Hi guys. This is my part 3 of Mayweather tricks. This is Probably my last post of Mayweather since hes not that complex of a fighter. Most of his skills relies in his athleticism and excellence in fundamentals. He of course did learn alot more things to put in his arsenal over the years as he gained experience. Im pretty sure you already know the stuff he does now like the philly shell or the pull counter. This is the stuff you probably don't notice about Mayweather
1. Glove Tap.
Often this is just a feeler move. Mayweather will touch his opponent leads hand with his Jab to touch them. He usually does this to further disrupt his own rhythm so his opponent can't defend his Jab since they don't know if he's gonna feel or throw a real jab.
This move can also take away and opponents jab. Constantly pawing at his lead glove makes them bring their hands back to their face
2. Elbow deflect
He used this a little bit more in the olympics because they were very strict with their rules and he relied on more movement.Because the Olympics are very strict and forbid the use of smothering your opponent with your shoulder he simply didn't use it and chose to put his hands up.So for the most part Floyd would fight from the traditional guard and used the philly shell when forced into a corner
This tactic almost ties into philly shell , but instead replaces his sholulder with his elbow. Instead of blocking the right hand with elbow he'll sometimes bring up his elbow to fully deflect the shot from punching over his shoulder.Its funny cause I saw this done on the guys from 52 blocks, and Floyd was doing this over 20 years ago!
Thats my list guys. I might post on more fighters a little later. My First post and second was fully original but I borrowed some in this post by a boxing analyst named Lee Wylie and Sayf Carman
Any tricks you'd like to post? It can be of any fighter you want. Include gifs if you want
1. Glove Tap.
Often this is just a feeler move. Mayweather will touch his opponent leads hand with his Jab to touch them. He usually does this to further disrupt his own rhythm so his opponent can't defend his Jab since they don't know if he's gonna feel or throw a real jab.
This move can also take away and opponents jab. Constantly pawing at his lead glove makes them bring their hands back to their face
2. Elbow deflect
He used this a little bit more in the olympics because they were very strict with their rules and he relied on more movement.Because the Olympics are very strict and forbid the use of smothering your opponent with your shoulder he simply didn't use it and chose to put his hands up.So for the most part Floyd would fight from the traditional guard and used the philly shell when forced into a corner
This tactic almost ties into philly shell , but instead replaces his sholulder with his elbow. Instead of blocking the right hand with elbow he'll sometimes bring up his elbow to fully deflect the shot from punching over his shoulder.Its funny cause I saw this done on the guys from 52 blocks, and Floyd was doing this over 20 years ago!
Thats my list guys. I might post on more fighters a little later. My First post and second was fully original but I borrowed some in this post by a boxing analyst named Lee Wylie and Sayf Carman
Any tricks you'd like to post? It can be of any fighter you want. Include gifs if you want
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