Deserter wrote:Jon Saxon wrote:addi wrote:aside all the other stuff the post was about the wincobank style now i'm not that keen on that style myself with the exception of herrol graham and hamed who both were top top fighters and in lots of good fights and really understud the switch hitting style,if your right handed then fight southpaw so your jabs your best punch is also part of it and of course elusiveness, but the list of champions that have come out of that gym is pretty impresive and obviously it works, allthough not everyones cup of tea. speaking of which i'm of for a brew and some cake.
My point was mate that at the highest (and by highest level) the style gets found out (Hamed v Barrera, Graham v McCallum, Kalumby) and no one on here had the bottle to say what others in the media (Like Barry McQuigan, Ian Darke, Larry Merchant, Colin heart etc etc all said that the lack of pure technique would get found out)
So when Ian gets all uppity regarding my questions of the forums agenda I will always be able to point to this post as an example of no one stepping up and backing up the truth for fear of upsseting a bunch of friends and proffesional acquaintances.
But the flipside Jon is that you can make a strong case for saying that if some of the Ingle fighters had adopted a more conventional style they wouldn't have reached the level they did.
Just because you can say Hatton or Hodkinson or Woodhall got "found out" (hate that phrase anyway) at the highest level does that mean their more conventional styles are fundamentally flawed as well?
Very good post,
Hatton? never thought he was very good to watch ugly ugly infighting style, always wondered how he got away the low hand
Woodhall? the perferct amatuer style, tall jabber, great for computer scoring, hated watching Keith Holmes beat him, was gutted actully.
terrible British style though, kida like Robert McKracken also, stan up tough men but BORING as fuk.
Hodkinson? Goyo Vargas would have beaten any fighter on that night but Hoko was a solid wee guy (skills wise).
My point only Hatton who was the only one out of the 3 fought the very best IMO (PacMan & Wankweather) and got found out, by found out I mean the gulf in class was unreal and Hattons style was flawed IMO.
He did well to hustle his way late into the Mayweather fight though.