Conn vs Qawi

[Rusty Tromboni]

I like the comparison with Usyk, and yeah Billy used the Angles. On a technical note, it took me many years to realize something about angles: You get a lot more out of them when you initially create a distance between yourself and the opponent. This distance allows a set up. Otherwise your still in a defensive position and mindset, as opposed to setting a trap. Yet sometimes one must move immediately at an angle, it can save your life in fact.

One of my teacher told the story of how years and years of turning at in the right direction, at the right angle saved his bacon. It was a very unpleasant occurance where 3 men had attacked him at a flyer's game. One guy lost an eye, the other guy was paralised, and the third guy had slashed my teacher on the neck...As my teacher put it, the cut missed his carteroid artery by millimeters, because of the direction of his head turn, and because of the angle he took. Lol, just an unpleasant aside.

yeah, you're still using distance, but it's not linear.

It's why Conn is an easy pick for me over Charles. There's no footage of charles that matches what Conn did against Louis. And even the stuff we have available doesn't suggest he was any better before.

He liked opponents who stoody right in front of him. Conn would never fall into that trap. He'd constantly be steering Charles arond. Battering him each mistake he made. Qawi isn't as talented as Charles, but he's more suffocating.

[billeau2]

yeah, you're still using distance, but it's not linear.

It's why Conn is an easy pick for me over Charles. There's no footage of charles that matches what Conn did against Louis. And even the stuff we have available doesn't suggest he was any better before.

He liked opponents who stoody right in front of him. Conn would never fall into that trap. He'd constantly be steering Charles arond. Battering him each mistake he made. Qawi isn't as talented as Charles, but he's more suffocating.

Angles in a sense compress distance from a fighting perspective. You even see it in weapons. A KRIS, the wavy blade used in South east Asia, looks strange until you realize why it was made that way: You are in essence getting almost twice as much blade against the surface you are cutting because of the blade design.

[uncle ben]

I get it, the go-to, knee-jerk pick is COnn.

But Qawi, I think, has the exact style to really, really trouble Conn.

He's like Krazy Glue. He sticks all over you. He's almost as adhesive as Harada; no were near as busy, but much stronger.

Conn is the smaller man here against the best Qawi - Conn,at his best, was a big Middleweight, Qawi, at his best, was a Cruiserweight.

Who's your pick and why?

I'd back Conn. It's a great clash of styles, but I think Conn had the foot speed, hand speed and fundamentals to out box Qawi and Qawi didn't have the punching power to spark Conn.

[Incapable]

Dwight could pressure him, maybe pull of a surprise point win. My head says Conn, my heart disagree.

[cfang]

Dwight could pressure him, maybe pull of a surprise point win. My head says Conn, my heart disagree.

Conn wins this on points. He was an exceptional boxer with super fast hands and took many of louis's punches. He'd land much more than dwight. Qawi was a great fighter but lost to the guys he fought that were more conn's level - spinks and evander so im sure hed do the same here.