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Quote Originally Posted by Ron Swanson View Post
Aggressive fighters are always wildly overrated because they look so good when they win. But they can't adjust like boxers.
Precisely why I don't feed into the hype of newcomers who come in knocking out 18 of their first 20 opponents or whatever.
Exactly!

Fighters can hurt themselves by KO-ing everyone in their path because once a fighter can take their shots they wilt under that "new" pressure of "Holy shit I can't KO this dude" OR they do the Tommy Morrison vs Ray Mercer/Wlad vs Purrity/Brewster throw the kitchen sink at the guy and just have an empty gas tank when the other guy is just absorbing punishment.

It's smart for a fighter to be well rounded, have power, but also be able to box, have some defense. Offensive skills are impressive to watch, but defense wins championships.


I think Gerry Cooney as well as George Foreman had tough times learning to BOX because they had such awesome power they walked through everyone. Their power did not allow them to become prepared to fight Larry Holmes and Muhammad Ali respectively and ditto for Tyson in regards to his fights with Holyfield.