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Sixteen years ago Terry Norris entered the ring against Meldrick Taylor with the word KNOCKOUT shaved on the back of his head. Perhaps he was just being cocky *s*, but for the sake of this post we'll pretend it was an attempt to intimidate Taylor.
What tactics have boxers used to try and get an edge against their opposition?
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May 14, 2008 6:57 AM
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> Thomas Hearns had that Sonny Liston glare down but:
> Aaron Pryor used to get right up in his opponent's
> face as soon as he entered the ring, until cornermen
> intervened, ala Aaron Pryor/Lennox Blackmoore.
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> And he always had that windup and point his glove
> at his opponent thing going during the ring
> announcer's
> introductions.....just to let them know he was coming
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> like a hurricane as soon as the opening bell rang.
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> I considered Aaron the king of intimidators during
> the
> '80s.
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> She was for the war before she was against the war.
> (There's no naive in politics!)
Good pick! Just imagine, what if today, Manny Pacquiao vs. Aaron Pryor. I can only imagine. How about two freight trains colliding? The only thing, Pacman would have to move up in weight.
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May 11, 2008 12:29 PM
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Yeah I mean do ANYTHING, SUMTHIN! Don't just stand there like your on tranquilizers. Alot of time that complacency does carry over into the ring also. They just never turned that switch on and could get it going.
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May 10, 2008 10:55 PM
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Thomas Hearns had that Sonny Liston glare down but:
Aaron Pryor used to get right up in his opponent's
face as soon as he entered the ring, until cornermen
intervened, ala Aaron Pryor/Lennox Blackmoore.
And he always had that windup and point his glove
at his opponent thing going during the ring announcer's
introductions.....just to let them know he was coming
like a hurricane as soon as the opening bell rang.
I considered Aaron the king of intimidators during the
'80s.
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She was for the war before she was against the war.
(There's no naive in politics!)
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May 10, 2008 1:38 PM
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This is a good topic because it brings up something I wonder about. Yeah there are boxers that always take the intimidation route before a fight like Bernard, Tyson, Ali, Mayorga. LOL @ Mayorga.
But a question that comes to mind is why don't more boxers do it. It would definitely increase the interest among fans if before a fight the fighters weren't so docile and showed some passion and personallity. I mean look at how it helped Naseem Hamed, the dude is rich.
Now I know boxing is a REAL sport not like wrestling so most of the fighters would rather talk with their fists inside of the ring, but then again alot of them stink it up in the ring also. Hey what I'm trying to get at here is that alot of the boxers don't give enough attention into marketing themselves as they should and as a result the entire sport suffers. I realize that alot of these guys would be embarrased if they talked a bunch of smack before a fight and then lost but it doesn't seem to effect Mayorga and after all hyping up the fight is part of the sport.
Myself on occasion after weighing everything rationally have been coming to the conclusion that there is no excuse for a fighter, unless he is Miguel Cotto of course, to just complacently go into a fight without doing anything to draw interest in the fight amongst the viewing public.
I understand this could open up a long debate on whose responsibility it is to promote the fight, but look at Ali he went to the airport to call out George Foreman. I mean come on you don't see many guys out there doing that these days, although it is happening a little more frequently now but it seems like more out of desperation because there aren't many exciting fighters out there currently.
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May 9, 2008 6:35 PM
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Mike Tyson is at the top of list. Not only Tyson was knocking the hell out of his first 19 opponents; he was winning in a spectacular fashion. He would knock them out within the first 6 rds. I remembered watching Tyson bitting Holyfield's ear off. There are other fighters, that come to mind. Mayorga being one of them. His claim to fame was beating Forrest; not only once but twice. Forrest was in his prime and on top of his game. Margarito according to Bob Arum, "the most fear in boxing". At one time he wasn't the most feared but the most avoided. He still is but to a lesser extent. Mayweather turned down 8mil.; instead he opted to fight DLH. Cotto is a fighter, who can be intimidating; nowadays, he'll rather use boxing skills, to dethrone opponents, nevertheless, he puts the hurt on ppl. Edwin Valero is an intimidating force. He steps in the ring with one purpose in mind, to seek and destroy. He's 23/0, all wins coming by way of KOs. Some fighters intimidate verbally; whereas others, do it in the ring. Felix Tito Trinidad was once such a fighter. Tito once possessed an 85% KO ratio, when he first met DLH in 1999. It's not a wonder that DLH took off rds. 9-12; that ultimately cost him the fight.
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May 9, 2008 4:58 PM
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Mike Tyson telling Lenox Lewis (husband's not quite sure the wording but...) he would eat his kids.
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May 9, 2008 4:46 PM
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It's been a long time since Oscar had three knockouts in a row and he's not fighting Charpentier and Rivera type opponents any more. He couldn't really pull that off when he was active and in his prime. The fighter who impresses me as trying to be the most intimidating is Ricardo Mayorga.
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May 9, 2008 4:42 PM
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B-hop said I wll never let a white boy beat me!
12 rounds later he was still trying to debate that point.
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May 9, 2008 4:14 PM
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Oscar Delahoya promised, "Three Fights, Three Knockouts".
That didn't work out so well.
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May 9, 2008 4:10 PM
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Sixteen years ago Terry Norris entered the ring against Meldrick Taylor with the word KNOCKOUT shaved on the back of his head. Perhaps he was just being cocky *s*, but for the sake of this post we'll pretend it was an attempt to intimidate Taylor.
What tactics have boxers used to try and get an edge against their opposition?
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