THE 10000 HOUR RULE: Why Mayweather is Wrong

[Zuma]

"Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration"
- Thomas Edison

"Anyone from Mozart to the Beatles to Bill Gates, those who has become superstar has become so on the back of at least 10,000 hours of practice."
- Malcolm Gladwell, Sociologist

"In study after study, of composers, basketball players, fiction writers, ice-skaters, concert pianists, chess players, master criminals, this number comes up again and again. Ten thousand hours is equivalent to roughly three hours a day, or 20 hours a week, of practice over 10 years."
- Daniel Levitin, Neurologist

"It takes someone 10 years of immersing themselves in a discipline before they create anything significant."
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Psychologist, World Expert on Creativity


Mayweather might not know about the recent researches and the old wisdom of genius scientist. Here is Floyd's erroneous statement:

"In a fighter's career, a fighter starts off good and he's good until the end of his career or a fighter starts off good and then goes downhill towards the end of his career. A fighter doesn't start off like Manny Pacquiao, just ordinary, and then once he gets over the age of 25 he becomes an extraordinary fighter."
- Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Mayweather is wrong but at least he observed Pacquiao's ascend. Pacquiao started when he was just 16 and "once he gets over the age of 25 he becomes an extraordinary fighter." A year later Pacquiao won both both HBO and Ring Magazine as the "Fighter of the Year." That's 10 years or approximately 10,000 hours of practice by Pacquiao.

[Castor_Troy]

"Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration"
- Thomas Edison

"Anyone from Mozart to the Beatles to Bill Gates to who has become superstar has become so on the back of at least 10,000 hours of practice."
- Malcolm Gladwell, Sociologist

"In study after study, of composers, basketball players, fiction writers, ice-skaters, concert pianists, chess players, master criminals, this number comes up again and again. Ten thousand hours is equivalent to roughly three hours a day, or 20 hours a week, of practice over 10 years."
- Daniel Levitin, Neurologist

"It takes someone 10 years of immersing themselves in a discipline before they create anything significant."
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Psychologist, World Expert on Creativity


Mayweather might not know about the recent researches and the old wisdom of genius scientist. Here is Floyd's erronous statement.

"In a fighter's career, a fighter starts off good and he's good until the end of his career or a fighter starts off good and then goes downhill towards the end of his career. A fighter doesn't start off like Manny Pacquiao, just ordinary, and then once he gets over the age of 25 he becomes an extraordinary fighter."
- Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Mayweather maybe wrong but he at least observed Pacquiao's ascend. Pacquiao started when he was just 16 and at "the age of 25 becomes an extraordinary fighter." A year later Pacquiao won both both HBO and Ring Magazine as the "Fighter of the Year." That's 10 years or approximately 10,000 hours of practice by Pacquiao.

He's a big fan of Pacquiao. and he shows it in the Morales rematch...



He just got insecured as Manny become more successful.

[aquinos24]

He's abig fan of Pacquiao. and he shows it in the Morales rematch... He just got insecured as Mannybecome more successful.

floyd's jealousy over pacquiao make him damn crazy *****.

[Zuma]

Contrary to Mayweather statement, Pacquiao didn't started ordinary. Manny Pacquiao is one of those athletes who are genetically gifted. He has inborn speed, fast footwork, freakish stamina, durable chin, powerful punches, and ambidextrous hands.

[Zuma]

Furthermore, even with Pacquiao's genetic gifts, he has worked his butt off to improve during those 10 years. He is one of the hardest workers in boxing.

[Zuma]

It doesn't take a genius to figure out that the improvements of Pacquiao throughout the years is from proper training and hard work:

Mid 1990s: Bullet Left

When Pacquiao was just first starting out in boxing, he keeps moving forward. Even with his gifts, Pacquiao's defense was just not that good.

He was a one trick pony - jab, jab, straight left. He won most of his early fights by overwhelming his enemies with barrages of lefts. Pacquiao was punched a lot, but he didn't mind, as long as his machine gun lefts keeps raining.

