I had my own experience when I was sparring the other day with this other 24 year old guy. He was pretty talented and known for his power and viciousness and has won some amateur tournaments. Before we sparred I thought it would be a friendly thing where we just got in some work. But his eyes were filled with complete rage. Just scary, frightening stuff. And he came at me and after a round I was like F this and hit the heavy bag. I noticed notable offensive fighters seemed to have similar demeanor and look while fighting. Guys like Duran, Hagler, Pacquiao (younger years) may or may not have been angry, but it damn sure looked like it.
No it is not unless your opponent is afraid of that. Mike Tyson was the king of intimidation. But after about 5 rounds, that anger is burned out and so is your energy. Fighting mad has never helped anyone at the top level. It will just get you beat the hell up and embarrassed after a while.
Mike Tyson did seem to take a lot of rage in to the ring. And for a while it seemed like it was working. But who knows? He may have been even better if he was calm.
The first to really do it was George Foreman. He was beating guys with pure anger and brute strength. Ali exposed his weak psyche and technically retired him in Africa. When he came back older and wiser he fought a much smarter and relaxed fight.
Guys not named Tyson or Foreman or Dempsey aren't as difficult to outlast and set in your pocket. They tend to be easier to counter and if in doubt headbutt the motherfukkers.
I wanted to take advantage of that guy, but he's better at boxing than I am. And had I opened up he would have KO'ed me. It kinda of ****ed me off that he was taking this kind of rage into a simple sparring session. But then I thought to myself if naturally manifested rage might actually be a useful tool in boxing.
If you fight mad against someone with a slight bit of skill you will have a record like Eric Crumble 0-31-0
All this "rage" and "intimidating appearance" nonsense just seems like a smokescreen for the fact that you dont take training as seriously as your sparring partner does.
Controlled anger, yes. Just losing it and swinging from the floor is going to get you (a) tired and (b) ktfo.
That's pretty much it. Uncontrolled emotion interferes with effective athletic performance of any kind; properly channeled energy derived from emotion can potentially enhance it.
a self-motivation and psywar tool. every tool is effective in certain situation but not all the time.
I know this from personal experience. I had lots of school fights and used to completely lose my cool. Swinging from the floor can work against another clueless kid (and frankly it can work surprisingly well if you can land a few) and make you feel like a big stud when you win ... but when you run up against somebody who has half a clue of what they're doing ... :!: It's the worst feeling in the world when you gas out and your arms feel like big rubber sausages and the other guy looks at you and you can f*cking read his mind and it says "It's my turn now" :bbb :-(
