Has anybody tried the peak a boo?

Discussion in 'Boxing Training' started by Mike_b, Jul 16, 2023.



  1. Mike_b

    Mike_b Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Have you guys ever used a Willie bag? Or perhaps did the peak a boo stance in sparring and/or in actual fights?

    I bought a square punching bag that has holes on the side to tie around the heavy bag, I labelled it with the punches like Kevin Rooney/ cus D'Amato style. The numbers are super fun to hit.

    I guess an alternative would be to simply draw numbers onto the heavy bag with a marker!
     
  2. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Resident Gadfly Full Member

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    There’s a channel on YouTube created by a guy trained by Cus and he goes through a lot of the drills and techniques he knows.
     
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  3. Richard M Murrieta

    Richard M Murrieta Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  4. captain hook

    captain hook Well-Known Member Full Member

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    very good style if you fight a taller opponent. Also very exhausting, you must be in top shape because you work harder than your opponent. At first, you could get hit a lot until you master timing, fast slips, and circle jumping around your opponent. After all the hard footwork you finally have to hit the opponent mostly with hooks and uppercuts which will be your main punches.

    With peek-a-boo style the point is to get into the close distance and stay there, clinch is where you rest. You use straight punches only to close distance or as feints. As soon you get close to your opponent you have to utilize your footwork to create different angles and punch.

    when outside the distance, the normal guard could be used while slipping opponents straight punches. As soon you start closing the distance the legs should be more parallel and guard wider with tight elbows, so you can maintain a good balance while doing defensive elements going forward and punch with both hands with the same power.
     
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  5. Mike_b

    Mike_b Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Who would you rather fight? A Micky ward: a boxer who delivered almost always to the liver who would throw head head body, or else b Tito Trinidad a head hunter who threw few but wicked hooks to the body? Which style would be more annoying to fight?
     
  6. Mike_b

    Mike_b Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Other than iron Mike, who was affective with the peak a boo or a peak a boo hybrid??
     
  7. greynotsoold

    greynotsoold Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Jose Torres and Floyd Patterson
     
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  8. Daryl

    Daryl New Member Full Member

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    I saw Tyson Fury doing it, was very surprised but he was named after the master
     
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