The right jab has double purpose, as a measuring stick and as a setup for his powerful straight left to the face. His left is so fast that most of his opponents didn’t see what hit them. The power of Manny Pacquiao’s left straight comes from his legs, using his whole body starting from his calf muscles.


Late 1990s: Face Body Combo

This is when the Combo first appeared. During this time Manny incorporated his famous face and body combo. Once his opponent covers up to protect the face, Pacquiao follows-up with a punch to the side of the body. Up and down, up and down, over and over again, Pacquiao targeting the uncovered part.


Early 2000s: Crossover

This is when the crossover defense footwork manifested. After straighting his opponent with his left, he circles to the right of his opponents. By the time the opponent throws a counter, Manny is nowhere to be found, he's already behind them. It's like a crossover move in a sport that Manny Pacquiao plays - basketball.


2005 to Present: Manila Ice

When Freddie Roach became Pacquiao's new trainer, he saw Pacquiao's obvious weakness: over-relying on the straight left.

Marquez capitalized on this weakness during the first fight. His lost to Morales showed that Pacquiao was still relying on his straight left, and not incorporating the right hand as planned.

Roach drilled Pacquiao to use his natural gift of ambidextrous hands - hence the right hook, a.k.a. "Manila Ice" was born. So began the long and repetitious training of Pacquiao's right hand.

“Sometimes I get bored doing the right hook over and over again,” said Pacquiao.

It took Pacquiao years to perfect the right hook. The Manila Ice was first seen during the Velasquez fight. It was evident during the Morales 3, Marquez 2, Diaz, and De la Hoya fight. It was perfected during the Hatton fight.

The Manila Ice is now as powerful as the Bullet Left.


2005 to Present: Combo Version 2

Remember the Face Body Combo? Well, it is now upgraded. The variety of punches are now staggering: hooks, uppercuts, crosses, jabs, straights. Pacquiao moves in and out, side to side, throwing trajectory angle power punches while moving at an unpredictable direction at an uncanny speed. It used to be 2 combo at most, now it is 4 or 5. And his stamina is still there, he never gets tired punching.

[tesla_power]

"Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration"
- Thomas Edison

"Anyone from Mozart to the Beatles to Bill Gates, those who has become superstar has become so on the back of at least 10,000 hours of practice."
- Malcolm Gladwell, Sociologist

"In study after study, of composers, basketball players, fiction writers, ice-skaters, concert pianists, chess players, master criminals, this number comes up again and again. Ten thousand hours is equivalent to roughly three hours a day, or 20 hours a week, of practice over 10 years."
- Daniel Levitin, Neurologist

"It takes someone 10 years of immersing themselves in a discipline before they create anything significant."
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Psychologist, World Expert on Creativity


Mayweather might not know about the recent researches and the old wisdom of genius scientist. Here is Floyd's erronous statement:

"In a fighter's career, a fighter starts off good and he's good until the end of his career or a fighter starts off good and then goes downhill towards the end of his career. A fighter doesn't start off like Manny Pacquiao, just ordinary, and then once he gets over the age of 25 he becomes an extraordinary fighter."
- Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Mayweather is wrong but at least he observed Pacquiao's ascend. Pacquiao started when he was just 16 and "once he gets over the age of 25 he becomes an extraordinary fighter." A year later Pacquiao won both both HBO and Ring Magazine as the "Fighter of the Year." That's 10 years or approximately 10,000 hours of practice by Pacquiao.

Great post TS but I dont like Edison. Check Tesla.

Tesla :
-- “If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search.
I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor.”

Ultimately, the 10,000 hours of Edison could have just been 1,000.

[Zuma]

Great post TS but I dont like Edison. Check Tesla.

Tesla :
-- “If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search.
I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor.”

Ultimately, the 10,000 hours of Edison could have just been 1,000.

Tesla and Edison are both great.

[Zuma]

Great post TS but I dont like Edison. Check Tesla.

Tesla :
-- “If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search.
I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor.”

Ultimately, the 10,000 hours of Edison could have just been 1,000.

I just finished watching the PBS documentary of Tesla, and all I can say is that Edison was brutal - he literally tortured animals just to diss Tesla's theory.