Ricardo Sparring

[Andre]

[jms]

His uppercuts are masterful.

[takeshi]

May be the best technique ever

[southpawed]

Real cool.

Which fighter gave Ricardo the most trouble throughout his undefeated campaign? Or did he walk through them all?

[SugarBoxing]

Meanwhile Mayweather eats at McDonalds

[Andre]

Real cool.

Which fighter gave Ricardo the most trouble throughout his undefeated campaign? Or did he walk through them all?

Cant remember off hand but he didnt have it all his own way, I think he had to get up once or twice early rounds with someone. But he takes over fully in any case and just works everyone out and they just havent got what it takes as he out thinks and out boxes people.

[daly5050]

The fighter that gave Ricardo the most trouble was Rosendo Alvarez, particularly in the first fight.. I haven't watched it in a long time but it ended in a draw and I believe a lot of people felt this was generous towards Ricardo. For some reason I thought this was because Ricardo moved up in weight, but looking at boxrec this doesn't seem to be the case.. Maybe Alvarez moved down? I always thought there was something to do with weight but I could also just be completely wrong.

[StrictlySP]

Hi Andre,
He was an exquisitely great fighter! Boxing master extraordinaire! One of my all-time favs.

Take Care,
Lito

[greynotsoold]

The fighter that gave Ricardo the most trouble was Rosendo Alvarez, particularly in the first fight.. I haven't watched it in a long time but it ended in a draw and I believe a lot of people felt this was generous towards Ricardo. For some reason I thought this was because Ricardo moved up in weight, but looking at boxrec this doesn't seem to be the case.. Maybe Alvarez moved down? I always thought there was something to do with weight but I could also just be completely wrong.

Lopez was 35 or 36 at the time he fought Alvarez who knocked him down with a right hand. I have been watching a ton of Lopez lately and he seems to have been a bit of a sucker for a right hand; he got hit with a nice one in a fight when he was 27 and another when he was 24 or 25.
In the second Alvarez fight, lopez agreed to fight even though Alvarez was 7 pounds above the contracted weight. Lopez beat him handily, despite getting cut up quite a bit. Alvarez fought pretty rough and was free in the use of his head.

[southpawed]

The fighter that gave Ricardo the most trouble was Rosendo Alvarez, particularly in the first fight.. I haven't watched it in a long time but it ended in a draw and I believe a lot of people felt this was generous towards Ricardo. For some reason I thought this was because Ricardo moved up in weight, but looking at boxrec this doesn't seem to be the case.. Maybe Alvarez moved down? I always thought there was something to do with weight but I could also just be completely wrong.

Lopez was 35 or 36 at the time he fought Alvarez who knocked him down with a right hand. I have been watching a ton of Lopez lately and he seems to have been a bit of a sucker for a right hand; he got hit with a nice one in a fight when he was 27 and another when he was 24 or 25.
In the second Alvarez fight, lopez agreed to fight even though Alvarez was 7 pounds above the contracted weight. Lopez beat him handily, despite getting cut up quite a bit. Alvarez fought pretty rough and was free in the use of his head.

Grey, what do you think of Ricardos punching technique? I know he gets touted as the perfect technical boxer, but his punches at times looked strange visually to me. Like kind of waify if you know what I mean. He sometimes throws out these long, slow, circular hooks that don't look like they have all that much impact. I noticed that Ruben Olivares also sometimes threw hooks this way.

I know they are perfectly capable of throwing perfect hooks, so I always wondered why they would throw some punches this way. Was it bad technique? Or was there a reasoning behind it?

If you don't know what I'm talking about I'll find an example.

[greynotsoold]

I was noticing something similar watching an Arguello fight the other day. Sometimes he fires a perfectly straight rocket of a right hand. Other times, he kinds of waves with it, floats it out there. When he would do that, I'd go back and watch a round or so previous to see what the other guy was doing. What Arguello would do is note the move his opponent made to avoid the right hand, then he'd float one out there. And the other guy would duck into a left hook or uppercut. Lopez sometimes does that same thing, to move a guy into a harder punch.
Also, Lopez often has his feet wider apart, looking at him from the side, than it appears they should be. I think he did this because many of his opponents were much shorter, so he could get low and not jab down at them. He adjust for this by kicking his right foot to the right; keeps him balanced and gives his weight a place to go when he punches. When he throw that longer hook, his weight has time/room to get shifted so he can hit pretty good that way. Again, Arguello did a similar thing.

[brocktonblockbust]

The fighter that gave Ricardo the most trouble was Rosendo Alvarez, particularly in the first fight.. I haven't watched it in a long time but it ended in a draw and I believe a lot of people felt this was generous towards Ricardo. For some reason I thought this was because Ricardo moved up in weight, but looking at boxrec this doesn't seem to be the case.. Maybe Alvarez moved down? I always thought there was something to do with weight but I could also just be completely wrong.