Boxing champion Tyson's training details analysis

Tyson is short and short-armed, and must be in close proximity to attack each other, so the distance requirement is higher than the average boxer. For example, if the general boxer's attack range is 0.5-1.5M, then Tyson's attack range may only be 0.4-1.2M, if both sides of the distance is always kept between 1.0-1.5M, which is very unfavorable to Tyson. How to keep the distance around 0.5-1.0M for as long as possible is the first thing Tyson needs to solve. The jab is the most effective weapon to prevent him from approaching, and the close-range uppercuts and flat hooks are also a big threat to shorter fighters, which should also be considered.

In response to these physical characteristics, Tyson honed a method of approaching his opponent under the tutelage of D'Amato Rooney in his amateur days. Damato's former pupil Patterson was also relatively small in the heavyweight division in the 1950s, and he wasn't as big as Tyson, but he still managed to become the world champion, so it seems that Damato's training methods are still very effective. And to do this at least in the following areas to be extraordinarily strengthened, Tyson and his big brother Patterson in these areas are doing very well:

1) Both hands on the head of the protection.

It seems to be a cliché that boxers know that they should always raise their hands to protect their heads (except for alternative styles such as Robinson Ali Leonard Hamed), but there is a difference between rigorous and lax 'protection'. Can be said, nearly 20 years of professional heavyweight boxing, Tyson may be the most rigorous protection of the head, especially the jaw boxer, we recall Tyson's classic action, double fists almost on top of their own chin (and even some of the artifice), others, including the technology known as the old Huo style conservative Lao Liu and even with the Tyson body style is somewhat similar to Morrison did not have such a rigorous protective action, who saw the old Huo fists close to their jaws, who saw the old Huo fists close to their own jaws, who saw the old Huo fists close to the jaws, who saw the old Huo fists close to the mouth. Old Huo fists close to their own jaw steadily forward :) such rigorous protective action is the formation of many years by the coach crazy flogging, which also allows Tyson can use his customary stance of the opponent's gunfire forward without fear of being cold punches to the jaw leading to passive. Remember that uppercut Hoya landed against Mayorga? Tyson in his prime was rarely hit like that because his fists were in that position.

2) Head Dodge.

Due to the limitations of the human skeleton, there is not a lot of head movement. However, in the boxing ring, with the waist position of the high and low with the hands of the cover block, the head of the boxer to dodge the range is still enough. As I said before, the most effective weapon to stop a short athlete like Tyson, who is always trying to get closer, is the jab. However, the so-called gun stuck a line stick swept a large, straight forward jab because of the narrow point of attack, but easy to avoid, as long as the head to move a little distance to avoid the sharpness of the jab (this is only theoretical, in practice, because the jab is the most frequent use of the fastest, and therefore the most often hit in the game of boxing). Tyson's head dodging movement is agile and flexible, even though it can not be said to be the first heavyweight in 20 years, at least it is a first-class level, which allows him to minimize the cost of the jab to complete the enemy's approach.

3) Torso protection.

There is a saying in the boxing world, 'kill the body, the head is dead', which means that the attack on the torso can lead to the relaxation of the head guard, and ultimately make the head an ideal target for unprotected (lol personal understanding). Tyson's standard protective posture is the fist against the jaw elbow clip two ribs, a pair of arms like hanging in the upper body armor. Taller fighters hit Tyson's head is very easy to hit Tyson's two ribs is difficult, you must lower the center of gravity side with a swinging hook to be effective. The problem is that the range of this action is too large, in front of Tyson's relatively small and fast opponent with this kind of action is very easy to eat counter punches. Therefore, the short stature of the characteristics of the torso protection in turn become an advantage.

The above three points are about protection, with such a tight protection, Tyson can naturally risk the other side of the fire forward forward forward forward forward :)

4) simple and effective footwork.

Not afraid of the opponent's punches is a prerequisite, but want to close to the ideal distance of their own expectations this depends on footwork. Tyson's footwork is of a different type from that of his predecessor, Ali Leonard, and his contemporary, Holly. Ali type of footwork is characterized by: step distance is not fixed, the direction of the change, always in frequent movement (for those small steps I call it fine-tuning) is a demonic full of bad to catch the target. Tyson's

footwork and Liston Hagler Barrera have similar places, characterized by a steady pace, relatively large step distance, the advantage of the center of gravity is stable, ready to carry heavy punches can be more ready to hit heavy punches. The classic counterexample to the "ready to carry a heavy punch" is

Prince, who almost performed a gymnastic routine after receiving a punch from Barrera in a display of flexible footwork,

and also Judah, who was also flexible in his footwork, was hit by a punch from Tszyu and became a "pumped up" Zhao Benshan :) whereas Tyson Barrera, who has a stable footwork, will never be hit by a sudden heavy punch that will cause him to be in such a sorry state. It's better to be able to throw a punch at any time, as the steady pace allows the fighter to stomp on the ground at any time, eliminating the need to change from a false step to a solid one.

But there's a small difference between Tyson and other steady-paced fighters, in that his final stride is larger and more aggressive. Other steady pace boxer may be found after the opportunity to stride forward, and Tyson initiative is stronger, often into the opponent's attack range (at this time is not the ideal range of Tyson's attack), in the other side of a jab to avoid blocking (or false hair a jab to interfere with the opponent's line of sight) after a sudden big stride to enter the close range, and then 'right away' to start combinations, which is often able to hit the other side of a surprise. It is worth noting that 'immediately', Tyson sometimes does not observe the opponent's guard stance in detail but just throws a combination of punches, a combination of 2-4 punches that I guess Tyson has repeated so many times in training that he can subconsciously throw a number of combinations (similar to traditional martial arts formulas, but much more concise). This may be blocked by his opponent's equally unconscious standard guard position, but as the aggressor Tyson already has a head start, and he can capitalize on his opponent's panic by observing his guard position with relative ease, and then delivering the follow-up punches as he sees fit. The most classic scenario of this technique is the two times Tyson beat Bruno, Tyson is by the early hit rate is not high but fierce and fast punches to Bruno into a dead corner, and forced Bruno to give up the conventional stance to take the hands of the head of the pure defensive posture, and then 'quite calmly' observed and then hit the more ferocious combination of punches to end the game.