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His movements are too big..
That's a spot on assessment, but from what i've seen his movements are really only "too big" when he's being pressed. Those same big movements can also paralyze a guy, get him stuck and frustrated....... Once you've got his "respect".......
I watched all the sparring videos, seems to me that majority of them are fought at a thinking man's pace, boxer vs boxer. I like those because you can really pick up a lot of technical details. But since I'm trying to pick up a lot of things from you and your students, I would love to see Mike against pressure fighter/brawler and the way he handles them.
I think a fair amount of what you are seeing as a "thinking mans pace" is due in part to those guys being "familiar" with one another. From what I have seen, when sins guys are sparring one another, it's far more technical than when they are sparring an "outsider". From watching enough of his guys that he's had a fair amount of time to work with, they really do have an almost "signature" style. At this point, if a sparring video is posted I can figure out in about 30 seconds which guy is trained by Sin vs. ? ........... and that's a good thing........ Same can be said for Trainers like Emanuel Steward, watch Chad Dawsons fights when he was with Steward...... you'll clearly see the influence.
Sin trained a guy named "Bandito" (I think?) for a while, may still. That'd of been an interesting sparring match for Mike as he appeared to be a pretty aggressive pressure fighter, with counterfighter tendencies, and he favored his left hip, opposite of what i've seen of Mike's clips.........