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02/25/08

PART THREE: YOU BE THE BOXING JUDGE! Judging Professional Boxing for the TV Boxing Fan

By: Tom Kaczmarek

RING GENERALSHIP

Ring generalship applies to the fighter who uses skills beyond his punching power to control the action in the ring. He is thinking. He is strategizing while he is fighting, utilizing cleverness , agility, and feinting to keep his opponent off guard. By using footwork and movement, he forces his opponent out of his fight plan. Using subtle tactics, he sets up his opponent for effective combinations. He causes an aggressive fighter to look awkward. He may even cause a boxer to get into a slugfest. He minimizes his opponent’s strengths by controlling the action to suit his own skills. A fighter using a good left jab (or a right jab for a left-handed fighter ) often does it as a part of this tactics to utilize ring generalship. A good jab allows a fighter to set up combinations and follow-up shots. If you watch fighters, you can pick out the one who is thinking, laying out a plan, and in complete control of what is happening. When you hear the term “the fighter won the round because he was controlling the action,” it means the fighter is in mental control in developing his fight plan, allowing him to score effective punches. Ultimately the boxer employing skillful ring generalship will be on his way to winning the round. A smart fighter usually gains an edge.

“THE GHOST” LOOKS TO ADD LITZAU TO STRING OF KNOCKOUT VICTIMS IN FEB. 29 TITLE DEFENSE

“SHOBOX” TELECAST TO INCLUDE
WILSON-WALKER HEAVYWEIGHT REMATCH

Los Angeles, CA (February 25, 2008) – In the final scene of the acclaimed 1942 boxing movie “Gentleman Jim,” dethroned legendary world heavyweight ghost champion John L. Sullivan (played by Ward Bond) told his conqueror James J. Corbett (portrayed by Errol Flynn) that trying to hit him during their epic 21-round battle of 1892 was “like trying to hit a ghost.”

For his last 13 victims – all by knockout -- current IBF Featherweight Champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (21-1-1, 14 KOs) demonstrated what it is like to be “hit by a ghost.”

This Friday, February 29, the 24-year old pride of the Bay Area and “garlic capital” of the world, Gilroy, California, will defend his title against another knockout artist of the same age – Jason “The American Boy” Litzau (23-1, 19 KOs) – as he tries to make the St. Paul, Minnesota native the latest addition to his string of consecutive ghost-written knockouts.