Sugar Ray Leonard said , just do the basics, REALLY well!

[AlexKid]

(When he was talking about being so good at boxing)



In a nut shell what are the basics in boxing?

[AlexKid]

Power mechanics

Slips/other dodges

Timing

Footwork

Fitness/endurance

Ability to absorb damage physically

Stance and block skill

Jab skill

Experience

Strategic skill your gifts vs theirs how to best amplify and nullify , use the right gameplan

[Rockin']

I met him one time. Jackie picked us up and took us down to some hotel type thing. He was very pleasant and almost docile knowing what he did as a profession. Later on that year I fought on team Michigan vs team Leonard at the Palace. Good times and great memories. And Sugar Ray was the boxer of his time, why else would they call him Sugar? …...Rockin'

[Rockin']

Power mechanics

Slips/other dodges

Timing

Footwork

Fitness/endurance

Ability to absorb damage physically

Stance and block skill

Jab skill

Experience

Strategic skill your gifts vs theirs how to best amplify and nullify , use the right gameplan

You forgot ballz, big ones……….Rockin'

[AlexKid]

You forgot ballz, big ones……….Rockin'

Yea anyone that fights or gets in the ring 1v1 fair n square, is a BOSS

[4truth]

Look at Ruiz, he’s fat with short arms and slow feet but his fundamentals are among the best in the division, add an undentable chin and he’s a force in the division.

[ShoulderRoll]

Know how to throw the fundamental punches to the head and body (jab, rear straight, hook, uppercut).

Know how to defend against each of the fundamental punches.

Know how to move your feet (forwards, backwards, side stepping, pivoting, and circling.)

Those are the basics.

[Rockin']

I remember speaking with Bill Miller when he told me, "with good basics you could travel the world as a fighter". This was years after I walked away and I was just in the gym messing around. I was sparring though, why go to a fighting gym and do no fighting? Anyway, the guy that Bill was working with was giving me fits sparring when I was working as an aggressive fighter. Then I just said F it and went back to my amateur days, walking the ring and controlling with feints and my jab. He couldn't do nothing to me. Catching him with my jab made feinting easy. Feint, righthand. He was lost. Bill told me later that if I was to get into shape that I could do something. I took that as a great compliment. That man was great! Bill Miller, R.I.P...….Rockin'

[The plunger man]

Yeah do the basics as best you can , but some boxers are just born to box, god given talent with timing , speed , reflexes , killer instinct , grit.....other wise every fighter would have been great as ray leonard or Ali but they are not.
There is ordinary , good , really good and special.....special comes along once or twice in a generation and that’s it.

[_Rexy_]

Look at Ruiz, he’s fat with short arms and slow feet but his fundamentals are among the best in the division, add an undentable chin and he’s a force in the division.

Yup. Ruiz has a pedigree lacking at heavyweight. His experience and fundamentals can lead him to the top if he trains hard. So many guys seem to skip the basics. People **** on having a good jab but your jab is ****ing day 1 lol