A few Qs about Martinez's hands-down style

Dont forget to lean when you step back. Get that head away from incoming punches

 

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True, damn I wish I could do this, they make it seem so effortless.

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don't try that style unless your an expierienced boxer and have been practicing it in sparring for ages. wouldn't try it if your at a heavier weight either.

 

Tell the whole story *******.Tell us how martinez dented chavez jr face in for 11 rounds with a broken hand and torn ligaments.

 

Head movement and foot movement both.

Try moving around a ring with grace and athleticism while your hands are up high?
You're not able to lean and bend as well when your hands are up like that.


You're taught to keep your hands high, but for quick fast fighters that can bend their bodies and joints well, that may not be the right strategy.

Checkout Pernell Whitaker, when at his best defensively, he dropped his hands to make you miss.......
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw1t2yAK_wU[/ame]


In alot of those clips, had Pernell had his hands held high, he would'nt be able to lean and contort his body as well to make you miss alltogether.

Even offensive minded assasins with great ring awareness and who could bend at the waist well employ that hands down style to make an opponent miss.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei7YkW12iAs[/ame]

 

This is on the money. It doesn't necessarily need to be a speed thing either. Carl Froch and Vitali Klitschko frequently fight the same way, and nobody would accuse either of them of being fast or weak.

 

Its not about pure speed and quickness. Its about being experienced. Novices often confuse experience that leads fast recognition and anticipation combined with efficiency of motion with natural speed and quickness.

There is a lot more to being fast than pure speed.

 

You're right, you dont have to necessariy be fast, but it would help to be fast if you were to want to employ the hands down style consistently throughout a fight.

In Vitali's case, he's usually alot bigger than his opponent, so he keeps his hands down but his height allows him to be able to lean back away from a smaller fighters reach.

 

This style should come with a warning label... Do Not Try This At Home.

You will fruitlessly slap at your opponents and probably get knocked out. :bbb

 

What makes his style work so well is his great understanding of distance and his legs/footwork.
Id say if your studying Martinez you should focus on those two things.

 

Also because Martinezs style relys so much on his legs your conditioning has to be completely on point.