Can you point to specifics about a memorable trainer responsible for the biggest breakthroughs in your development as a boxer? ----------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP6AwknmjkU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0_HOWlGD6o
Nope, I never had one, never ever. Just a couple of guys who knew a bit more about it than me and two kickboxers who kept "accidently" kicking me. Fun though.
Ever entertain the notion of askin' a trainer, Mc? ----------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP6AwknmjkU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0_HOWlGD6o
i've never had a boxing trainer but i HAVE met joe byrd ... he's like a wizard in a game filled with magicians
Nooooo, like everything else in life (back then!) it was just a bit of fun. Just for filling up the hours with things I enjoyed. You know.
I had a buddy, Mc, terrific athlete who tried his hand at boxing -- had a lethal right. One day, flat-out, he jus' quit. When I asked why, his candor was refreshing: "I don' like gettin' hit in the head" --------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP6AwknmjkU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0_HOWlGD6o
And isn't that just the bottom line? Every time I see one of those, "you don't have to be crazy to work here but it helps" mugs, you just know that person doesn't follow boxing. Because anyone that follows that career path has to be a little bit crazy. Anyone that is really good at it has to be more than a little bit crazy. You could still be a gentleman! - Ken Buchanan, Dick Tiger, Charley Burley etc etc. - but you got to be a bit crazy.
For me the most memorable one is when i was lazy in retracting my arm after a straight punch. He told me to literally pull my fist back after impact ("Yank it back hard!"), asif pulling a cart or something towards me. It worked as a charm and my combinations have a lot more fluidity ever since. If only he could've gone back in time and give Joe Louis the very same advice before stepping in the ring with the former German champ....
In my very limited, brief experience(s) in the ring...The sage advice I'll always remember is..."Son, if you don't keep your ****in' hands up...he'll kill ya." With my chest heaving trying to get air...I said "Yeah, I know..." I was about 21, thought I was a badass for some reason... I found out different. Tae kwon do lessons don't really equate being able to fight..."Ouch." Between that and car surfing...I've lead a charmed life.
'Throw a jab like ya catching a fly. Instinct drags ya hand back to the starting point..... a jab wins 80% of am. bouts' It made perfect sense when applied.
I was given the same advice, it is strange at first because you think you will lose power and goes against everything the school play ground taught you. My best trainer was my dad.
