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by David P. Greisman - There are many approaches to building a boxer into a more complete fighter or at least into an attraction. There is no one-size-fits-all method, no perfect philosophy. The path from prospect to contender to titleholder must be tailored to who the boxer is and isn’t, what he can and cannot become, and whatever resources are available to his promoter and manager.
There are pitfalls to each end of the spectrum. Give a fighter too many easy wins and he may not wholly develop his skills, refine his technique or garner enough experience so as to handle the most difficult moments and opponents. But put a boxer in too tough, too soon and too often and he might suffer a loss that serves as more than a setback, shattering his confidence and stagnating his career path.
Easy victories can leave questions unanswered. Hard outings can leave a fighters’ flaws exposed.
Sergey Kovalev flew into the boxing-loving city of Montreal riding a streak of knockouts and routs. With heavy hands that flow forth seemingly as effortlessly in the ring as his deadpan delivery in interviews, Kovalev had scored knockouts in all but three of the wins in his record of 27-0-1. That lone draw, a technical draw in 2011 off of what was ruled an accidental foul that left his opponent unable to continue, was the lone interruption in a string of 13 fights to end by KO or TKO. [Click Here To Read More]
There are pitfalls to each end of the spectrum. Give a fighter too many easy wins and he may not wholly develop his skills, refine his technique or garner enough experience so as to handle the most difficult moments and opponents. But put a boxer in too tough, too soon and too often and he might suffer a loss that serves as more than a setback, shattering his confidence and stagnating his career path.
Easy victories can leave questions unanswered. Hard outings can leave a fighters’ flaws exposed.
Sergey Kovalev flew into the boxing-loving city of Montreal riding a streak of knockouts and routs. With heavy hands that flow forth seemingly as effortlessly in the ring as his deadpan delivery in interviews, Kovalev had scored knockouts in all but three of the wins in his record of 27-0-1. That lone draw, a technical draw in 2011 off of what was ruled an accidental foul that left his opponent unable to continue, was the lone interruption in a string of 13 fights to end by KO or TKO. [Click Here To Read More]
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