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  • #1

    Dealing with flurries.........

    Guys, I posted this on another forum, but wanted to get some more opinions:

    I know this has been discussed before on the stand-up forum. Some of the recommendations were:

    - cover up and step aside/back out
    - jab your way out of the flurries
    - throw an overhand right
    - throw your own flurries and get out
    - clinch and throw knee

    However, I was up against an excellent boxer yersterday who competes in the golden gloves regularly. By the time I reacted to his flurries with one of the above methods, he was already done and stepped out. That means he throw 5 -6 punches in a second (or it felt like a second) and got out of there. Didn't give me a chance to think or react. He kept on doing this. I thought to myself, since I am having trouble reacting to it...I am gonna see if I can foresee him doing it and avoid it. I couldn't even do that because he would duck and sneak in from the side and throw his flurries and get out.

    Besides having good flurries of your own, how would you deal with this situation.
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    thats a hard question to answer. I guess your talking about boxing only; no grappling or kicking, etc.

    Its hard to fight a better, faster boxer.
    The only thing I could suggest is to go on the offensive, chase him down and make him know its not going to be easy for him. Possibly you could catch him trying to walk backwards or something. If he comes in maybe it would be better to just stand your ground and slug it out then to try and box him. Without watching the fight, its hard to make suggestions, but when facing a more talented boxer it usually comes down to attitude.

    The best thing to do would be to box him again and tape it. You might be surprise to see that your telegraphing, leaving yourself open, or giving him other signs that your open to attack. Observe what you do and develope drills to strengthen your game. Give it a while and spar him again while taping it and learn some more.

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    • #3
      Good stuff Mr. B. Going in my file...


      Thanks.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Mike Brewer
        There might be a book already written that I can cash in on!

        Only if you have LOTS of pictures...

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        • #5
          Get a nice warm winter coat.

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          • #6
            Mike, your technical knowledge is sharp and well thought out. I allways get something out of your boxing/FMA posts that I need to refresh or focus more.

            I looked over some of my old collection of The RING magazines and read some things about Tyson around the time that he dispatched Tucker. Someone said that he threw combinations that people were not familiar with.

            For example he might jab or double jab his way inside (this was after he really learned to use his jab), keep his head a moving target, get to his opponents weak side (usually there left) and bang that unorthodox combination that he perfected against the bag and his sparring partners 1,000s of times.

            The most famous one I can think of is where his opponent would fire either a jab or left hook and he would either slip or bob/weave inside and throw a right body hook to the exposed rib, right uppercut to the chin, left hook to the chin, right cross to the chin and usually by then the guy got so abused he was allready on his way to the mat.

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            • #7
              Try kicking 'em. It's always worked for me.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Mike Brewer
                ....Try those two and you'll start to appreciate Mike Tyson's early successes even more. Do some research, and you'll even trip over the fights that clued me on to them.

                I watched him fight last night on Boxing "classics" His 1990 fight Vs. James "Buster" Douglas when he got KOed in Rd 10 and lost his title. Looked like he just wanted to brawl. Very little boxing on his part...

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                • #9
                  mike was the king of dirty boxing (as we all later learned) you can see quite a bit of "jailhouse rock" in his fighting style.

                  There are also a few saying's from the chinese martial arts that have always stuck with me...

                  The only way to beat the old master is with disorderly attacks.

                  the hand is camoflage for the elbow.

                  sticky elbows force the old masters retreat.

                  Add in a little biting and lots of intimidation and it sounds just like a tyson fight!

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