Don King, on Mike Tyson


"Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter?
He went to prison, not to Princeton."



"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music
and the dancers hit each other."

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Boxing Punches from a conventional right handed stance:


Introduction

The left hook can be a powerful punch delivered like a stealth bomb.  The opponent does not see the punch that hits them.  That is the punch that KO's.  The unseen punch.

The left jab is the workhorse of boxing in that it should always be in the opponents face, keeping him off balance, blinding his vision and setting him up for other punches.  Joe Louis and Larry Holmes were proponents of the left jab as a powerful punch as well as a punch to set up other punches.  Ali employed a fast stinging jab that cut and bruised the opponent's eye area.  Ali was perfection in foot movement and incredible mobility and reaction time more than the strength of his punches.  Taken together his skills were unbeatable but often unconventional.  He was always breaking the rules so to speak.  Roy Jones is an example of the same kind of fighter who was pure brilliance but age has caught up with him and fighters are able to exploit his mistakes more and more now.  Hopefully, he can hang up his gloves and concentrate on promoting the young fighters in his Stable.

The Mexican Liver Punch is a starching punch when properly landed.  Ricky Hatton used it well but Mexican fighters have perfected the punch.  Julio Cesar Chavez or Barrera come to mind.  Bernard Hopkins KO's the smaller Oscar De La Hoya with a single shot to the liver which was nothing short of a work of art.

Does the PAC MAN use performance enhancing substances?


Rumors have circulated about Manny Pacquiao and some performance helpers he may be using for several years now. His style involves speed and endurance and he looks nearly ultra-human in the category of endurance. He also carried power up through several weight classes which is also unusual. Now his mega fight with Mayweather is threatened by the insistence on rigorous testing of both fighters being insisted upon by Mayweather. Floyd turns me off with his bragging style but in this instance, I take his side. Let's settle this in the Olympic testing laboratory. If Manny survives that test it will only add to his claim to being one of the greatest boxers of all time. Not just the best fighter around today!



Sunday, May 3, 2009

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Pacman

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Manny Pacquiao was dominating. Ricky Hatton was left helpless.

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Pacquiao of the Philippines reacting after knocking down Hatton of England.

Pacquiao cemented his claim to being the best pound-for-pound boxer Saturday night with a spectacular performance that ended with Hatton sprawled on the canvas after a devastating left hand to the head late in the second round.

Coming off an overwhelming win against Oscar De La Hoya, Pacquiao was even better against Hatton, knocking him down two times in the first round before stopping him with a left hand that dropped Hatton for good in the 140-pound title bout.

The referee Kenny Bayless took one look at Hatton and declared the fight over at 2:59 of the round.

“I didn’t have to count,” Bayless said.

Pacquiao needed less than half a round to figure out Hatton, hitting him with a flurry of punches midway through the first round before putting him down with a right hook to the head. Hatton got up at the count of eight but Pacquiao landed another flurry and dropped him again just before the end of the round.

Hatton tried to carry the fight to Pacquiao in the second round but was mostly ineffective as Pacquiao sized him up for a big punch. It came at the end of the round.

“I’m surprised the fight was so easy,” Pacquiao said. “He was wide open for the right hook. I knew he would be looking for my left.”

Pacquiao was a 2-1 favorite, but few thought Hatton would go easily. His only loss was when he was stopped in the 10th round by Floyd Mayweather Jr. But he stood no chance against Pacquiao, whose punches came down the middle and landed with increasing frequency.

“I was just doing my job,” said Pacquiao, who is a national hero in the Philippines. “I always try to do my best in the ring.”

Pacquiao’s best on this night quickly quieted a boisterous crowd of 16,262 at the MGM Grand arena.

“The fight was no surprise to me,” Pacquiao’s trainer, Freddie Roach, said. “We know he always pumps his hands before he throws a punch. He’s a sucker for the right hook.”

Pacquiao Knocks Out Hatton in Second Round - NYTimes.com

Pacquiao Knocks Out Hatton in Second Round - NYTimes.com