Inside fighting- The great equalizer of size?

Thing about inside fighting is you got to learn how to throw punches properly (mainly hooks and uppercuts). Not the same way you would normally on mid or long range. If you throw it that way you're gonna lose power on the inside. The perfect example on how to throw these punches properly is taught by the peek a boo system. Take a look at Tyson shadow boxing, he throws his hooks and uppercuts real short, right across his face. That way you don't lose any power. Tyson hurting Tubbs with a 1 inch left hook is a perfect example of this

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Another example i would say is Frazier Quarry 1 although it's a different example. This fight shows how NOT to fight on the inside. Quarry comes out fighting Frazier fire with fire with pure heart and determination and wins rounds 1 and 2. Then Frazier takes over and beats him up on close range as if he was a walking heavy bag. If you pay attention to Quarry's punches they were little wide for inside fighting while Frazier's punches were short and powerful. Quarry's hooks had a wide angle at the elbow while the correct form is to throw it right across your face and make your arms look a rectangle with a 90 degree angle. Frazier was simply more efficient at that range and fighter who's more efficient with his punches is gonna win the battle up close. I'd say Quarry won the first two rounds on determination alone but once the energy ran out his wrong punch technique on the inside made him realize that he wasn't doing enough damage to keep Frazier off of him, Frazier on the other hand was dealing way much damage which led to him becoming discouraged.

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I think peek a boo style is the best style for inside fighting. Not only does it teach you to throw powerful short punches (mainly hooks and uppercuts), it requires you to constantly move your head (head-movement itself is what makes short punches preferential). Basically you can throw powerful punches from one side, then roll on the other side and unleash powerful punches with the other hand. Since peek a boo requires you to be more or less squared up it's easier to do this.

As far as fighting in the clinch it's a whole different thing altogether. The key about fighting in the clinch is to bend your knees and keeping your hands close to your body. Tyson never did this, his arms where always on the shoulder level, therefore he never got in position to fight in the clinch.

 

Great question let me think about this one