GGG. The lost art of "shifting"

[Hype job]

Kovalev is really good at this

[MDPopescu]

Is this some big secret? this seems like anybody in a street fight would use... youre just moving forward with your punches

Who said it's a secret?... But just name a top fighter in the U.S. who is using it...

[Fantasiabruja]

I hear he's extremely good at lifting to, he does this thing in training where he gets into a sitting pull up position with hands on a bench and his feet on a chair. He then let's one of his fans bounce up and down on his lap while he does pull ups. It makes his arms and legs stronger and the fan enjoys the up and down motion.

[Infamous]

Who said it's a secret?... But just name a top fighter in the U.S. who is using it...

No one... that was a real question...

[SlySlickSmooth]

Duran and Dempsey were users of this tactic as well.

In this video at 5:30 Duran shows feinting and shifting.

[Jcsuper]

Martinez vs. Barker, a great example of a great shift that hurt Barker:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcRaXFN267I

[Jcsuper]

Who said it's a secret?... But just name a top fighter in the U.S. who is using it...

James Toney isnt at the top but he was shifting all the time, and he was doing it really well. I remember Lampley was always saying : "Toney is going southpaw now, oh he's switching back again", Lampley never really understood that Toney was actually shifting.

Toney was also shifting in a defensive manner, he was shifting while going backward and was throwing counter punches in the process, that was really nice to see. God I miss unfat Toney.

[Jcsuper]

Greek K to the TS btw, it's nice to see a thread about techning, this site is just about fanboyism now...

If you guys want to see some of Toney shifting (I dont know how to embbed...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOqWPoR76mI
45min37 mark : Lead right hand by Toney who shifts, making Jirov unable to counter, then sets up a left hook
53min00 shift to close the distance, then on the inside shift back to his regular stance

[MDPopescu]

Greek K to the TS btw, it's nice to see a thread about techning, this site is just about fanboyism now...

If you guys want to see some of Toney shifting (I dont know how to embbed...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOqWPoR76mI
45min37 mark : Lead right hand by Toney who shifts, making Jirov unable to counter, then sets up a left hook
53min00 shift to close the distance, then on the inside shift back to his regular stance

You don't know how to embed? On YouTube: click on "Share"; then click "Embed"; then copy the sequence there and paste it here...

[MDPopescu]

I know who used the shifting back in history... But my question was "name a top fighter in the U.S. who is using it"... right now, as we speak...