This fight is an example of fair gloved boxing versus good gloved boxing without gloves. These guys have the mechanics only partially adjusted and it looks a lot like 5th century B.C. Greek “highhanded" boxing. On the comment board some yo comments that they should be hooking to the body, not knowing that to hook to the body without gloves is begging for a broken thumb.

The weapons that need to be deployed by the taller fighter in order to finish such fights against marginally skilled but fit and tough opposition are the up-jab, the body-jab, and the straight right to the heart.

These guys deserve more credit than they are getting here. The taller fighter constantly pushes the action but simply lacks a few specialized tools for stopping the man who is giving ground.

There is a lot of footage of “bare-knuckle” boxing out of Ireland and England. In most of this “bare-knuckle” footage under Irish BKB and Silent Fist, we do not see bare-knuckles or bare-knuckle technique, but gloved techniques modified for wrapped hands. Hence the action tends to resemble ancient Greek boxing more than anything from the London Prize Ring, the modern boxing ring, or the MMA cage. Be patient and you will find instructive moments.

Look at the still in the video window below.

The muscle man is begging to take punches to the body but is going to drop elbows on your thumbs.

The answer is to shoot the jab high and then do a straight right to the body with a sinking knee, covering out with a safety jab back upstairs if you do not score. But if you do sink that right into the body, you do a strong pivot up-jab with the palm facing up into his eye.

Blind jab to his eyes, sinking right to his body, and rising supine jab or vertical fist safety jab to his face.