The all things technical thread.

You're right.

- Floyd is a southpaw.

- Southpaws very often try to get themselves knocked out.

- Your feet have nothing to do with your defense and in your getting hit or your ability to avoid punches.

- Zab is the greatest thing that ever lived and has perfect footwork. Only gets hit because he showboats.

I clearly need to watch more boxing.


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I bow to your superior knowledge.

 

Good stuff, mate. That's a good way of setting up your right hand, rather than just the traditional way. Sometimes fighters can cancel eachother out when they paw and jab with eachother looking for openings.

On a side note: The left hook is probabily my favourite punch. Love a good left hook. It's the best knockout punch for me because of where it comes from. It can also be thrown from different angles. It's very effective but you have to becareful you don't get countered after attempting a left hook. I think the key with the left hook is not to over rotate on it and to snap it. It's also a punch that can be thrown many ways and easier to learn.

I loved how Tito Trinidad use to throw the left hook out of the pocket. He really use to pivot into it. He also used what you described. He would fake with his left hook and then bring the right hand into play. It worked a treat in the Vargas fight.

 

Good point about the wraps. I'm convinced many trainers don't know how to wrap hands properly. Some fighters actually wrap their on hands and many are 'fussy' about it too. I think it's something that's really important and should be done right. It will cause injury and even your power will suffer.

Many people make the mistake of thinking that the wraps are there just for cushioning and pretecting you on impact. But the wraps should be protecting your knuckles, bones and metatarsals in your hands.

I use to make the mistake of hitting the bag without any handwraps atsch and my hands are f**k'd now.

The handwraps when they're put on shouldn't be too loose. That is the biggest mistake that is made imo. When the handwraps are loose is when you're at great risk of injuries and breaks. The wraps should be very rigid and firm when you close the fist with no looseness.

 

Yep. Technically Wlad is a pretty refined for his style. He's just not a natural fighter like Vitali is and that's what hurts him. He use to have a lot of anxiety and Steward done a lot of work with him in trying to get him comfortable in the ring. Wlad is just not big, that's not the only thing that gives him the advantage. A lot of fighters are big and there have been many super heavyweights who haven't dominated. But Wlad combines size with good technical ability and that's what makes him difficult to beat, especially now he's comfortable in the ring and the panickness has pretty much been eradicated, although the trait is still somewhat there. It can come back if the right opponent takes him to certain spots. But for the most part the Wlad of before and the current version is apples and oranges.

Wlad controls distance very well. He doesn't need to land his jab to be effective. Many fighters who are jabbers and jab orientated have to find you with that initial one to get their game started, but not with Wlad. He can paw with his jab and just needs to create space and change/control distance.

One thing Wlad does so well is he throws a nice jab, left hook. He'll jab and jab and then throw the occassional right hand. This makes the opponent think he's figured out and is comfortable with the punching pattern and then Wlad will very sneakily bring the left hook into play when they're assuming he'll throw a right hand.

He also does a wonderful job of throwing different types of jabs.