Besides, its power, such a technique can be very dangerous because it can confuse the opponent. When the boxer lowers his body, his rival might think that he is going to throw a body shot. Then he might unconsciously lower his hands to protect his body and his head might remain unprotected.
Most of the times, such a punch is aimed at the head, but a stomach or a liver shot can be also very painful. Floyd Patterson popularized this technique in the middle of the last century. He was knock out artist, who used the gazelle punch with ruthless efficiency. Actually thus he dropped Muhammad Ali in the 15th round of their first fight. Wladimir Klitschko — Unlike the other two boxers, which are infighters, Wladimir, who like to fight from a distance, also used the gazelle punch.
You can see that in one of his last fights where he knocked Kubrat Pulev with exactly the same technique. If you are ready to improve your boxing skills, I highly recommend checking out my: Boxing Workout routine — free pdf file! The technique is very similar to the bobbing and weaving followed by a lead hook, but in this case, you just jump with the punch. Such a technique can be very effective against out fighters boxers who like to fight from a long distance — usually tall fighters.
Ali was thinking he is at a safe distance from Joe, so he dropped his hands — big mistake. Joe ducked as he was going to throw a body shot and then exploded with his powerful left hook gazelle punch. The punch landed clean on the jaw of Muhammad and dropped him. Counter punchers — If you are fighting against skilled counterpuncher, to jump towards him, unprotected may not be a great idea.
Your opponent may catch you with a straight left or right before you land your gazelle punch. If your rival lands a powerful straight, while you are throwing the gazelle punch, he can stun you or even knock you out. There are a lot of fighters that was knocked down in the same way. Aldo faked right hand and then jumped with a left hook.
But he left his chin unprotected while doing so and got knocked out. If you are an out boxer , fighting against infighter someone who likes to fight at a close distance , you rather may want to stay away from him then to jump towards him.
If your style to fight from a distance, you need to keep that distance and throw mostly straight punches especially the jab. Also, what you need to know about the infighters is that they keep their guards up ALL the time. In most cases, they will just block the punch and then use the opportunity to start a close distance fight.
And due to how the fighter lands after throwing the jab. Unlike a gazelle punch which could leave the fighter exposed. The gazelle jab gave the boxer the option to quickly pivot away and begin another attack.
Much of the winning qualities of this punch comes from its surprise factor. Using the punch too often when at distance will cause the opponent to be prepared and may lead to a good counter-attack.
And so, for this reason, the punch should be used sparingly and mixed in with numerous combinations to keep the opponent guessing. Once any boxer gets into a habit of continuously using the same punch combinations. Having been popularised by MM fighters like Georges St-Pierre, this punch has most widely become known in the sport of mixed martial arts. But the superman punch can also be found in the sport of boxing , albeit in a different format.
This punch can be quite tricky to pull off and in MMA usually revolves around feinting a kick or blocking a kick with your lead leg. Now while the punch did land, it did not have much of an effect on Powell.
One thing for sure is that the punch caught the attention of the commentator and no doubt boxing fans who ribbed the boxer for making what they deem an MMA punch inside a boxing ring. While the art of boxing plays a huge role in the sport of mixed martial arts , many boxing fans do not want to see any elements of MMA making its way into their sport. And they protect the rules and culture of the sport with great enthusiasm. The result of the Superman punch is very much the same as that of the gazelle jab, but the setup is quite different.
While the punch has become synonymous with the sport of MMA, we see that for many years the sport of boxing has already been using a very similar style punch in the gazelle jab for many years.
The overriding reasoning behind the punch is the same for both sports. Covering large distances using the element of surprise. And so it should be used when there is a significant distance between you and your opponent that cannot be covered quickly with any traditional boxing movement.
The Superman punch requires space and distance to execute. The punch requires that you have the required distance to push off and for a moment have two feet off the ground.
And as a result, if this goes wrong, can be quite a dangerous punch to try and land. Like anything in life, certain innovators come along and change the game. And what was once frowned upon and often end up being the next big thing?
We see it all the time in sports and the first ones to pull off these new innovations are often the ones who capitalise the most and the unsuspecting opponents. Before fighters such as Floyd Paterson and Rocky Marciano came along and started using the gazelle punch tactic. Many boxers would have never thought about trying such new techniques outside the more traditional boxing combinations.
But as we now see, these punches have found their own place in the pantheon of boxing combinations. Rules are meant to be broken as they say, but when it comes to boxing they can at least be stretched and or built upon. And with that, I hope that the sport of boxing, along with so many other combat sports continues to innovate, even if only a little bit at a time. Maintaining its traditions while at the same time being open to new and positive changes.
PankyHank , May 10, Joined: Feb 23, Messages: Likes Received: I hope McGregor supermans that hoe. MC Paul Barman , Aug 2, Boxers usually don't cartwheel either. Hagler , Aug 2, There's no real point as you would normally throw it when faking a kick. You can't generate the same power as you would with a straight.
It's a single shot that's difficult to follow up and would be very risky against a skilled boxer imo because you can't really set it up. Jonny Ninja , Aug 3, You must log in or sign up to reply here. Show Ignored Content. Share This Page Tweet. Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password?
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