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Originally Posted by David Sklansky
Correct me if I am wrong, but I think that both of those two fellows were just slightly below the world's best with normal techniques.
Fosbury won Olympic gold at the young age of 21 at his first Olympic games with his famous 'Fosbury Flop', he was already practicing his ''weird'' jump early on and got ridiculed for it. So I don't think he was already one of the best high jumpers using 'normal' technique given his age and him saying he started training his specific jump at age 16 because of being unsuccessful with the normal technique
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dick-Fosbury
Same with Belmonte, he also started throwing the ball with two hands at a very early age, and lots of 'experts' told him he had to change his approach if he wanted to reach the top, he ignored that advice and he is currently the best bowler in the world.
No doubt they where already good using normal techniques, but they became and beaten the absolute best by using unconventional techniques.
Same goes for McGregor he is taking on the best, only way to win is with unconventional technique/tactics. Actually Most people already expect him to fight in a weird and awkward style. If that style is somehow effective and he wins or even comes close, I'm sure it will change boxing and people will learn and adapt certain aspects from his approach. But yes it most likely will be an awkward and weird style that is actually LESS effective.
Again to be clear, I'm not saying that I think McGregor is capable of it, or that it's even possible to approach boxing in a completely new way, although I would love to see it happen. I just think that something of that magnitude is needed to win, which actually may indicate that he even has a smaller change of winning vs Floyd.
But who knows, maybe in 10 years the best fighters will throw 2 punches with both hands at the same time