Boxing Defense: Shoulder Roll (Mayweather, Toney, Locche, Whitaker, Benton)

Defensive highlights of the shoulder roll at its best!
Floyd Mayweather Jr - Is an American retired professional boxer. Undefeated as a professional and a five-division world champion, Mayweather won twelve world titles and the lineal championship in four different weight classes (twice in the welterweight division). He is a two-time winner of the Ring magazine Fighter of the Year award (1998 and 2007.)
James Toney - Is an American professional boxer. He is a former three-weight world champion, having held the IBF middleweight, super middleweight and cruiserweight titles, as well as having challenged for the WBA and WBC heavyweight titles. Toney was voted by both The Ring magazine and the Boxing Writers Association of America as their "Fighter of the Year" in 1991 and 2003.
Nicolino Locche - Was an Argentine boxer from Tunuyán, Mendoza. Locche is often cited as one of the finest defensive boxers of all time, second only to Young Griffo.
Pernell Whitaker - Is an American former professional boxer and current boxing trainer. He won a silver medal as a lightweight at the 1982 Amateur World Championships, followed by gold at the 1983 Pan American Games and 1984 Olympics. In his professional career, Whitaker won world titles in four different weight divisions.
George Benton - Was a boxer and a boxing trainer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For seventeen years, Benton worked with Lou Duva and the Duva family's promotion company, Main Events, as the head trainer for many of their fighters. Among the fighters he trained were Evander Holyfield, Mike McCallum, Meldrick Taylor, and Pernell Whitaker.

[@abdisalaamabdi8422]

If U have this mastered ur defence will be amazing

[@crossblock7772]

Thank you this motivates me to stick to my defensive style.

[@thetruefistofthenort]

Class is in session. Masterful work, NZA.

[@ominae1]

Good work! Toney and Locche two of my favourites all time boxers .

[@ironfistscientist]

George MUTHA FUCKIN Benton! credited with being the creator of the Philly shell! the man!

[@JohnSharpe-vn2vo]

No charley burley done it In 40s Joe gans in 1909 william Thompson 1842 Broughton rules

[@JohnSharpe-vn2vo]

Lol no he wasn't first

[@Arondarealist1]

Rip pernell

[@antonthetrainer4403]

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL BOXING! This video was amazing, got a lot of good clips from these fighters man, loved that you included how they countered after rolling, slipping and parrying as weel.. Good job!

[@leonardtamraz675]

i watch this one every day

[@gastonlautaro6110]

NICOLINO LOCHE !!!

[@deconsturm9004]

Awesome really enjoyed this one Maybe a cross armed defence video for the future?

[@hanzagod]

+Decon Sturm Sounds like a good idea to me!

[@bkklaaw]

+Decon Sturm yo thats good one you dont see much of it any more

[@hunterboxing5209]

+haNZAgod Gerry Cooney knockouts?

[@hanzagod]

Hunter Boxing Maybe :)

[@hunterboxing5209]

+haNZAgod Ok :)

[@franciscorebecchi7689]

Locche fue El Mejor. Está en el Hall de la Fama, y realizó 136 peleas, de las cuales perdió sólo 4. Fue derribado sólo en 2 ocasiones.-

[@VLADIVAN0230405]

¿Cuál fue la segunda?

[@seetsamolapo5600]

What Locche has doesn't even look like it can be trained

[@surveying482]

Who did he beat? He doesn’t compare to toney Floyd or pernell.

[@Uuyrijies1123]

@@surveying482 Locche beat Carlos Ortiz - Ismael Laguna who both were world champions at the fight, fought Eddie Perkins (not at his best) Antonio Cervantes, Carlos Hernandez and others… Fuji dethroned Lopópolo who Locche beat in a non-title fight, wait a minute, Locche beat both.

[@JuanGomez-se8wh]

@@Uuyrijies1123 Locche no fue el mejor, mira los nombres de James Toney por ejemplo, Roy Jones Jr, Mike McCallum, Evander Holyfield, Michael Nunn , Jirov, etc. Seguro, Toney no le ganó a todos los grandes nombres que enfrentó, pero su oposición es consistentemente mejor a la de Locche

[@ritzkola2302]

Floyd perfected it. He had the purest SR defense out!

