r/BoxingTheSweetScience

No trolls, no stans. We have the Holyfield fights; Bowe did better. But who wins this.

The all-action fighter won belts in two divisions, as well as the Fight of the Year award on four occasions, along with Round of the Year, Comeback of the Year, and Knockout of the Year honors. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2012.

Honestly I think it was actually a draw.

I’ve been on a heavy bag for a minute now and have more recently been attempting to develop my style based out of a peak-a-boo foundation/philosophy and built around my strengths and “x-factors”. I really want to fight at least one 6rd smoker and will be joining a gym soon to work with a coach.

This clip is 90m into my heavy bag session (2h session total). I’m 5’9”-5’10” hovering around 215lbs. The idea of what I’m going for is simple: Stalk —> Pounce —> Brawl while I have the edge —> Bounce.

I’m doing what I can to simulate the bag hitting back as much as I can for my style and what I’m working for.

With my short reach, I’m not winning fights from the outside. The idea here is to get to the inside and do as much damage as possible as quickly as I can before I exit out and reset.

My strengths/unique factors are that I’m ambidextrous, compact, on the quicker end as a HW, superior stamina as a HW; elite power generation, high-level reflexive athleticism.

I am banking that this all more than makes up for the shortcomings of the total platform.

**STANCE**

Squared (Slight Stagger)/0° Stance—— most opponents in my weight class will be 6’2” to 6’5”. In working as closely inside as possible in restricting their effective range of motion (ROM), such stance gives me a separate mechanism for power generation (quad-to-quad; shoulder extension; total system working like a piston) and hand-speed over a minimized distance.

A 0° stance also plays into my ambidextrous trait and provides a platform for more free movement vs bladed/traditional stances (forward, back, left, right, diagonals all available instantly).

I can also freely step/walk in/out of orthodox/southpaw as well as into more bladed looks.

Less rotational and linear travel is necessary from a squared stance; limbs do not require maximum extension for maximum power (quad + shoulder + body turnover create all power in one motion; form guaranteed by the “hip bump”.

**GUARD**

Guard is held slightly wider and more open than in a traditional PAB. My reasoning for this is that I’ll be relying on lateral shifts + slips/rolls to avoid jabs, straights, and uppers. Since these are already weaknesses to a squared off stance, I figure I might trade off the weaknesses entirely to stack strengths.

Namely, a slightly wider/higher guard has my shoulders pre-loaded and ready to fire. For me, in a traditional PAB guard, I’ve noticed a tendency to heavily telegraph and become disconnected in my hooks. This might be due to previous shoulder injury or whatever, but this guard seems to serve me on a bag (that doesn’t hit backs).

**LIFTING & HOPPING**

I will sometimes lift my feet or micro-hop as a reflexive adjustment to a litany of factors. Where it used to be way worse, I’ve tightened it up a bunch. However, it’s a characteristic if like to keep in the bag as it helps with mobility, speed, power, and evasiveness.