Kotsya Tszyu's lead hand
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Some pictures would help.
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i've been searching for video but have had no luck.
basically it is thrown like a cross between a shovel hook and a jab. he is able to create a lot of power with it by using his legs and exploding up and into the opponent.
basically it is thrown like a cross between a shovel hook and a jab. he is able to create a lot of power with it by using his legs and exploding up and into the opponent.
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his lead hand looks good to me. it's like his probing hand, thats pretty much how i was taught to use it
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I can get some pics tomorrow peregrine. But Kostya is known in the Boxing World for being like a freakin' laser-guided missile when it comes to accuracy. I have footage someplace of him doing this exercise where he has a band tied to his head with a tennis ball at the end of an elastic string hanging, and he punches the tennis ball, keeping it suspended, like those old paddle-balls older people like myself had when we were kids.
PLUS he had excellent power. I mean he made Zab Judah look like a newborn giraffe with that little break-dance he did after Kostya punched him.
Hatton fought a picture-perfect fight to neutralize those aspects with just brute force and non-stop rushing, and even he said Kostya was physically stronger and very difficult to contain.
PLUS he had excellent power. I mean he made Zab Judah look like a newborn giraffe with that little break-dance he did after Kostya punched him.
Hatton fought a picture-perfect fight to neutralize those aspects with just brute force and non-stop rushing, and even he said Kostya was physically stronger and very difficult to contain.
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exactly. i want to reanalyze some of his fight footage and replay his body mechanics. especially that lead hand. i know he is known for his right hand but that lead hand is impressive as well. i can't find video unless you pay.
exactly. i want to reanalyze some of his fight footage and replay his body mechanics. especially that lead hand. i know he is known for his right hand but that lead hand is impressive as well. i can't find video unless you pay.
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Peregrine, here's the highlight reel of Tszyu/Hatton. I know Kostya lost, but it's still a good thing to have. I'll dig up more as time goes on, been having to re-organize a bunch of my stuff:
http://72.0.104.148/HattonvsTszyu.wmv
http://72.0.104.148/HattonvsTszyu.wmv
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even though i ordered the PPV, that highlight really emphasized how many punches kostya did land on hatton.
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That band-tennis ball excercise sounds like pure gold...
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I've never been that impressed by K's lead hand -- later in his career he started developing an effective lead hook, but apart from that he was a classic "probe with left, kill with right" kind of guy. His left was the setup.
