Michael Spinks Punching Technique?

Excellent post. One of the most well-informed, informative posts I've read on any forum covering any sport. Greatly appreciated! Makes the numerous moronic trolls worth tolerating.

 

And it says a lot for Mackie Shilstone's weight gaining and resistance training methods (much of it plyometric based which built up the thighs) that Michael was able to carry knockout power into the heavyweight ranks, unlike Bob Foster. With Gerry (a guy I believe would have broken BF in two very quickly, as I also expected to happen to Michael), the Jinx appeared to have lost none of his pliancy in building up from 170 for David Sears to 209 for GC. (Does Bob Foster defeat Steffen Tangstad? I doubt it. BF would have been outweighed by 30 pounds, and he never dropped or defeated a HW near Tangstad's EBU title caliber, while Spink's handled Tangstad pretty easily. Thanks to BF's dismal HW legacy, many were wondering going into Tangstad if Michael retained knockout power at HW. Steffen and Gerry discovered he succeeded in retaining it.)

 

The best case for Spinks I ever read, not my words. While posters like Anubis make this board worthwhile, some of the best conversations never sniff the internet.

^^ I agree with 90%. The part I disagree with most is Spinks durability and early confidence. Spinks also quit at a young age, preserving his image outside of Tyson. One more loss and he'd tumble downwards.

 

He was very unorthodox but I think it would be egregious saying that he has no technique. Sure he could get wild sometimes but Mike was so awkward and slippery that was part of his style to have unorthodox technique.

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What a great post.