in boxing,is the cross arm guard used to barge into opponents and knock them off balance?

Question

is this allowed? george foreman used this technique against jimmy young in 1990

Answer 1

It is more of a comfort level thing. They say to develop you basic skills FIRST, then try to see what makes you comfortable in the sport. No one would teach you to box like Hamed, you need to develop into that. In 1990 "Big" George beat Terry Anderson 19-3-0, Ken Lakusta 20-15-0, Adilson Rodrigues 36-3-0, Mike Jameson 14-15-0, Gerry Cooney 28-2-0, in 1990. Jimmy Young was in 1977, 13 years earlier before George's hiatis. It is allowed, but I do not believe it is a better "bullying technique" than any other style. Bullying is a mind set really. Ali was a bully too, the way he broke people before the fight... total bullying, by genious in my opinion.

Answer 2

No, you use your hip for that move, watch the knock down Roy Jones Jr. scored against James Toney to learn that nifty little trick. George's cross arm guard was a defensive feint used to draw overly agressive fighters into a positon to catch a right hand counter. Worked pretty good for Big George in his second career, you can blame Archie Moore for teaching it to George, but not against Young.

You would have needed a metal shark cage to keep Jimmy Young off you back in those days. Jimmy was a all around dangerous man and one of the most ducked fighters of his day. Nobody wanted the risk involved in fighting Young. Just giving Young a fight was a plus to the fighters of his day.

Answer 3

What do you mean? So long as a boxer is not physically rushing with body force and using his fists and not his shoulder or elbo or something it should be legal.

I cant really picture what your saying.

Answer 4

I would say no.