Cuban Boxing is Great

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

There is such thing as Cuban boxing. It is a different school of boxing, with a different style and training method.

If you don't know that each country has differences in styles and schools, then you need to learn more about boxing.

There's a Mexican school of boxing, Europeans fight in a certain way, Cuban boxing, etc...

[-PBP-]

What I want to see is how Cuban fighters will look now that the amateur system uses a 10 point must.

The transition from amateurs to pros may be a lot easier and you may see fighters with a more diverse skill set that will be more marketable to the public.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

What I want to see is how Cuban fighters will look now that the amateur system uses a 10 point must.

The transition from amateurs to pros may be a lot easier and you may see fighters with a more diverse skill set that will be more marketable to the public.

It's much more than the scoring system. It's the size of the gloves, the extra rounds and the fact that in the pro's it's about dealing out damage as much as scoring points.

Even the greatest of boxers have trouble just scoring for 12 rounds when you have someone in front of you that wants to hurt you.

[CubanGuyNYC]

What I want to see is how Cuban fighters will look now that the amateur system uses a 10 point must.

The transition from amateurs to pros may be a lot easier and you may see fighters with a more diverse skill set that will be more marketable to the public.

It's much more than the scoring system. It's the size of the gloves, the extra rounds and the fact that in the pro's it's about dealing out damage as much as scoring points.

Even the greatest of boxers have trouble just scoring for 12 rounds when you have someone in front of you that wants to hurt you.

I think the new Olympic system is gonna make a big difference to the Cuban approach. It's not just the scoring; they're allowing professional boxers (with less than fifteen pro fights) to compete for the first time, and there's no more headgear. Of course, longer bouts are a different animal, but nobody starts their pro career fighting twelve rounders anyway (unless their name is Lomachenko ).

[soul_survivor]

I think the new Olympic system is gonna make a big difference to the Cuban approach. It's not just the scoring; they're allowing professional boxers (with less than fifteen pro fights) to compete for the first time, and there's no more headgear. Of course, longer bouts are a different animal, but nobody starts their pro career fighting twelve rounders anyway (unless their name is Lomachenko ).

people are forgetting the amateur boxing till the 80s had no head gear anyway.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

I think the new Olympic system is gonna make a big difference to the Cuban approach. It's not just the scoring; they're allowing professional boxers (with less than fifteen pro fights) to compete for the first time, and there's no more headgear. Of course, longer bouts are a different animal, but nobody starts their pro career fighting twelve rounders anyway (unless their name is Lomachenko ).

I love the fact we have a difference in styles, that's what makes boxing so great.

[soul_survivor]

One of my faves was the welterweight Luis "El Feo" Rodriguez. Although Rodriguez was never world champion, he was a pleasure to watch...poetry in motion. Luis was trained by Angelo Dundee, and the young Ali learned much from watching the Cuban as they worked out in the same gym.

great example, totally forgot about him, the guy beat Griffith and Carter amongst others. I can't remember, did he ever win a world title?

[-PBP-]

It's much more than the scoring system. It's the size of the gloves, the extra rounds and the fact that in the pro's it's about dealing out damage as much as scoring points.

Even the greatest of boxers have trouble just scoring for 12 rounds when you have someone in front of you that wants to hurt you.

I think the new Olympic system is gonna make a big difference to the Cuban approach. It's not just the scoring; they're allowing professional boxers (with less than fifteen pro fights) to compete for the first time, and there's no more headgear. Of course, longer bouts are a different animal, but nobody starts their pro career fighting twelve rounders anyway (unless their name is Lomachenko ).

That's pretty much where I was getting at. I'm wondering if we will see more fighters sit in the pocket longer, put more punches together and fight on the inside a little more. Or if they will stick to their current approach moving and scoring points. The old amateur scoring system discouraged body work and inside fighting.

I guess you can say it doesn't just apply to Cuban fighters, it really applies to all fighters.

[CubanGuyNYC]

people are forgetting the amateur boxing till the 80s had no head gear anyway.

And, prior to that, Cuban amateurs fought in a much more "professional" style.

great example, totally forgot about him, the guy beat Griffith and Carter amongst others. I can't remember, did he ever win a world title?

Luis breathed the mountaintop air for a brief moment. He beat Griffith for the welterweight title, but lost it back to Emile three months later. (Had to look this up. Rodriguez's title reign was so short, I thought he never held a belt!)

[CubanGuyNYC]

That's pretty much where I was getting at. I'm wondering if we will see more fighters sit in the pocket longer, put more punches together and fight on the inside a little more. Or if they will stick to their current approach moving and scoring points. The old amateur scoring system discouraged body work and inside fighting.

I guess you can say it doesn't just apply to Cuban fighters, it really applies to all fighters.

Yeah, everyone is affected by the same rules. The difference is that other amateurs become pro much earlier and aren't too set in their ways to change their approach.

I recall the old Olympic-style bouts being much closer in appearance to the pros than the most recent formats. It wasn't "fencing with gloves." Knockouts and TKOs were much more common.