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Originally Posted by Boblobla
Can you explain what punch counts vs punch landed counts means? The guys in the Contender were not fantastic boxers though. I have seen a few fights that had some of them after the show and they were not very good at all. I really hope I didn't come across as saying that boxers are without skill because they are very skilled.
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Most fights now track the number of punches thrown versus the actual number of punches that are landed. If you watch a very good fighter its rare that he's tagged with 10% of the punches thrown at him. I saw a fight a few years ago that was a 15 round fight where a boxer threw over 300 punches and landed 10 actual blows. A good economical fighter will throw a low amount of punches but has the inate ability to land a great deal of them, but well trained boxers are trained to think defense first and counter punch second, they're not throwing punches just to throw punches.
Sometimes people get carried away when they're watching a fight where a lot of punches are thrown, but very few land. One of the most exconomical fighters was Ali, when he threw a jab, you know that it landed, when he set up for a punch you know he'd figured out an opening.
Thats why I like watching boxing.
I agree on the contender, not all of them were great boxers, but all of them had a career in boxing before they got on the show. We didn't see a lot of silly slap fights and all of that stuff. But what we did see was the bad fighters getting overwhelmed and off of the show very quickly.
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Originally Posted by Boblobla
Well, the pre-Dana White/Fettuchi (sp?) UFC was a different animal and that wasn't really MMA. That was a bloodsport and was banned in almost every state.
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True, it was promoted as no holds fighting with very few rules, and while White as much of a jerk as he is, came in, he cleaned up the sports, its just to bad that there are still people that see it for the Kimbo Slices' and the Ken Shamrocks and the Tank Abbots. But as the demand increases, the pressure will be on to find more character based fighters.