and simultaneously Wifebeater is dippin' really low to his right-side to avoid the right hook. Once the right hook comes flying by, the southpaw is now positioned in the path of a Wifebeater counter straight right or right uppercut.

[Monte Fisto]

Try to avoid being in that range in the first place. Floyd has 1000 times more experience than anyone else does with that elbow.

What do you mean ? What if you're an inside fighter, you have no choice but to work your way in ?

[MonsieurGeorges]

its simple you swim your arms under his so he is pinioned. you will end up in a tight clinch and the ref has to break it

[BoxingGenius27]

This thread isn't about whether Wifebeater's elbow is legal or illegal. It's about defending or countering Wifebeater's elbow. He usually uses it as a bar, and you can disagree all you want, but from time to time he uses to strike with it as well.

How would you defend or counter this or how would you attack to negate his elbow from the get go..

https://<iframe width="420" height="...reen></iframe>

You can't, it's nothing you can do.

You can't punch Mayweather "legally" in the head with your right hand regardless of what you're stance you fight out of. The only thing you can do is rabbit punch him to the back of the head, which is illegal of course.

You can punch him with your right hand to the left side of his body.

What he does is he either clinches your left hand or covers the right side of his face with his right glove while he blocks your right hand with his left elbow.

I've said this before and I'll say it again, the only way to truly hurt Mayweather is throw when he throws. I've seen Hatton, Judah, Mosley and a few others solidly connect when doing so.

Mayweather knows that when opponents throw at the same time he throws he's open for a counter. This is why Mayweather normally only pot shots his opponents.