Why is the Tyson "PEEK-a-BOO" Style Not Popular??

You don`t think Tyson could have got inside Wildder`s jab?

 

This is true. When the fighter has the right body and reflexes, the style looks superb. But as smart as Cus was he didn't have the foresight to give Tyson a plan B. In fact both him and Patterson eventually hit brick walls in the form of taller, determined guys with strong jabs who refused to back up (Liston, Douglas, holyfield, etc). Patterson had a little more versatility and could box as well as slug but Tyson (in particular post prison) very rarely had the patience to box people (although he could) and he never had the ability to fight backing up. Stamina was also a big issue for Tyson and he didn't have any ko's past the 7th (which is a major handicap for a style that is designed for knocking guys out).

Anyone who wants to use this style should work on being able to shift gears and not rely on non stop energy consuming action.

 

Just interested what were Teddys best accomplishments as amateur fighter?

 

He had maybe 15-20 amateur fights as far as I am aware, but his greatest accomplishment in them was that he supposedly won all his amateur fights by KO, which in the amateurs is astonishing. And where he was fighting out of - NY Metro - was arguably the toughest region in amatuer boxing, at least in his time. Don't get it twisted, Teddy could fight his balls off and was one of Cus' star pupils, if not his most promising star, until his medical issues forced him out.

Look, not just anyone is allowed to train fighters under Cus, only guys who actually took what was taught to them and expertly applied it against very good opposition. If you trained fighters under Cus' umbrella - you were no chump and had qualified/proven you could lethally throw hands.

 

D'amato style is a boxing gospel revealed only to the phisically gifted.

 

That style of fighting was around well before Cus D’Amato

Its insanely harsh on the back. All of D’Amato’s main fighters had back problems during their careers

That style isn’t built for longevity

As others have said it takes a certain type of fighter to be able to do it properly it isn’t easy

 

Good post.

 

Would be interesting to see video of him fighting but there is none

 

He would have needed to train as long as Tyson did to perfect it, Tyson had a natural knack for boxing that Tua didn`t.