The all things technical thread.

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funnily enough a mfriend of mine was sparring (very light) with derek williams last night the former brit heavyweight champ and derek was using the cross armed defence.

 

Cheers for that slip re: Cross armed Defence. :good

Vids already been posted above of Napoles-Lopez 2, but made a gif of the punch in question, from 4:40 of the vid onwards:

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Beautiful shot, barely looks like a grazing shot from this angle but you can see Lopez's legs sink from the impact.

 

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Punch resistance..... all sorts I could imagine.

You're never going to turn an eggy chinned fighter into someone capable of walking through Mike Tyson though.

Exercises - neck muscles, legs

Techniques - seeing shots and turning away from them, so when you're hit the meaty part has already gone

Style - better balance, a more forward leaning stance, with feet wider apart

 

sounds stupid, but 'accepting' youre going to be hit is something i found helped when sparring. dont tighten yourself up

 

Hey! Lets invite Zakman to this discussion for and frivolities!thumbsup

 

Fancy doing a breakdown of Mike Tyson? Alot of people make the mistakes with his style and think he is a brawler....not true.

 

I think the chin is the most innate and un-improvable aspect of any boxers natural ability.

So long as we make the distinction between "chin" and "punch resistance".

Trying to improve the chin would be as futile as trying to improve the temple.

Once you're hit with a clean shot, the neural message is sent to the nervous system and you're at the mercy of your own physiology.

Punch resistance however can be built up with neck strengthening exercise, aerobic/anaerobic conditioning and of course technique, rolling with punches, footwork, balance etc.