By some accounts, Pep had his hands to his sides or his arms crossed behind him. He stood in front of his foe and presented his face as target. He avoided all punches by moving his head, shoulders and torso ever so slightly. He did all that in over a third of the round, it was said, and made the opponent look utterly silly. The crowd's reaction may have much to do with the score. They lapped it up and broke into a series of prolonged and loud applause accompanied by equally loud OH!s and AH!s.
Dunno that it's true. I just read about it a few times. Never saw the round; never saw the fight.
I wouldn't have been ooh and ahh'ing i'd be at the back saying 'my god, ****ing hit him'
Must take some kind of raw confidence to even try something like that.
By some accounts, Pep had his hands to his sides or his arms crossed behind him. He stood in front of his foe and presented his face as target. He avoided all punches by moving his head, shoulders and torso ever so slightly. He did all that in over a third of the round, it was said, and made the opponent look utterly silly. I suspect that the crowd's reaction had much to do with the score. They lapped it up and broke into a series of prolonged and loud applause accompanied by equally loud OH!s and AH!s.
Dunno that it's true. I just read about it a few times. Never saw the round; never saw the fight.
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