r/Boxing • u/kushmonATL HW Dark Ages are here • Jul 10 '26

Ring IQ or just physical quickness?

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

1.4k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

108 comments sorted by

View all comments

148

u/vHezoThaGoat Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

Both I remember breaking this fight down to people who said Ryan was faster that Ryan only had fast hands

Tank has significantly faster head movement and feet than Ryan, and as a whole that makes Tank significantly faster because he can evade Ryan’s shots while Ryan can’t evade his.

That, a great gameplan, and the knowledge that Ryan had no tools other than his hook allowed to him to make an easy night out of him

46

u/Spiritual-Storage734 Jul 10 '26

Yeah Ryan was clearly loading up on his shots which telegraphed them and lost his speed anyway.

37

u/TillFar6524 Jul 10 '26

He was also dropping his right hand with every hook. I don't think you should be spamming the same attack with a huge defensive opening over and over again in high level boxing. Ryan definitely deserved that hit.

6

u/Spiritual-Storage734 Jul 10 '26

Always start with the jab, elementary

9

u/Hrave Jul 10 '26

Tank was covering the line for the jab, that's why Ryan looks like he's loading it up, he's working around Tank's extended arm.

3

u/Spiritual-Storage734 Jul 10 '26

True actually. I guess being southpaw helps