you can catch those too. when you throw that punch what you'd really need to worry about is frazier catching your punch in his palm and throwing a hook to your body in the same motion because you just picked up your right elbow and he was always poised to hook. thats something that will happen all at once. that is, you think that he's open for your right hand and now your ribs hurt. he may not have looked that way, but his style was really elegantly designed.
margaret thatcher wrote: ↑15 Mar 2024, 19:37btw the general lack of body work i see vs opponents with good head movement is shocking, not saying vs frazier, but you'll see guys go headhunting vs an opponent with a slick head who is laying with the ropes, when the body is there to bang and it's less obvious when you miss
thats really true and the punch that beats frazier is the hook to the body.
thats because when he brings his right forearm across his chin his body becomes totally open. now the only thing you have to do is hook with a hooker. thats when it all hits you how that style really works. he was harder to hit with jabs, right hands, and uppercuts, but open to your hook. you never see, because its happening invisibly, that, by being harder to hit by those punches, you are always being walled off and steered into throwing the one punch he does want you to throw. and thats how he'd get you to hook with him.
