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  • leppard365
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    why do boxers train 12 weeks

    put all their sweat, time, hardwork, committment into a training camp. go through the pain barrier, slaughter their body and abstain from sexual desires or family interaction, only to decide not to throw punches come fight night?

    its a serious question. how do they expect to win a fight if they dont throw many punches? i dont get it.
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    #2
    Ask Audley Harrison on Twitter, he is the master.

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      #3
      Originally posted by leppard365
      put all their sweat, time, hardwork, committment into a training camp. go through the pain barrier, slaughter their body and abstain from sexual desires or family interaction, only to decide not to throw punches come fight night?

      its a serious question. how do they expect to win a fight if they dont throw many punches? i dont get it.
      certain things you have to get in the ring to understand.boxing isnt as simple as just go in there and fight, for someone whos never done it it might seem that way but it isnt. when you get hit so hard most of your body shuts down and goes numb you might be able to understand why someone becomes cautius.

      sure everyone whos never fought say they would just let it all hang out and if they get knocked out they get knocked out, but those ppl are usually the same guys who ran from every fight in their life. its easy to talk from an armachair, when someone is beating you up in front of your friends and family and the crowd is yelling things change.

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        #4
        Originally posted by leppard365
        put all their sweat, time, hardwork, committment into a training camp. go through the pain barrier, slaughter their body and abstain from sexual desires or family interaction, only to decide not to throw punches come fight night?

        its a serious question. how do they expect to win a fight if they dont throw many punches? i dont get it.
        Let's be real here, Chavez Jr. did none of those things. He was eating tortas, ****ing his hot GF, and drinking on occasion.

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        • vacon04
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          If you're talking about Chavez Jr then it's obvious why.

          As JMM once said, everything is great when you're throwing punches and hitting the opponent, but once he starts throwing back then everything gets a lot more complicated.

          Jr tried to hit Martínez, but Martínez was just too fast and too strong. Chavez Jr realized that if he opened up he was going to get hurt because there was no way he was going to avoid those lethal counters.

          Jr got scared because he hadn't face before a boxer like Martínez with all that speed and power, and once he realized about how good he really was he entered into that shell mode.

          Credit to Jr for hanging on and fighting a good 12th round, but Martínez is just way too good for him.

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          • leppard365
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            Originally posted by #1Assassin
            certain things you have to get in the ring to understand.boxing isnt as simple as just go in there and fight, for someone whos never done it it might seem that way but it isnt. when you get hit so hard most of your body shuts down and goes numb you might be able to understand why someone becomes cautius.

            sure everyone whos never fought say they would just let it all hang out and if they get knocked out they get knocked out, but those ppl are usually the same guys who ran from every fight in their life. its easy to talk from an armachair, when someone is beating you up in front of your friends and family and the crowd is yelling things change.
            very good post.

            puts it into perspective.

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            • leppard365
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              #7
              Originally posted by vacon04
              If you're talking about Chavez Jr then it's obvious why.

              As JMM once said, everything is great when you're throwing punches and hitting the opponent, but once he starts throwing back then everything gets a lot more complicated.

              Jr tried to hit Martínez, but Martínez was just too fast and too strong. Chavez Jr realized that if he opened up he was going to get hurt because there was no way he was going to avoid those lethal counters.

              Jr got scared because he hadn't face before a boxer like Martínez with all that speed and power, and once he realized about how good he really was he entered into that shell mode.

              Credit to Jr for hanging on and fighting a good 12th round, but Martínez is just way too good for him.
              hmm i dunno man. everytime chavez was landing you could see martinez was hurt. jr is quite a big puncher so it seemed odd that he wasnt throwing when it was clearly effective every time he did.

              i do agree though martinez had a great game plan. roy jones explained his movement. the way he threw a punch every few seconds so jr couldnt set his feet. it meant jr was constantly trying to find angles to connect but martinez was throwing a jab then moving to the side. jr had to re-set his feet and by the time he did that.. ****.. he's been hit again.

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              • SCtrojansbaby
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                #8
                Jr needs to learn how to clinch and lean on guys

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                • Light_Speed
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                  I think Chavez Jr was weakened by the weight loss and weight gain. Even before he got hit by anything serious he was a lot more sluggish than usual, definitely not as dynamic as he was in his previous fights. Those left hands to the body didn't help either. I don't know what he does to his body but that shit is taking its toll on him, and he's 26 now, the older he gets the harder it's gonna be for him to make 160. That's the price you pay for fighting smaller guys instead of fighting guys your own size.

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                  • pugilistprophet1994
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                    You've never been in a boxing match before have you? it's mich harder than just throwing. People make it sound so simple. smh.


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