[@mr.t658]

Toney too

[@lefthook6804]

Great vid,but it would be cool to see TOP 5 left hooks in boxing now or TOP 5 jabs!

[@jhonsepulvedo6750]

Imagine facing the shell for the first time. Defense is intriguing to me.

[@Garrett1240]

Toney, Benton, and Locche were the best at the shoulder roll. Everyone else is behind them.

[@qcbornbred4780]

Ole Okie Watson you must be a Floyd hater he perfected the shoulder roll

[@eddieperez7683]

Ole Okie Watson Whitaker is easily one of the greatest at it

[@francinemedina75]

I actually use this Philly shell defence when I box. I've also been trying out the cross armed guard but it's very difficult to use.

[@myronsmith2114]

It’s hard to punch out of that cross arm style

[@thami7044]

In my opinion no one could do it like Floyd Jr and James toney 🔥 I consider sweet peas defense as philly shell

[@EbrGbc]

locche is one of the best in the world. and as for defensive style there is no doubt that it is number one

[@philconlin683]

Could u do a video on shoulder roll counters? Could focus on counter right, catch and shoot on the same side and catch and couter with the left hook from shoulder roll as well as slip right counter See so many shoulder roll Defense vids rarely the offence with is really what the shoulder roll is about

[@vitormatheus9918]

Os melhores 💪👌

[@juanmonster6232]

The Locce guy suprised me

[@estel4110]

Nicolino el mejor boxeador defensivo hispano!!

[@icewise3991]

zzz Iván Calderón tambien

[@Rodageado]

Miguel canto.

[@edwardmurdoch5070]

También Wilfredo Benítez

[@surveying482]

The three BEST ever defensively pernell toney n Floyd just simply beautiful boxing there will never be anyone else as complete defensively

[@Andrewthe22]

🤣🤣🤣 only pernell

[@Garrett1240]

Can the shoulder roll be used by someone with a short reach? I'm new to boxing and I love the style, but I'm 5'11 and have a 70 inch reach. Me and my coaches have been practicing it a ton recently and I'm most comfortable with it although I'll admit I haven't faced many good boxers, mostly just guys who are relatively new to the sport like me. I know intelligence and reactions are the most important traits to use the shoulder roll defense, but can someone with a short reach use it effectively? Any response would be helpful.

[@flameo1000]

Yes you can use it have a very short reach and height too am only 5'5. But I don't use it as a main defense but rather a tool to counter with my right hand. So I keep my hands up normal guard but use it to roll the right hand once it comes.

[@JohnSharpe-vn2vo]

Georgie benton superb

[@marcelopiriz4233]

La mejor defensa para mí

[@riccardorodriguez1535]

Great idea man! Am I the only one thinking about a peek-a-boo video?

[@hanzagod]

+Richard Roderick Yep that's something I could definitely do! Keep an eye out for it within the next week or so.

[@eduardopaz1]

Locche #1

[@robjacko6474]

Toney had the best shoulder roll imo,,the point of it was offence and defence, he'd roll the shot and alway fire back, the others countered of it far less, not the best defence overall as Floyd and Pea would use there legs more, but purely the shoulder roll, James did it best

[@johnshell2480]

What’s amazing to me is the mentality. Aussies are fighters! Fenech, Harding and all Aussie I seen they come to rip your head off and I love it! But this guy was a pure master boxer. Just a great change up amidst the Aussie carnage lol

[@hanzagod]

You've had some great pure boxers from Australia too like Lionel Rose and Johnny Famechon.

[@johnshell2480]

@@hanzagod I forgot Lionel Rose!

[@apiwesomadlaka572]

No one does/did it better than Georgie Benton 🙏🏿

[@surveying482]

Floyd and toney

[@guilhermao8178]

@@surveying482 no

[@clm3888]

GGG uses his left and right shoulders too.

[@buddyboy1220]

Song name?

