dinamita Marquez Training and breaking down the sweet science

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So here's the opening segment where he describes his work on the mitts. Enjoy.

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Announcer Dude: Here we are, back in the Romanza Gym, Ciudad de Mexico, the “bunker” of Juan Manuel Marquez. Juan, it’s time for you to elaborate for us, graphically, literally, what the deal is on the mitts; how to work them, and specifically how you do it in your preparation to confront a southpaw like Likar Ramos, like Manny Pacquiao.

JMM: That’s right. The mitts are used to take on speed right before the fight, some 15 days before the fight; I use the mitts for speed, for reflexes, and movement of the waist. And we’re going to demonstrate it here within view. Seeing how to fight a southpaw, the southpaw you always have to maintain at a distance. The orthodox fighter needs to put his foot on the outside, his left foot outside of the southpaw’s right foot (steps outside). So what you need to be doing is to be jabbing, jab while maintaining your movement, and when the southpaw throws your jab, you can possible counter-punch him with a (left) uppercut, straight right, (left) hook, and switch it downstairs (throws right uppercut downstairs). Because if you…the common combination is (left) uppercut, right hand, (left) hook, right hand, but if you change it with a hook downstairs, it goes directly into the stomach. And another good combination is that they throw the right (mittman throws left, that’s what he meant I believe), you slip it, throw the right (uppercut), and now you’re ready to throw to the liver (throws left hooker-cut to the body), and you’ll land it very well because what most fighters do is lift up their elbows, and you can hit him in the soft sides, which is a perfect punch for them to go down on the canvas.

Announcer Dude: Now, Juan…

JMM: Now your turn!

Announcer Dude: (laughs) No…Now Juan Manuel, it’s pure waist…besides power, strength, energy that you give the punches; it’s all coming from the waist, and the feet.

JMM: Exactly, from the waist. For example, I’ll repeat it so you can see it. Here, if he throws the jab, because the southpaw’s jab is the right hand, what I do is move (slips to outside), what I’ve done here is completed a turn of my waist and shoulder, and from here all I have to do is turn (turns into counter left uppercut.) And from here, turning, I throw the right, and turning again, I throw the hook, and the combination that all boxers do is come back with the right (throws full combination). But I say, why not turn from the left hook into a (right) hook downstairs to the soft sides, where the southpaw will never expect it and that hook will come right in like it’s at home.

Announcer Dude: One blow brings you to the next one.

JMM: Exactly.

Announcer Dude: And you take advantage of the energy and the position of the punch thrown…

JMM: Exactly. You take advantage…you stay there jabbing, then you throw the uppercut, and then right from here you’re ready for the right.

Announcer Dude: But you protect yourself, with your shoulders.

JMM: Right, you’re protected by your shoulders (when punching), because if you’re there…the hard thing is getting through the guard of a fighter. If you manage to get through it, take advantage, because if you don’t after one punch gets through, there’s no point. When you’re in there short, what you need to be doing is throwing combinations of 4, 5 punches.

Announcer Dude: That’s where I was going Juan Manuel, because you’re known as a fighter who throws very long combinations. Will you teach us one?

JMM: Of course. For example, there are combinations where you need to be jabbing, and you feint (feints), throw the jab, right hand, uppercut, right hand, hook, uppercut (keeps throwing)…you can land there all combinations of punches. Another for example…throwing the jab-give me the other mitt, the other side-throwing the jab…a 1-2, uppercut, and now you’re in position to throw the right hand, (left) hook, and from there you can go downstairs, or throw the (right) uppercut, go downstairs (throws left hook downstairs), (keeps throwing) you can get up to 8 punches if you make it.

Announcer Dude: And we’ve seen that you land them Juan. You can throw 4 or 5, but (at least) one always lands, and does damage.

JMM: Yes, because fighters aren’t used to having you throw more than 3, 4 punches, and if you throw one of 5 or 6, 2 or 3 are going to get in, because a lot of fighters aren’t used to seeing combinations of above 6 punches.

Announcer Dude: Alright then…do the last one Juan-

JMM: And then you do it.

Announcer Dude: (laughs) Then me, so people can see how it’s done, and how it’s not.

JMM: So jabbing, the jab always holds the distance for you, and from there, he throws the punch he wants to throw, and I throw the counter, and from there come the combinations. If he throws the left hand, I move here (slips to the right outside), and I can move to hit him (throws right uppercut); uppercut, uppercut, right, hook, right, and I can finish downstairs (throws left hook.)

Announcer Dude: It’s too long for me Juan!

JMM: Alright one more time, so that you learn it well. We’re jabbing, and suddenly-but you always have to be moving your waist-(repeats combination from above.)

JMM: (Instructs) Very good, but always with your hand by your face. What a lot of fighters do when they throw the hook is this: they throw the hook, and lower their hand (drops right). It’s what happened to me. It happened to me against Katsidis, where I threw a hook, but I did this (drops right).

Announcer Dude: The arm left.

JMM: Yes, I lowered this arm, and that’s where he connected his hook and caused me to go to the canvas in that fight.

Announcer Dude: That’s very important. How does a fighter remember to always keep in there?

JMM: You have to keep it there, and it’s a question of habit, when you’re sparring, when jabbing, to always keep it up, and if they throw a left hook, to block it with your elbow, so you don’t drop the hand. What some fighters do is this; drop it (blocks left hook to body by parrying low.) But if he feints you, they connect (mitt-man feints downstairs then comes up with a hook up top.)

Announcer Dude: That’s like a karate defense Juan…to fling the arm out.

JMM: That’s right. Before in boxing they used to do that, but now they don’t, because by fainting you, they could catch you up top as you have your hand down. So what you have to do is block with your elbow, and you’re already protected up top (blocks hooks with elbow and glove.) Now there’s no target for them to land on.

Announcer Dude: Last one to leave with Juan. Give us a combination.

JMM: If they throw a jab with the right hand, (slips jab)…you can do the same thing from the other side. So throw the jab (slips), uppercut, right hand, hook, and you bring a right uppercut up top.

He then goes on to repeat it, and the broadcast goes on break.

 

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Good vids. I really like how JMM talks about the science of boxing. Mad respect to him for doing it.

 

Great thread, many thanks for the translations :good

 

good stuff!

 

very good stuff , thanks man . JMM is a good boxing teacher !

 

Thanks for posting! Marquez is a boxing genius. Im glad they picked him to do these segments.

 

You're all welcome, always a pleasure to translate his wise words.

 

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Thanks, good read.

 

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Check out this vid, Juan tells you how to beat Pac.
(At the end Marquez say's he already has PAC's feint figured out)