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    Default Re: Fighters who set traps.

    Quote Originally Posted by Spicoli View Post
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    Ray Mercer..... the KING of traps. Watch his Morrison fight, as well as a few other non notables, and you would see he set traps. Even with the fight with Lewis- trap city.

    Danny Garcia is a modern day trap-star.
    Great call on Mercer-Morrison. It seems we always hear how Mercer brutalized and out boxed Mercer before the roof caved in on him. But Mercer was maneuvering him, jabbing his head off and just walking him into the dark alley for finish. Too much is made of his juggernaut chin and inconsistency...both true...but Mercer had a killer stubby jab and a thinker.
    It's hard to see the trap, when Mercer..without mercy threw left after left, until Morrison seemingly collapsed into the ropes. That was brutal. Shame on the ref...but damn, I enjoyed it!!

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    Ray Mercer..... the KING of traps. Watch his Morrison fight, as well as a few other non notables, and you would see he set traps. Even with the fight with Lewis- trap city.

    Danny Garcia is a modern day trap-star.
    Great call on Mercer-Morrison. It seems we always hear how Mercer brutalized and out boxed Mercer before the roof caved in on him. But Mercer was maneuvering him, jabbing his head off and just walking him into the dark alley for finish. Too much is made of his juggernaut chin and inconsistency...both true...but Mercer had a killer stubby jab and a thinker.
    It's hard to see the trap, when Mercer..without mercy threw left after left, until Morrison seemingly collapsed into the ropes. That was brutal. Shame on the ref...but damn, I enjoyed it!!
    Yeh ref was off having tea or something. But man, the whole fight was a trap I loved the little subtleties and shifts by Mercer. Morrison was the same combination over and over and started falling into clinches more and more. Mercer would push him off at shoulder, squaring him and making him reset and the beginning of the end began end of 3rd. Ray got his toes under him in 4th and at 1:27 mark he showed a lead right hand..pulled the punch and snuck Morrison with a short left jab that hurt him badly and had him clinging on and that was all she wrote. Mercer started backing to ropes looking for that same spin off and counter he had in 3rd and had a look of a guy who knew it was a matter of time. Miss those days when young undefeated heavyweights tested themselves vs each other. Imagine that

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    Default Re: Fighters who set traps.

    I know he wasn't a great fighter but he did beat Klitschko in Corrie Sanders! Dude had the sniper left hand that he set up for Wlad, then he fell for it! Always remember him warming up for the Vitali fight and just leaning to set up the trap left hand!

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    Default Re: Fighters who set traps.

    Any great counter puncher. Floyd, Rigo, Donaire, JMM, ect were/are fantastic at it.

    I loved Roy Jones' style too, he would keep his hands WIDE open, inviting someone to fire the right hand through, and he had his left hook cocked and ready to throw.
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    Default Re: Fighters who set traps.

    Chavez and Hatton set up the left hook to the body trap brilliantly and to great affect.
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    Most outrageous trap: leaves massive opening knowing opponent is already a dead man walking then pulls off an unseen temple shot on the move.

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    Default Re: Fighters who set traps.

    Quote Originally Posted by Andre View Post
    Most outrageous trap: leaves massive opening knowing opponent is already a dead man walking then pulls off an unseen temple shot on the move.

    Outrageous Trap that should come with a (DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME) OR ANYWHERE ELSE!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andre View Post
    Most outrageous trap: leaves massive opening knowing opponent is already a dead man walking then pulls off an unseen temple shot on the move.

    I love watching Roy's highlights but why was he fighting Glen Kelly? Jelly only had one noteworthy win in his career against a just short of 39 year old John Mugabi in Mugabis last fight. Every other significant opponent he had KOed Kelly. In the age of trinkets he never carried a major title. That fight is a travesty for ever happening. Roy Jones was so damn good he should have been fighting top guy after top guy. Not the Glen Kelly's of the world.

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