Cross Armed Guard Boxing. Considered to be the best guard against head damage the cross armed guard was used by boxing legend archie moore to set up devastating counter punches. Actually there s a great example of what i mean at around 42 seconds of this vid moore s squared up catching shots from marciano with the cross armed guard and then when he twists back to load up the right hand you can see him fall into a floyd style guard and he catches marciano s right on his shoulder.
Boxing defensive positions cross armed the forearms are placed on top of each other horizontally in front of the face with the glove of one arm being on the top of the elbow of the other arm. He called it the lock a defensive shell that has its origins in bare knuckle boxing. This style is the most effective for reducing head damage.
Most importantly the cross armed defence is an active defence.
One of them should be on top of the elbow of the other arm. Most importantly the cross armed defence is an active defence. Boxing defensive positions cross armed the forearms are placed on top of each other horizontally in front of the face with the glove of one arm being on the top of the elbow of the other arm. Professor donovan the art of boxing and self defense 1902 here a cross armed guard is modeled by heavyweight gus ruhlin who fought both jim jeffries and bob fitzimmons two of the most important.
