I read a book about Tex Richard. In it was an interview of Jack Johnson, who said that when he fought Jeffries, he always leaned to his right on clinches, to take the power off of Jeff's left, which was his primary weapon. I haven't heard this strategy been mentioned since and I thought it made sense. Even though skills have changed dramatically from those days, Johnson and other masters of the day did have fighter's intelligence. Ray Mercer told that when he fought Witherspoon, Spoon looked at the ref as to complain about something and at the same time fired his overhand right, catching Ray. Ray mentioned that it was a neat trick that he hadn't seen before. Roy Jones in his fight against Ruiz always moved behind the ref, when Nady separated them from clinches, thus getting distance between himself and Ruiz. Name some other examples of tricks such as these, moves that are not techniques that are taught but rather show intelligence of a fighter
Jorge Barrios INTENTIONALLY Planting his Face Against the Ref's Shirt, to Wipe Away his Own Blood, While Being Separated from Clinches, in his Fight w/Acelino Freitas...REED had NEVER Seen that Previously... REED Always Loooooooooved When Roy Kept his Left Arm Extended...The Arm was Out Faaaaaaaaaaar Enough to Make the Opponent LEERY of Being Touched w/It, yet Roy Always COUNTERED Off of It, Eschewing LEADING...Most Notably, he DROPPED Reggie Johnson w/this Very Move...Arm Extended, Johnson Leads, Roy CHOPS him w/the Left, then DROPS him w/a Right Cross... REED:hammert:
Leonard throwing flurries right at the end of each round to steal them from Hagler. It worked really well for at least one judge.
I remember Foreman making the observation on Roy, that he would always look a guy in the eyes, and hit them in the body, then look at their mid section, and nail them to the head. That's part of what made Jones so good, his ring IQ. If he had all that talent, and was a dumb fighter, the talent would have meant nothing. The fact that he had all his physical gifts AND a great ring IQ made him special. Once he became shot it was sad, because you could see his mind working, he just no longer had the physical tools to execute what his mind wanted to do.
Yep. I always liked Roy more than Floyd. He was not only gifted, but in his prime he was more offensive minded and he had that combination of speed and power. Yeah it was sad when he was shot because he was losing to guys he would have SODOMIZED in his prime. Jones vs Calzaghe is evidence of that. Young Roy would have beat him up bad, though its still a fight I wanted to see.
The fact that he was less of a prick than Floyd also made him more likable. As far as I know, Roy was the first boxer to refer to himself in the 3rd person. Floyd stole that.
Tito adding excessive tape and water to his wraps to make them extra heavy. With these wraps, he could hurt guys with glancing blows, and control the action like he did against ODH and Whitaker.
Lewis noticing that Morrison dropped his hands when came out of a a clinch, & throwing the LH at that moment. Hopkins right hand shoulder barge/ headbut combo to offset counters. Foreman pushing to create distance. Jimmy young putting his head between the ropes. Ali pushing oponents heads down. PBF tuning his back on opponents. Holy leading with his head. Tyson's hook-forearm combo. Holmes putting his arms straight out in front of him in a wing-chun defensive manner. DLH/SRL last 10 sec flurries. LL holding & hitting. Zoo's rang-finding/ obscuring Left. Bruno (ineffective) rabbit punching.
The great Juan Manuel Marquez used to drink a pint of piss before each fight to discourage infighting.
Wlad slapping down with the left hand and throwing the right hand over it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wuH0UMpN9Pc#t=452 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=klKDaG5du3c#t=98 Shoulder barge to create room for a left hook http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=x5CkrXfSv5c#t=554 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Si6ZZ4xa1D8#t=70
