cross arm defense

[donnydarkoIRL]

Soon as I was about 5 seconds into the vid, all I could think was...I'm having kidney for lunch! Maybe it is just a poor example of it as I've never seen a cross arm defence. But damn, this w/e it is just seems to have giant holes in it and looks like a wounded boxer backed into a corner.

I reckon it was created for Shorted guys, certainly not for fighters of your and my build.

[southpawed]

i find the cross arm suits fighters who like to bully and can pack a strong hook. If you see Frazier or Foreman when they fight, they like to shove or manhandle (or at least foreman does) you, pushing you into striking range for a long hook, short hook. whatever.

And yeah you guys have good reasons on why the guard is flawed. It does leave openings, but thats what the low crouch bob and weave is for. You see Lamotta, Frazier they come in creeping in a real low crouch and when you overextend you jab or cross to reach their heads, pow, they come up with a hook.

[Dark Lord Al]

croos armed defence is a good ploy , but if fighting Andrew Golotas then a cross legged defence is much more effective

[ICB]

I remember Larry Holmes once said to me when your doing cross arm defense your asking for black eyes from uppercuts

[Trainer Monkey]

That tight of one,against a longer armed opponent is begging to be peeing blood the next day

[Put Em' Up]

The only fighter I can remember who was very successful with the crossarm was Big George Foreman. With the was George hit though his only real defense half the time was offense

[southpawed]

The only fighter I can remember who was very successful with the crossarm was Big George Foreman. With the was George hit though his only real defense half the time was offense

Frazier smashed Ali and knocked him down with a lefthook out of that stance. Thats sayin somethin.

[Trainer Monkey]

The only fighter I can remember who was very successful with the crossarm was Big George Foreman. With the was George hit though his only real defense half the time was offense

Frazier smashed Ali and knocked him down with a lefthook out of that stance. Thats sayin somethin.

Frazier weaved in to his shots to get up momentum from a lower set,he wasnt that up and down

[ICB]

The only fighter I can remember who was very successful with the crossarm was Big George Foreman. With the was George hit though his only real defense half the time was offense

What about Ken Norton, Tim Witherspoon, Archie Moore ??