300 Amateur Fights And Can't Cut The Ring Off?

[ruedboy]

Kiryl Relikh came close to upsetting Ricky Burns in their title fight. It was a big step up for the Relikh and he showed heart and some skills in the loss to Burns. One skill he didn't show, however, was the ability to cut off the ring.
After 300 amateur fights you would think he'd be better at that basic skill or is Burn's footwork that good?

[daggum]

ricky burns is a 3 weight champ and one of the best fighters of this era. i think you expect too much

[SterlingStained]

Kiryl Relikh came close to upsetting Ricky Burns in their title fight. It was a big step up for the Relikh and he showed heart and some skills in the loss to Burns. One skill he didn't show, however, was the ability to cut off the ring.
After 300 amateur fights you would think he'd be better at that basic skill or is Burn's footwork that good?

why does somebody go 300 amatuer fights before turning pro?

as to cutting the ring off,

it not that they dont know how but sometimes the opponent makes it more difficult than it should be.

easier said than done.

raasclat...

dont be such a rued boy man.

[MDPopescu]

ricky burns is a 3 weight champ and one of the best fighters of this era. i think you expect too much

... Burns always was a "die hard" type of a fighter... Unfortunately, he emerged badly shot from that Beltran fight (back in 2013) and never was relevant again...

[WesternChamp]

why does somebody go 300 amatuer fights before turning pro?

as to cutting the ring off,

it not that they dont know how but sometimes the opponent makes it more difficult than it should be.

easier said than done.

raasclat...

dont be such a rued boy man.

sometimes its not even that the opponent makes it harder for them to cut off the ring. sometimes they prolly just dont feel the need to cut off the ring.

whats with this board and cutting off the ring? its like this is a special move or something that gets talked about so much on here. cutting off the ring is a basic move just like in basketball where players dribble in between their legs. everyone knows how to do that but not everyone is gonna do it all the time.

[daggum]

sometimes its not even that the opponent makes it harder for them to cut off the ring. sometimes they prolly just dont feel the need to cut off the ring.

whats with this board and cutting off the ring? its like this is a special move or something that gets talked about so much on here. cutting off the ring is a basic move just like in basketball where players dribble in between their legs. everyone knows how to do that but not everyone is gonna do it all the time.

he didn't cut off the ring is just something "slick fans" say to defend why their fighters desered to win. they always always put the onus on the other guy to do something and when they don't do it look he lost! its a self fulfilling prophecy.

[SterlingStained]

sometimes its not even that the opponent makes it harder for them to cut off the ring. sometimes they prolly just dont feel the need to cut off the ring.

whats with this board and cutting off the ring? its like this is a special move or something that gets talked about so much on here. cutting off the ring is a basic move just like in basketball where players dribble in between their legs. everyone knows how to do that but not everyone is gonna do it all the time.

because most poster on here have never put on a pair of gloves and taken and actual shot from another person trying to knock your block off.




but can you answer my earlier point?

how the hell does somebody go so many amateur fights before turning pro?

300 fight? wouldnt 200 fights be enough? hell 100 would be enough if you have some inherent natural fighting skill, athleticism and talent.

[SterlingStained]

he didn't cut off the ring is just something "slick fans" say to defend why their fighters desered to win. they always always put the onus on the other guy to do something and when they don't do it look he lost! its a self fulfilling prophecy.

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great post by a first ballot NSB hall of famer.

[HeadShots]

cutting the ring off is only a necessary skill for certain types of offensive fighters like GGG.


How is Bernard Hopkins ring cutting ability? Or Muhammad Ali? Do they even have any.


it's ******ed for people to say Pacquiao needs ring cutting ability too. Was he supposed to cut the ring off on ODLH, Cotto and Margarito? Or was it Clotty and Shane Mosley?

So ******ed.

[WesternChamp]

cutting the ring off is only a necessary skill for certain types of offensive fighters like GGG.


How is Bernard Hopkins ring cutting ability? Or Muhammad Ali? Do they even have any.


it's ******ed for people to say Pacquiao needs ring cutting ability too. Was he supposed to cut the ring off on ODLH, Cotto and Margarito? Or was it Clotty and Shane Mosley?

So ******ed.

sometimes fighters just feel that their approach is better without cutting off the ring, maybe they can set up their punches better that way, etc. every fighter is different. just like how some fighters go thru a whole fight without barely even throwing a single jab but that doesnt mean he doesnt know how to throw a jab. people on here put so much into cutting off the ring and when certain fighter doesnt do it they get criticize for not knowing how to do it.