Dmitry Bivol - Craft series - Pendulum jab - Shadow boxing drill - How to box

Seriously Mark is this your YouTube channel or something because I've seen you post about half of his catalogue on here. The first one I remember is him hitting a heavy bag and he looked embarrassing on it. Wouldn't take him seriously.

 

I know about it, I'm just saying it's weird that you keep posting videos from this particular YouTube channel when they're not exactly the best for boxing knowledge. There's a difference between a guy who talks about the tactics and one who actually implements them. Tony Jeffries is more the kind of guy who'd be able to teach about that kind of stuff.

 

Pulling your head back can be incredibly useful in boxing if you mastered the timing of it. Of course it leaves one in a vulnerable position if the timing is wrong, but to say it's a total faux pas is a bit over the top. Ali and Floyd had that slick reflex based defence as it is, they're two of the few fighters capable of ever pulling it off. Never moving back in a straight line is a definite rule to live by. As you might've seen with Sunny Edwards on Friday, lateral movement will get you out of a lot of trouble, and combining a pull counter with lateral foot movement would probably be one of the most dangerous and difficult offensive weapons one could master. Imagine having someone constantly moving in at different angles, they leave their head there for the taking for a split second, you swing for it as it's the only option you have, but lo and behold it was a trap and you get a sharp counter on the button for your troubles, but it'd be worsened if they moved their feet to give you an angle you can't see from for that counter. Then they're out the side door again and you resume chasing thin air.
It'd take yonks to master but would pay dividends for sure.

 

To be honest that wasn't really him pulling his head back much, he just got caught with his hands too far down more than anything. What a counter by McCallum though, such a legend. Both fighters are in fairness. Was a great fight.

 

I wondered this too. or he's obsessed with a guy that doesn't really know what he's talking about.