An Article on LPR Boxing

**Mordschlag** · Posted On: 6/19/2012 1:04am

Hey everyone,

So I decided to write a short article on LPR era boxing this afternoon. I did this because I needed to give a friend a brief primer on the subject and I simply couldn't find one already made online, and for the additional novelty of having something to point to when my sparring mates ask me about old time boxing. As it says on the page, it isn't meant to be exhaustive or a complete guide to everything on the subject, it's just meant to give a quick introduction to the facets that most strongly contrast with modern boxing.

An Introduction to London Prize Ring Boxing

Any criticism would be warmly welcomed. Am I missing anything vital here?

***DerAuslander*** · Posted On: 6/19/2012 7:12am

After the Pacquiao fight, I would love to see matches fought under these rules.

**itwasntme** · Posted On: 6/19/2012 7:43am

Originally Posted by Bodhi108

After the Pacquiao fight, I would love to see matches fought under these rules.

Hell yeah, I had never even heard of this before. I'm gonna have to look into this.

**lklawson** · Posted On: 6/19/2012 10:23am

Looks good to me. At first you thew me a bit when you wrote that the foot work is pretty much the same. I immediately thought, "what about the drop step punches? the angel steps? the parries? the..." etc. But I should have known better. You went ahead and covered the basics through out the article. Nice job.

:)

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

**Mordschlag** · Posted On: 6/20/2012 12:09am

Originally Posted by Bodhi108

After the Pacquiao fight, I would love to see matches fought under these rules.

Originally Posted by itwasntme

Hell yeah, I had never even heard of this before. I'm gonna have to look into this.

I've been telling people this for sometime now. How badass would it be to have a LPR match as the opening to a big ticket fight night? I bet it would increase interest in boxing and help inject life into televised fights, if not help revive boxing as a whole.

Originally Posted by lklawson

Looks good to me. At first you thew me a bit when you wrote that the foot work is pretty much the same. I immediately thought, "what about the drop step punches? the angel steps? the parries? the..." etc. But I should have known better. You went ahead and covered the basics through out the article. Nice job.

:)

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

Thanks! I didn't know how much detail was enough for the footwork section, since I kept thinking about mentioning the extended guard and trying to cover all the possible bases, so I'm glad it is good enough as is. I can be a bit of a perfectionist so it took a lot of effort to keep it simple and straight-forward, and not try to define every little thing for people who don't know what a "left lead" is or something that non-boxers wouldn't immediately grasp.

**lklawson** · Posted On: 6/20/2012 8:23am

Originally Posted by Mordschlag

Thanks! I didn't know how much detail was enough for the footwork section, since I kept thinking about mentioning the extended guard and trying to cover all the possible bases, so I'm glad it is good enough as is. I can be a bit of a perfectionist so it took a lot of effort to keep it simple and straight-forward, and not try to define every little thing for people who don't know what a "left lead" is or something that non-boxers wouldn't immediately grasp.

The problem is that when you decide that you need to cover everything you end up writing a book, not an article.

Ask me how I know. ;)

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

**Diesel_tke** · Posted On: 6/20/2012 1:27pm

Really good article you did! I especially like the distinctions you made in the footwork part. It is really similar to how I stick fight. Since I don't want to take shots from a stick, I use a similar "get in, hit, and get out" type of fighting. I can see how this would have been similar with bare knuckles and where other types of in fighting is alowed.

Thanks for the read.

**lordbd** · Posted On: 6/20/2012 1:47pm

Great article. Someone start an ammy LPR league dammit.

**Mordschlag** · Posted On: 6/20/2012 2:21pm

Originally Posted by lklawson

The problem is that when you decide that you need to cover everything you end up writing a book, not an article.

Ask me how I know. ;)

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

I got the feeling that would be the case. When I began there were only about three sections, and then those sections got split in half to make new sections and so on and so on. At one point I just figured I had to make the conscious decision to knock that behavior off before I got to the point where milling got its own one page section or something.

Originally Posted by Diesel_tke

Really good article you did! I especially like the distinctions you made in the footwork part. It is really similar to how I stick fight. Since I don't want to take shots from a stick, I use a similar "get in, hit, and get out" type of fighting. I can see how this would have been similar with bare knuckles and where other types of in fighting is alowed.

Thanks for the read.

Glad you enjoyed it. The footwork applies to many different situations and I had a conversation with someone about it this yesterday. The fine chap made the observation that certain MMA fighters were now lunging in and out, shift punching, and so on. I told him that I think the footwork of LPR boxing starts to be re-discovered whenever people find a pressing need to rapidly cover distance and rapidly go back to the safe approach distance, like when that person risks being thrown, kicked in the face, or hit with a counter-strike via stick. Seems to make sense anyway.

Originally Posted by lordbd

Great article. Someone start an ammy LPR league dammit.

Thank you. Honestly I don’t get why we haven’t already done this. I’ve thought that the structure of the Singlestick and Broadsword league makes a lot of sense for something like amateur LPR. Maybe it is up to us scrappy Bullshido chaps to make some system where people can locate other people close by, spar with them, and put the results online. It would probably make training easier too.

**lordbd** · Posted On: 6/20/2012 3:24pm

Originally Posted by Mordschlag

Thank you. Honestly I don’t get why we haven’t already done this. I’ve thought that the structure of the Singlestick and Broadsword league makes a lot of sense for something like amateur LPR. Maybe it is up to us scrappy Bullshido chaps to make some system where people can locate other people close by, spar with them, and put the results online. It would probably make training easier too.

If there are any Richmond, VA bullies who want to light spar LPR style on a Sunday, count me in. It'll actually probably be pretty similar to some of the basic MT stuff that I've learned.

P.S. we'll probably still need to wear gloves.

P.P.S. This book is pretty cool