Talk:Bolo punch

I have heard the story that the bolo punch was brought into boxing from eskrima by Filipinos sparring with boxers (I heard specific names, but I'll have to look this up). Any corroboration/contradiction? --Andrew 05:04, Apr 19, 2004 (UTC)

I added a reference from the March 27, 1924 Tacoma New-Tribune, which mentioned that Macario Flores was using the bolo punch. I suspect that the punch has no verifiable inventor, and was probably just a natural development of Filipinos being taught the sport during the 1910s.--Matt1978 21:58, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

My Opinion on the Bolo Punch
In regards to Kid Gavilan, the Bolo punch was his unconventional, swing-from-the-elbow, chopping right uppercut, which was thrown with the same motion as used to cut with a machete.... Which Gavilan did a lot of.

It had nothing to do with distracting his foe with any kind of motion of the other hand (ala Sugar Ray Leonard).

Its main point of effectiveness was its difference in timing as supposed to a regular uppercut.

Lennox Lewis in his younger years, used to throw a very crude over-arm right, often with devastating effects. This was also refereed to as a Bolo-Punch. Like with Kid Gavilans sudden swing, Lewis' over hand right deceived in a sense that the opponent becomes accustomed to timing his own defence to a conventional straight right.

To sum up, my opinion is that the Bolo punch is namely so when a punch is thrown at an unconventional trajectory.81.130.194.137 11:01, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

My take on the bolo punch
I've always heard a bolo punch explained as a rear-hand (right, usually) punch that loops around the opponent's guard; it's thrown to the body and avoids the opponent's elbows, causing him to lower his guard. When thrown to the head, it's usually just called a "looping right hand". Basically, it is just a way to harass your opponent into dropping his guard.Jayess (talk) 12:28, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

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