[quote]Aussie Davo wrote:
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
[quote]Aussie Davo wrote:
Well its nice to see this getting bumped. Great first post by tjr.
I made this thread 3 years ago, I was a lot more inexperienced then.
I was able to emulate tyson pretty well not out of raw power but mainly because I already had good reflexes and fast hands, so I was able to pick up head movement and really make something out of it. And to anyone looking at peek-a-boo I would recommend devoting most of your time to movement, not just jumping in there and trying to throw hellacious combos because as has been talked about already, you will get picked apart by a counter puncher. Without the defense you are just basically being a pressure fighter, which is fine, but requires enormous endurance and dominance.
I dont think I can put enough emphasis on the head movement, Ive looked at so called “peek a boo” fighters on youtube and almost all of them slack on the movement. They twitch and bob when they are out of range, but as soon as they are in punching range they go straight as a stick and start trying to trade punches, which defeats the purpose.
One thing I never got the hang of is the explosive footwork when in close. I believe its called “twisting” under the D’amato system, and I’m still not sure how to execute it under pressure. I would love to be able to explode to either side of my opponent and start unleashing hooks with impunity, but all Ive managed to do so far is end up tripping my opponent over lol.
In fact thats something I notice a lot of good american fighters have, a seemingly innate ability to change angles on their opponent in an instance, and I just can’t get it, theres a key im missing.
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Great post.
It’s kinda funny too, because the one thing I realize about European and Australian fighters is their shitty, shitty footwork haha. You all fight like white guys here do - slow, plodding, looking for power shots. Even the dudes who can box are never quite as smooth as our ghetto counterparts.
Not making fun of you, because I’m the same way, just observing haha.
One fighter who did know how to change up angles inside very, very well was Ricky Hatton. I think that just came from years of being a swarmer. Again, those of us who didn’t grow up boxing will always be at a disadvantage to those who started when they were 6. Just tough to catch up in this sport. [/quote]
Maybe its a black thing heh, I cant dance without looking goofy either. I know the polka and thats it.
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Aussie Dave, I started out boxing a few months ago and have been working on the peek-a-boo style after watching about 100-200 hours of tyson on YouTube and I am starting to understand the basics of the style, if you could help me out with what you’ve learn I can’t tell you how much I would appreciate it, and if anyone else has any tips or advice to discuss that would be great as well, thanks