What do you think Montoya worked on?

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  1. WatchfortheHook

    WatchfortheHook Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I remember watching an interview with Montoya saying he and Kessler were working on things he hadn't been doing lately. I don't imagine Kessler is going to show some nice head movement tomorrow, so what do you think they worked on?

    Footwork? Lateral movement? Defense?
     
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  2. langshof

    langshof Member Full Member

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    Hooks and uppercuts. Kessler does these things very, very well. But he hasnt used them lately. The same goes for liver shots. He has decked several opponents using that earlier in his career.
    Also, Kessler is left handed. We might see him throwing more power shots with his left hand.
     
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  3. WatchfortheHook

    WatchfortheHook Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I've been watching some Kessler fights and another thing I came up with is he used to feint and I don't recall him feinting in the last 2 fights, think he worked on that as well?

    Yeh his uppercuts are solid and when he gets to throwing 3 to 4 punch combos moreso than his 1-2 he looks great.
     
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  4. langshof

    langshof Member Full Member

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    I hope he'll feint some more. Should be pretty effective against an opponent who defends with his hands down the side. What I really hope is that he has sharpened his left hook. That will come in handy, when Froch fails with his right. Same goes for Kessler's left to the body.
     
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  5. booradley

    booradley Mean People Kick Ass! Full Member

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    I hope they worked with the left hand a lot! Taylor could not miss Froch with left hands. Kessler does not have JT's hand speed, but you don't need lightening speed to hit Froch, and Kessler hits a lot harder than Jermain ever did.
     
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  6. David Fanning

    David Fanning Internet Tuff Guy Full Member

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    That was the first thing that popped into my head after reading the thread title as far as what they SHOULD have worked on. Why can't you see it happening tomorrow? It would serve him very well against Froch, and you're probably right, I'm just curious why. Do you think he'd just be a tiger trying to change his stripes?
     
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  7. WatchfortheHook

    WatchfortheHook Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Exactly. He's just been fighting so long without it I just think even if they did work on it with a fight of this magnitude he'd abandon it anyways. I think they'd just want to shore up some of the things he's done well in the past but hadn't been doing well...like his footwork...he's never been great with his footwork, but his footwork was solid against Andrade and his footwork has been dreadful of late, but since he's done it before it'd be easier to pick up.
     
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  8. David Fanning

    David Fanning Internet Tuff Guy Full Member

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    100% agreed. Footwork is probably his biggest advantage over Froch (or could be, at least), aside from throwing much straighter punches.
     
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  9. JoeAverage

    JoeAverage Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He used to have good footwork, but in the last fights he has looked like he had lead in his feet.
     
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  10. tito44

    tito44 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Left hook.
     
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  11. Jan(DK)

    Jan(DK) Joined april 2007 Full Member

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    As i stated in an other thread:

    "Seems Kessler and his new trainer has worked on the inside game. Watch the short low left hook to the kidney / liver area late in the video...................."


    http://video.tv2.dk/index.php/id-30012973.html
     
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  12. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Froch is a sitting duck for uppercuts. If Mikkel invests in that punch he'll get a stoppage.
     
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  13. WatchfortheHook

    WatchfortheHook Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Good catch!:good Kessler definately needed that after watching the Ward fight, no doubt Froch wants inside as well
     
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  14. David Fanning

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    Are you going to the fight?
     
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  15. Jan(DK)

    Jan(DK) Joined april 2007 Full Member

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    As stated in an other thread:

    Re: Kessler - "I´ll knock him out in round 2"

    "Kessler has to do an "Andrade performance". Footwork is the key. Jabs and 2-4 combinations. Then keep clear under pressure. One step back and to the sides, one step back and to the sides. Froch will be out of balance and then ....... again fast 2-4 combinations. If Kessler begins to go strait backwards................:huh"
     
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