Can you do the shoulder role

[*Jean_Pierre*]

I can roll one shoulder forwards and the other backwards at the same time which I practice while shadow boxing on the trampoline.

[RightHooker]

Usually when I try it, it works, but I'm no good countering off of it so I don't use it much.

[Junito-Rulez]

Yes i do it's a big part of my game. I watch a lot of tapes of Moore, Toney and Mayweather and i practice it in training and shadow boxing.

It's not easy to learn. It takes time and hard work.

[fraidycat]

Are you talking about the Dempsey Roll or the Philly Shell? I've heard both called the "shoulder roll." The Dempsey roll is tough, you move in a figure-8 and throw hooks on the upswing, IIRC. I imagine you'd eat a lot of leather getting it right.

I'm a southpaw, so the Philly Shell is a bad idea for me.

[REMOVED SHARK 97]

Yea I do it all the time and I'm southpaw

record 0-42


/jk

[Danster0507]

James Toney said when he first started doing he was getting battered, practis makes perfect.

Mundine has a underrated shoulder role.

haha yeah I suppose, I'm told my style is similar to Cotto's so I don't really use the shoulder roll, I've been watching a lot of tapes of Cotto recently to see what aspects of his game I can use in my own

[fraidycat]

Yea I do it all the time and I'm southpaw

record 0-42


/jk

There was an old schtick that Sammy Davis Jr. used to do on the Dean Martin show. He pretended to be a boxer named "Kid Palomino." He used to say, "I have a perfect record. 0 and 42, all by knockout."

[BrooklynBomber]

You mean "roll", right? I mean I am not sure that pretending to be a shoulder such a good thing in boxing.

[fraidycat]

You mean "roll", right? I mean I am not sure that pretending to be a shoulder such a good thing in boxing.

Whoa. An etymological bitchslap. Good to see ya, Bomber.

[Doctor_Tenma]

Usually when I try it, it works, but I'm no good countering off of it so I don't use it much.

Great great point, I can do the shoulder roll but countering off of it is the hard part.