[@SugarRayProduction]

Good video, but you forgot Wilfred Benitez ;)

[@hanzagod]

+MonsieurGaming17 Benitez rarely ever used the shoulder roll, you can check out his defensive highlights here; kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJW6pmiCZpZ3jJY

[@ironfistscientist]

spadafora should be here as well

[@thomassantos9346]

Great video, name of track?

[@hanzagod]

+ThomasSantos93 (YTBC) Bonobo - Kiara

[@jovanmilov2851]

+haNZAgod Ayub Kalule highlights???

[@hanzagod]

Jovan Milov Hmm maybe, I'll think about it :)

[@slavashehovec9152]

КЛАСС!!!

[@JoeG75]

Who's the best at it? I love this, it doesn't work for me I'm not slick enough, too slow maybe, but who's the best ever at the shoulder roll?

[@hanzagod]

Difficult to say but I'd go for Mayweather, Benton and Toney. Can't single out 1 guy to be honest.

[@JoeG75]

awesome, thanks

[@JoeG75]

thanks, I'm gonna have to look into Angelino Locche more, thanks for the info. I love the art of boxing!

[@siergiej882kowaliow3]

Hopkins had terrific shoulder roll, better than Whitaker. Why didn't you put him here?

[@hanzagod]

I created this video months ago, I don't remember.

[@crossblock7772]

Who trained Nicolino

[@edwardmurdoch5070]

Francisco Paco Bermúdez. He also trained Gustavo Ballas, another world champion; and another great Argentine boxer named Cirilo Gil. He lived in a small province of Argentina (Mendoza). Having three great boxers in his gym was an incredible accomplishment.

[@Boomzxlla]

Philly Shell

[@shadowsnake8989]

Is their a solid tactic to getting through this defense?

[@skipeveryday7282]

Every guard has its strengths and weaknesses. One approach to overcoming the shoulder roll defense is to step to your right (their left) forcing them to bring their lead hand up as the angle no longer allows their shoulder to protect their face/head. But to be quite honest the shoulder roll defense is one of the best and most difficult to penetrative, but it's also quite difficult to do and requires the right proportions.

[@adolfomendiola6905]

Change to southpaw. Shoulder allows that straight left to land so they have to change their defensive stance

[@ethancntower8850]

It protects your chin but leaves you open to a right to the temple. Thats why the guys who use it successfully all have great reflexes

[@blastdude89]

@@ethancntower8850 one right goes through and your lights are going out

[@Richard-cg5sv]

no Charley Burley?

[@hanzagod]

Just to clarify this isn't a video compiling everyone who has ever used the shoulder roll, I just picked 5 guys that I like watching. Only 1 fight film of Burley exists and the quality of it isn't exactly great. Wouldn't have fit the video very well.

[@akinumber1]

I got lost

[@estilfd.d.l395]

Dimitri pirog?

[@hanzagod]

This isn't a definitive list of every boxer that's ever used the shoulder roll, just a highlight of a few of them to showcase this type of defense.

[@Reality_Popstar]

TBH MAYWEATHER HAS THE WEAKEST SHOULDER ROLL

[@g-man1035]

TBH Mayweather has the greatest defense of all time

[@Reality_Popstar]

@@g-man1035 James toney was harder to hit than mayweather

[@robjacko6474]

​@g-man1035 yeah cos he used his legs and other defensive skills, purely the shoulder roll, Toney did it best

[@JohnSharpe-vn2vo]

Locche the laziest boxer in history he was so slick he made boxers look ridiculous

[@jasonphillips6943]

Mayweather least Impressive out of the bunch

[@mytbeats]

floyd dosent belong here... everbody knows hes not on there level .. locche was the best

[@chadtep7571]

get out of your feelings and recognize the pugilistic polymath that is Floyd Mayweather Jr.

[@combatfitness7092]

if floyd is so bad, why is it he's the only one to be hit the least in boxing history? LOL..

[@cody5879]

Lol stop it, looche was slow n unathletic compared to Floyd. Floyd was also an absolute master technically on defense

[@franagustin3094]

Hi Yep Locche beat better opposition. Floyd was the better boxer.

[@joaoii1082]

Then you're a fool if you think so