Quote Originally Posted by The Shadow
Quote Originally Posted by Lords Gym
I think he is much better as an analyst. I am not big on his teaching of holding tactics as a strategy , It mucks up boxing offensive flow which causes horrible lags during rounds not to mention is illegal as hell to implement it as strategy . . I would say Manny is partly to blame for the Heavyweight division being boring and on the decline. from Lewis to Klitchko and now he even has Taylor and Cintron holding on as a strategy . YUK !
Good post, man. The grappling should be left to MMA. I'm in total agreement with this assessment. However, it's a testament to Manny's 'Genius' as a trainer that he uses the rules against the sport and protects his fighters (in most cases) from taking unnecessary punishment.
#370 True. That ! .. Boxing commissions need to enforce that holding rule , especially in high profile fights, if for no other reason then it turns casual fans off to the sport ,
When fans see fighters in the ring holding on to each other , it makes for a bad watch and kills any positive momentum for the future of boxing matches being televised and so forth .