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See man, you're looking at it as if everything is "black n' white". If a fighter can't see a punch coming at him and in order for that punch to land, three things had to have happened or one of the three had to happen A) The punch was too fast B) It was a well-timed punch C) It had the right distance.
It could also be that Phony Boy had a good feel for Juanita, so he knew his weak spots, but we don't know that. What is tangible is that there was a significant disparity in speed/ reach/strength and size.
From the looks of it, the speed, size and his length was the determining factor as to how that fight went down.
Timing and distance is a God given talent that gets sharpened through years of training !! In fact, there's no such exercise for boxers that solely focuses on how to gauge distance or timing.
** You can say sparring, but, that's not a specific exercise for gauging distance, because every sparring partner moves differently, distance and timing is different for everybody.
Do you really think there are specific exercises that LaDanian Tomlinson and Adrian Peterson do for the sole purpose of being better at making a defender miss. I mean, the reason that they are so good at what they do is because their great natural instincts of knowing exactly the right time to make that move is better than most. They simply have this "built-in radar" that they can sense the proper timing and distance to make a move. It's not like they're calculating this **** in their heads, lmao and it's no different with boxers.
Same thing with guys who are considered great shooters in basketball, they are simply great marksman, they just have a great feel for the ball and seem to get the ball in that hoop better than others.
Of course, through sparring and scrimmages your sense of timing and distance gets sharper, but, it's not a learned skill. What is a learned skill is looking for weak points, and some fighters/coaches have a knack for that as well.
For example: A coach will tell a fighter that an opponent tends to drop his left hand when he throws a right hook, so a good counter for that is to throw your own right hook(if you're a southpaw). That's something that is learned !!
What is not taught, is how to time that particular fighter, because you would actually have to be in that ring against that particular fighter. Because no one truly knows just exactly what type of rhythm and speed that fighter has, the film study just gives you an idea on what type of strategy is best !
But, you can definitely prepare specific counters, but, there's no way to figure out the exact timing and distance needed until fight time.
It could also be that Phony Boy had a good feel for Juanita, so he knew his weak spots, but we don't know that. What is tangible is that there was a significant disparity in speed/ reach/strength and size.
From the looks of it, the speed, size and his length was the determining factor as to how that fight went down.
Timing and distance is a God given talent that gets sharpened through years of training !! In fact, there's no such exercise for boxers that solely focuses on how to gauge distance or timing.
** You can say sparring, but, that's not a specific exercise for gauging distance, because every sparring partner moves differently, distance and timing is different for everybody.
Do you really think there are specific exercises that LaDanian Tomlinson and Adrian Peterson do for the sole purpose of being better at making a defender miss. I mean, the reason that they are so good at what they do is because their great natural instincts of knowing exactly the right time to make that move is better than most. They simply have this "built-in radar" that they can sense the proper timing and distance to make a move. It's not like they're calculating this **** in their heads, lmao and it's no different with boxers.
Same thing with guys who are considered great shooters in basketball, they are simply great marksman, they just have a great feel for the ball and seem to get the ball in that hoop better than others.
Of course, through sparring and scrimmages your sense of timing and distance gets sharper, but, it's not a learned skill. What is a learned skill is looking for weak points, and some fighters/coaches have a knack for that as well.
For example: A coach will tell a fighter that an opponent tends to drop his left hand when he throws a right hook, so a good counter for that is to throw your own right hook(if you're a southpaw). That's something that is learned !!
What is not taught, is how to time that particular fighter, because you would actually have to be in that ring against that particular fighter. Because no one truly knows just exactly what type of rhythm and speed that fighter has, the film study just gives you an idea on what type of strategy is best !
But, you can definitely prepare specific counters, but, there's no way to figure out the exact timing and distance needed until fight time.
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