Getting caught cold

i think your muscles and synapses need to be warm to function at max speed. thats why when a fighter comes to the ring bone dry, most trainers comment on how thats not ideal. he needs to get the blood pumping through those muscles he is about to run through motions at top speed. its not just your muscles, your mind also has to be fueled by the adrenaline that pumps when youre in a fight mode. both things need to be in place for you to operate at max level.

 

See Duran Hearns, Roberto began the first round like he was sparring

 

Lennox Lewis said that sometimes you need to get hit a few times before you really settle into the fight and more alert. Makes sense.

 

Ricky wasn't caught cold. A fire fight had already broken out.

 

He came in attempting to bumrush Pac, wasn't ready for Pac's speed or power and got caught multiple times dropped and dispatched. That's literally getting caught cold.

 

No, getting caught cold is when there isn't much action going on and the fighter hasn't warmed up yet. Ricky and Pac had already been throwing bombs.

 

Rubio v Jantuah always springs to mind regarding a guy getting caught cold, or was it just a great punch?

 

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This happened to Andy Lee, Bute, and Groves as well.

 

Dang that’s getting caught alright! Arena goes silent lol.

 

I think a fighters recuperative abilities play a bigger role in this than most think. Some guys are just prone to getting caught period, and regardless of how good their chin is, when a trained boxer catches you clean anything can happen. I think recuperative ability and the fighters mental strength - in the sense that they are so willingly stubborn to accept whatever is thrown their way to land - plays the biggest role. Take Beterbiev for example. He caught a two-piece from Gvozdyk that would have slept damn near anyone, was visibly hurt for a split second, and just marched forward. Against Jonson he literally took a flush 2,000 JDAM bomb RIGHT ON THE BUTTON - was dropped and badly hurt, recovered damn near instantly and went back to war. Guy is a machine and thats ehats so scary about him, he's literally a born and bread dog of war. Salido was very similar and Nigel Benn was reminiscent as well. When they got caught - they caught a bead on their enemy, pinned the trigger back, and melted the barrell. Thats stone cold balls.

 

This is exactly it. The classic boxing definition for getting caught cold is getting knocked down or out before your body has had a chance to warm up and work at peak efficiency.

Boxers typically go through certain rituals i.e. hitting the pads and shadow boxing in the dressing room before stepping into the ring.

Most of them want to have a light sweat worked up before the fight starts.

 

It happens a lot with counter punchers who need a few rounds to get a read on the opponent and adapt to the angles. Its pretty rare that a counter puncher will go out in round one and already have the opponent figured out.

 

its like sprinting without stretching first, tendons and cartilage starts to tear because your muscles are jumping into a range and speed of motion that your cold resting body isnt ready to rev up to. all you need to lose is 1/10 of a second off your reaction time to be the difference between rolling with a punch and catching it square.