Setting traps.

Actually feints are usually the most commonly used and a lot of times best techniques employed by fighters to lure their opponents into traps they are setting up, but technically usually aren't the trap itself, but good call and well put.

 

Ya bro, it's a lonely ****ing place/position to be in. The worst scenario I've ever personally been in while in the ring. Such a hopeless feeling and can be ****ing terrifying. It's essentially the equivalent of walking right into an ambush and being fully cognizant of it from the first step you make into it right up to the second you get got. If your opponent set it up and executed it to perfection, they've essentially posterized you while you watch it all unfold so fast yet so slow and the only thing you can do is repeatedly tell yourself you're an idiot up until the point of impact. Like, if really done properly, you're last conscientious movement is taking place while their execution of you is running perfectly concurrent(first time I think I've ever used the word "concurrent" outside of a court of law) with that movement, strong-arm robbing you of any movement or action outside of the one you're in the process of making and allowing you no other option than to watch yourself get sensationally SportsCenter top 10 highlight reeled.

And it's happened to me multiple times outside of the time I got knocked out, and the weird thing is that I was never hurt, buzzed, dropped, or stunned in any of those instances, and there were plenty instances, yet they were still -- IMHO -- the most terrifying and hopeless feeling moments I ever experienced when boxing or in a fight. Actually, I think they were the only times I ever felt scared or hopeless in a fight.

Anyways, thanks for sharing bud. It's always cool when others speak up and can relate -- even a little bit -- to certain situations/experiences that are far from flattering.

 

All excellent examples.

Varying the velocity on punches and combinations as well as the power behind them are good examples as well, and actually kill two birds with one stone as they can be used to set traps while simultaneously making it far more difficult for your opponent to time you and get a read on you.

Spot on as always Rumsballs.

 

Bhop vs Winky. If you can get past the clinching, mauling, fouling, headbutting LOL! Hop was asked about 1 punch in particular where he kept catching Winky.

Hop calls it the "Jersey Joe Walcott Shovel Hook" Really sweet move, it looked as if Hop was turning away to reset, Wright follows him, But Hop immediately stops, pivots, BAM! Can't find it in the fight, cause I'm not watching all that mauling just to find the 2 times it worked!

This clip shows Walcott landing it against Marciano when he dropped him.(around 5mn into clip.)
Hop also says this trap can be referred to as the "sucka hook." Looks like the hand is kept low, to bait the fighter in, but hooks the shot, upward from that low position.

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I've ran into a few Kronk fighters who said that was Michael Moorer's bread n butter punch; changing the velocity , light shot , light shot, now light his arse up shot!

 

If I recall correctly, Mayweather gave Pacquiao a compliment in terms of him setting traps and how Thurman could potentially fall for them. Yet, Mayweather said Pacquiao would never beat him because he is smarter than Manny.

 

I somehow doubt that.

 

I doubt it too, just like I doubt you have a sense of humor...

 

The most recent example of some of these techniques was by Plant in stopping Lee over the weekend.