Im watching how different guards are being utilized. Ive got fighters for high guard, cross armed, regular and philly shell. Does anyone know of fighters who have a "long guard"? Like someone who holds their hands out further than normal?
Im watching how different guards are being utilized. Ive got fighters for high guard, cross armed, regular and philly shell. Does anyone know of fighters who have a "long guard"? Like someone who holds their hands out further than normal?
I can't think of anybody who does it the whole fight but some fighters do it some of the fight. Currently, Crawford uses it a lot. It seems like a guard where it allows fighters to use the jab and stay away from big punchers who come forward.
Carl Froch's guard was his nose
blocked most shots
all he had to do was keep his head still and punches just bounced off it
unique but affective
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Lennox would hold his left hand out very long, worked well for him
you might want to comb through fighters than converted over from Muay Thai as old habits tend to die hard... but also many of the older fighters as Master said. Before the stances, guards, and physics/kinetics came into play for the sake of efficiency.
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Haye and Groves use a sort of half long guard, at times keeping their jab hand basically touching the other guys guard.
It let's you measure distance but takes away some head guarding in the process.
Last edited by smashup; 01-25-2017 at 08:36 AM.
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Good find in jack Johnson. He seems like an obvious choice. Known as a great defensive fighter.
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yeah I was looking for someone who holds there hands out further than the norm as a set guard but I guess no one does its more of a transitional guard if anything? Id think it would be used to keep the distance and makes parrying punches easier.
Thanks for the help guys, ill definatley look into these
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