Quote: (07-19-2013 01:52 AM)LeBeau Wrote:
Gio I remember watching that last year, definitely one of the tighter Youtube defense compilations.
I noticed on a lot of those, the late great Charley Burley gets overlooked (or maybe he's just not that well known these days?):
Lebeau,
Thanks for posting this beautiful film.
Charley Burley was a master of "the sweet science".
Many people don't know why boxing is called "The Sweet Science".
This video breaks it down.
"Analyzing Genius" is my favorite boxing video of all time.
"a virtuoso pugilist"
"his style is at the same time tender yet harsh, playful deadly serious"
"Simplicity is the greatest form of sophistication"
"Burley is a study in subtlety, yet always profound"
"He was an incredibly self possessed man"
"He had complete serenity"
"The sheer integrity of his artistry is astounding. His sense of bout progression, his unsurpassed control of rhythmic complexities and uncanny sense of distance and timing is breathtaking because of its consistency"
"the science and art of boxing is founded on the principles of distance, leverage, and timing. It is the control of distance that enables the other two"
This is how I want to be described when my Day Gaming career is over.
All fighters will learn from this video.
Boxing is a dance, an art form, a chess match between two physical bodies. The great ones make a violent situation seem artistic. Hand to hand combat becomes like ballet.
I take the same approach to Day Game.
"Sugar Ray Robinson boxed as if he was playing the violin"
I wish I had the video of myself getting jumped, "my defense was immaculate", as Mike Tyson once said.
RIP - Cus D'Amata, Salvador Sanchez, Alexis Arguello, Bazooka Limon, Kid Gavilan, Willie Pep, Hector Camacho.
I carry your spirit with me.