Tim Witherspoon - Cross-Armed Defense 

it's crazy that this man has his own channel just spreading knowledge and it has so little viewers, he has so much knowledge on the philly shell, cross arm, 52 blocks, etc. its criminal that he isnt more widely known

very underrated , Don king got him bad. Definitely a real gem of the 80s.

One of the great fighters of 70's 80's. One of the best defensive boxers in history of boxing. He fought to very best!

Just a reminder of how good Witherspoon was in his prime. Guy should have been a champion with a much longer reign.

Tim Witherspoon use to be my boxing trainer in Hazleton Pennsylvania

Tim now has a RU-vid boxing instruction channel. It’s rare for someone who was that good to be passionate about coaching

I had an honour to get asked by him. He asked me to upload a 5 minute of shadow boxing and he gave his analysis on it. Learned a lot. You should definitely check his channel though. I felt so honoured that a 2x heavyweight champion of legend category gave me who doesn't even train properly, an analysis.

The most beautiful defense imo

A true defensive and offensive genius. He was so comfortable and unpredictable in the pocket!

By the way, Tim just created his own YT channel, where he kindly shares his wisdom, give him a visit.

Looks like he focuses on defense and head movements, then he counters when the time is right ... I like it!!

Had a chance to get to know tim and workout with him a couple years ago at a local gym in old forge Pennsylvania Hes a great guy. Great sense of humor and very humble

One of the best Heavyweights of the 1980's! Terrible Tim had excellent defensive skills somewhat similar to Ken Norton he used a cross-armed defense and also had a good high guard. www.patreon.com/haNZAgod

One of the best heavyweights of the 80s

Tim Witherspoon ✊✊✊ still two time champ

Terrible Tim Weatherspoon was one fighter no one took lightly, his fundamentals were so sound, good ring IQ ! Always wondered how much more The Champ would have achieved with some different management and never got involved with Don King ? So much talent that he was two time World Champion in one of the greatest era's of the Heavyweight division !! Congratulations Champ for all of your accomplishments !!

I was just watchin his own YT channel and he was demonstrating exactly this.

Great champions of the 1980S

I would have to day he was one of the most talented fighter of his generation...

Smooth asf

Epic Video About An Underrated Champion.

the best Tim weatherspoon

Tim witerpoons 2 champ world

how is this the first time i hear of this guy 🔥🔥

1:16 wow

underrated 2x champ who has one of the best defenses i gotta say,he got philly shell and cross armed mastered,no wonder people strugled to hit him...

Brutal

Creí ver todo los boxiadores pesos pesados de esa epoka pero no avía visto uno con ese estilo de pelea. Nomas de ver me dio puti tips

HaNZAgod, could you do a video on George Godfrey (the 20th century boxer)? Is there enough footage of him out there?

Do you think you could do a Tyrrell Biggs video? That would be quality

Tim was avoided we all know this now he had some right hand my god fighter like Tim remind of like a mike McCallum type never got the right fights but were good an dangerous guys not fair but that’s boxing.

His said his coach taught him a techinique called rubber necking which is why he got hit less.

Tim was so underrated imagine him in the modern heavyweight division I think he would be the champion and dominate

That larry holmes fight though, i see a sd on 12 rounds, what is that.

Cross arm goats give me Ken Norton and Tim Witherspoon

What's the difference between this style and the Philly shell? It's hard for me to tell.

Easier defense to learn this or philly shell hanza?

Did he have a bout with tony tubbs I forget yeah he did u got tubbs highlights imma watch that after

Great coverage of The great Tim Witherspoon. Never a power puncher heavyweight champion but durable in the ring - very durable until he unpreparedly and lazily hung his chin up against the intelligent and opportunistic, James Bone Crusher Smith - The Academist with Lethal Hands.

Witherspoon was good...Damn good!! If he had kept his weight in check and had more discipline...would’ve been Worlds Champion for a long time....Larry Holmes smelled the rat in Tim’s camp...and he was right...

Terrible Tim just paid respects to the 52 Blocks style, which uses the cross armed defense quite heavily. A boxing style born in the jails of NY, currently being innovated by Lyte Burly. Don't sleep on 52!!!

You beat Holmes and he refused to give you and Carl 'The Truth' Williams a rematch. I told him at a press conference pointing and yelling at him "you don't really think you beat Tim Witherspoon and Carl 'The Truth' Williams do you? His partner Jay Newman came to me and said 'hey buddy, can you calm it down>" I then showed him a pic of me between Holmes and Marvin Stinson and he said "oh, Ken it's you!" I told him 'you know I can't stand this guy!'

Witherspoon will knock yo a** out with that overhand right 😴😴😴😴👍👍

If Tim was in good shape he would easly beat Tyson a long time before James Doglaus.

I love Tim Witherspoon vs. Larry Holmes. Sad how badly this man was screwed over by Don King

Where would u put tim in history HanzA?

Kinda like Ken Norton

Shame he got mugged by Bonecrusher and the three knockdown rule. Gave Tyson's management a reason to avoid him.

Ta chilo la defensa pero los vatos ke no le pueden pegar no mueven la pata para adelante por eso no le podían. Pegar si. Cotto fiera peso pesado y iviese peliado con ese vato lo clavaria bien rápido

Why not a fight against Tyson? Too dangerous Too smart Tim?

holmes couldn't do nothing to him

Terrible Tim throw back fighter !!! Super underated...He Looks Like a Hw Lomochenko in here !!!!

it's a tragedy how this guy got screwed by Don King and isn't as remembered as the likes of Tyson and Holyfield.

He was ROBBED against Larry Holmes

dillian whyte reminds me of him

Witherspoon really is just a lazy Ken Norton. I think Norton was a little better though considering his competition. Both tremendous fighters!

Its TIM WITHERSPOON fault why him & MIKE TYSON never fought each other . All WITHERSPOON had to do was beat BONECRUSHER SMITH for the WBA Championship in 1987, then he wouldve been able to fight TYSON, But BONECRUSHER destroyed WITHERSPOON in 1 rd, & BONECRUSHER got the shot at TYSON, & TYSON beat him . And through the years, WITHERSPOON would lose to LARRY HOLMES, & TYSON destroyed HOLMES . WITHERSPOON would lose to PINKLON THOMAS, & TYSON destroyed THOMAS . WITHERSPOON would lose to ANDREW GOLOTA , & TYSON destroyed GOLOTA . WITHERSPOON would get destroyed by BRIAN NEILSEN , & TYSON destroyed NEILSEN & later WITHERSPOON would get destroyed by LOU SAVERESE, & TYSON destroyed SAVERESE . . Bottom line is all through the 1980's & the 90's, WITHERSPOON would lose to the same opponents TYSON beat, & thats why WITHERSPOON never got the chance to fight TYSON, its his fault for not winning fights when he suppose to,. & overrall TYSON looked better against the same opponents WITHERSPOON fought , even against the same Heavyweights they beat. The only Common Opponent WITHERSPOON looked more impressive beating who fought TYSON was JAMES TILLIS , but that's literally it, every other common opponent they fought , IRON MIKE looked way more impressive against them than WITHERSPOON did.

The supremacy of the cross armed defense is unmatched.