The all things technical thread.

Stepping in and closing the distance with the jab.

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Watch the feint and the same time jabbing plus the parrying of the jab. Almost everything in this sequence.

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Baiting and countering the jab. Also known as the bait 'n' snatch.

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Distraction with jab to the body then right hand.

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Tyson is an interesting fighter to analyse. One of the myths about Tyson is that he was a good inside fighter because of his style and his height, which imo he wasn't that great an infighter. Someone like Joe Frazier was better in that department. Tyson allowed himself to be tied up when he was on the inside. Before he got free and went back to his bopping rhythm but it could be disrupted and he got worse as the fight went on. He couldn't fight very hard for very long. He's not the same fighter after four rounds no matter what part of his career one looks at. One of the reasons i think someone like Vitali Klitschko would beat him let alone someone like Ali. One thing about him though is he was brought along brilliently. People trying to develop young fighters should look at how Mike was brought along. They did a great job of building his confidence, developing his style and getting the PR going and the word out. Even sending tapes of his knockouts to networks and things of that nature.

 

For body to head combinations it really gets no better than Ray Robinson. I've seen him hit guys almost under the armpits and them turning away in extreme agony holding their lower backs. My goodness. That's before he even finished the combination and went upstairs...:scaredas:

 

Kalambay would be brillient to breakdown technically. :good

It's almost an insult to leave Robinson out of certain topics, Flea. i.e combination punching to body and head, short right hand, footwork etc. People sometimes don't say him because they'll think it's too obvious, you're right.

 

@Flea. So true.

One of the best technical and most scary punches i've seen thrown was the short right hand Ray landed on Graziano. It knocked Graziano's mouthpiece about 11 feet in the air and you can literally see him kicking and flicking his own leg to get the feeling back. That's what happens when the brain suffers trauma and oxygen doesn't flow properly to the extremities and there's a loss of sensation. Sorry for being so graphic those having breakie.

And that wasn't probably the best punch in his arsenal. That's probably his left hook. No wonder he killed a dude with it.

 

Yeah, BB. Finito is technical perfection. JM Marquez with power in both hands and better defense. Same trainer.