Thread: Which

Which weight class do you think makes a better technical boxer than any other.I would like to here your views I had a very interesting debate with a certain person, Id like to hear yours.

Im all for the lighter weights for reactive combinations that just seem to happen with that type of speed; There is no room for planing and many great things happen straight off the cuff.ITs where the learning ground to what can and cant be done is seen.

I think there is more room for advanced technical footwork within in the heavyweight division so as to utilize weight for and against ;specially fighting on the inside or to evade or make use of the inevitable clinches.They could easily train to make the others strengths turn against themselves and use balance for and against, if studdied correctly.

All that said: I recon the welter and middle have the best of both worlds; they can and do utilize things from both the extremes.
They have more control as they are comming out of the natural balance between the extremes so they can utilize nearly all the moves from both sides and so can be more technical about their approach.

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Originally Posted by Scrap

Which weight class do you think makes a better technical boxer than any other.I would like to here your views I had a very interesting debate with a certain person, Id like to hear yours.

everything up until welter

welterweight is the first weight with a chance for extreme power, and it still contains the speed of the lighter weights

Originally Posted by SalTheButcher

welterweight is the first weight with a chance for extreme power, and it still contains the speed of the lighter weights

power doesnt = boxing

but it makes you be wary of getting hit, there is less tactic involved when your not afraid to get hit, thus, less boxing

Like Sal said if there is a risk of power against a guy with the speed of a welter weight you have to be technically sound.

Originally Posted by SalTheButcher

but it makes you be wary of getting hit, there is less tactic involved when your not afraid to get hit, thus, less boxing

look at the manny pacman and morales fight. little guys can hurt little guys. and whats better is that little guys recover much faster than big guys. Therefor, its not uncommon for one guy to get knocked down, get pissed, and then knock the other one down. Those fights get unpridictable but no one who doesnt know boxing well doesnt want to give a small mans fight their attention

but its less damaging when a KD is scored in those weights, they tend to just brawl, if you know you probably wont get up if you fall down your more tactical, im not saing lightweights arent fun to watch, i like to watch bantumweights, but as fas as tactic is concerened you gotta use your head at WW

Where did all or most of thr great technicians start. Their are two weight classes

Originally Posted by SalTheButcher

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I agree.

In the heavy weight classes... you can be a guy who was simply blessed with power and go in there and win. Shavers comes to mind. In the lower divisions, you gotta have speed, power, and technique to do well.

Originally Posted by Scrap

Where did all or most of thr great technicians start. Their are two weight classes

They all started exactly where we all do, at about 7lb 12 ounces.

I started at 13 lb and my father always blamed me for messing his sex life up. The bastard always hit me on the head when telling me, Fuck him.

Hahahaha.