Quote Originally Posted by Scrap
Tito nice one, One thing you will find with slicksters usually they are well schooled in the basics cc
Cc back scrap...

Absolutely the great slick fighters are well schooled in the basics..You have to be..They really understand boxing on another level to utilise what is to an unexperianced fighter a very dangerous strategy..

James toney for instance.. His style is based on fighters styles from the fifties and previous..
When fighters used theyr whole bodies to defend them selves.. And what you see james do know and what has taken him so far in his career is pure experiance and skill..
every shot that he throws he knows where to move next..Its instinct and presumption..

Another example Bernard hopkins.. Is known for great conditioning and movement ..
A rough style.. moves side to side.. leaps in with a punch..Hits and holds, spins an opponent.. moves again.. Keeps a rythm.. Bernard understands where to move..what to throw..
In example the tarver fight ..Fighting a southpaw..I tend to look out for his tactics..

Hes constantly moving to the left.. so's to neutralise tarvers power hand (left in case of southpaw)..
So tarver is finding it hard to keep his feet set to be able to catch bernard with anything slightly powerful.. Kept him pawing with the jab.. When he tried to shoot the right handed jab..Bernard was waiting on it..Rolling his shoulders and hips..Moving his body, Or moves back and throws the left hook over the pawing right jab.. Follows with a strait right.. Back on the move again..

its all coming from basic knowledge and experiance of the ring..Bernard knows what to do to hit and be hit.. Unexperianced guys just havnt got that just yet..