Cuban Boxing is Great

[New England]

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i tried to get into that crap. i really did.

it's f#Cking awful.

[CubanGuyNYC]

i personally enjoy watching fluid technicians, its like poetry in motion to me. guys who think and make adjustments as the fight goes on too, i like to see guys battling with their minds to stay one step ahead of the other. then compare their thought process to my own as im watching the fight.

The guy I mentioned earlier, Luis Rodriguez, was such a fighter -- beautiful to watch. It's like watching a champion swimmer glide through the water, effortless and clean.

rock em sock em robots can be a good change of pace on occasion, but to much of it and i will get bored quickly. i like to learn something about boxing when i watch a fight.

I feel the same way. I can get into these fights like most everyone else, but I can't take a steady diet of them. It's like watching a car crash -- everyone's gotta look, but I can't stare for too long.

everyone loves a puncher though, but i prefer the type of punchers who are patient and set their opponents up with skills and intelligence. like the cuban punchers you speak of. watching rigondeaux set guys up for his left hand and walk them into it over and over again by making subtle adjustments is a thing of beauty. they know its coming but he has so much skill and intelligence he finds ways to tag them regardless, does it while looking like he is taking nice stroll though the park as well. lol. titty pretty, my man. titty pretty.

I've always preferred the boxer-punchers as well. I can watch guys like "Sugar" Ray Leonard all day long. I consider Rigo more of a technician, though, despite the fact that he can crack.

[soul_survivor]

blocking punches with the forehead and liver.

LOOL spot on at times!

i personally enjoy watching fluid technicians, its like poetry in motion to me. guys who think and make adjustments as the fight goes on too, i like to see guys battling with their minds to stay one step ahead of the other. then compare their thought process to my own as im watching the fight.

rock em sock em robots can be a good change of pace on occasion, but to much of it and i will get bored quickly. i like to learn something about boxing when i watch a fight.

everyone loves a puncher though, but i prefer the type of punchers who are patient and set their opponents up with skills and intelligence. like the cuban punchers you speak of. watching rigondeaux set guys up for his left hand and walk them into it over and over again by making subtle adjustments is a thing of beauty. they know its coming but he has so much skill and intelligence he finds ways to tag them regardless, does it while looking like he is taking nice stroll though the park as well. lol. titty pretty, my man. titty pretty.

I love watching fluid fighters too, guys like Leonard, Ali or as one of the other posters mentioned, a lil known Cuban called Luis Rodirguez. But at the same time, this is entertainment and all those names were entertaining. Why? Cos they had a killer instint.

Rigo, for all his fluidity, doesn't have much of a killer instinct. He should have battered a one eyed Donaire but instead kept taking steps back and it was actually Don who started pressing the action.

In modern times, fluid, crisp punchers with great technique include Barrera, Tito, Morales, Pacquiao and possibly Oscar, even though he seemed oddly robotic at times.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Rigo, for all his fluidity, doesn't have much of a killer instinct. He should have battered a one eyed Donaire but instead kept taking steps back and it was actually Don who started pressing the action.

That's been debated to no end around here. But, in Rigo's defense, I'll say that he's a natural counterpuncher who's spent a lifetime in the amateurs. It's tough to shake such an ingrained -- and successful -- approach. I'd love to see Guillermo change his approach a little, but I'm not sure that's a realistic hope anymore.

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I've seen a few events. I stopped following because Robeisy Ramirez, Roniel Iglesias and Julio Cesar La Cruz were off the team.

[CubanGuyNYC]

I've seen a few events. I stopped following because Robeisy Ramirez, Roniel Iglesias and Julio Cesar La Cruz were off the team.

In other words, three of the best fighters on the team. That's like being a Miami Heat fan and they decide to dump LeBron, Wade and Bosh. So much for the Cuban government allowing professional anything. It's a sham.

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In other words, three of the best fighters on the team. That's like being a Miami Heat fan and they decide to dump LeBron, Wade and Bosh. So much for the Cuban government allowing professional anything. It's a sham.

LOL. And the crazy part is they are still dominating with basically their second team. They were supposed to have a fight at the Hard Rock down here back in April but I guess some upper authority realized that would be a terrible idea to give those kids a taste of Miami life. lol

[CubanGuyNYC]

LOL. And the crazy part is they are still dominating with basically their second team. They were supposed to have a fight at the Hard Rock down here back in April but I guess some upper authority realized that would be a terrible idea to give those kids a taste of Miami life. lol

Lmao Yeah, those guys are sharp.

At this point in time, I think all those cats are likely to bail just about anywhere.

[soul_survivor]

That's been debated to no end around here. But, in Rigo's defense, I'll say that he's a natural counterpuncher who's spent a lifetime in the amateurs. It's tough to shake such an ingrained -- and successful -- approach. I'd love to see Guillermo change his approach a little, but I'm not sure that's a realistic hope anymore.

Yeah, but hey, that's Rigos style and he's damn good at it. Just wish he has some big fights this year.

Gamboa for a while was one of my faves....then he became a fool.

LOL. And the crazy part is they are still dominating with basically their second team. They were supposed to have a fight at the Hard Rock down here back in April but I guess some upper authority realized that would be a terrible idea to give those kids a taste of Miami life. lol

LOL I remember the Klit docu when they first went to the US, they loved it hahaha

[ßringer]

Don't forget Joel Casamayor.