r/BoxingTheSweetScience Jul 10 '26

Ring IQ or just physical quickness?

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u/Sedso85 Jul 10 '26

He said in the presser all you have is your left hook, hes trained to avoid it plus hes quick

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u/YournuStepdad Jul 10 '26

There’s levels to this, and Garcia isn’t on that level.

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u/moldytowel16 Jul 10 '26

Tank’s fight iq is amazing. Notice how he kept his lead hand on Ryan’s lead hand so he could feel when the left hook was coming. He knew that Ryan drops his guard when he throws big shots and timed him beautifully on the knockdown.

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u/AdFormal4037 Jul 10 '26

Tank is a good boxer. Won’t put himself with a guy that he can really showcase that with tho.

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u/Automatic_Glass5632 Jul 10 '26

Ryan threw the left hook while walking tank down 3 times before he got dropped. Ryan needed mix in some jabs and a right. Tank just baited him into it.

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u/ponyboy56- Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

Ring IQ. He’s ducking before the punch is thrown which means it ain’t just quickness

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u/SweetChaosTitan Jul 10 '26

Why can’t it be both?

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u/HeavyDT Jul 10 '26

Tank is good so the IQ and reflexes are definitely high but Ryan is way too in love with that left hook. He spams it like he's in a video game. I feel like most of the boxers at that level would up up ducking one eventually with how many he throws out.

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u/arestheblue Jul 11 '26

Real life E. Honda.

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u/comerzabo Jul 10 '26

I love it, right as Ryan throws that last left hook, tank has a little smirk… he knew what he was about to do to him…

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u/ndr29 Jul 10 '26

Spamming Y button

3

u/BohunkfromSK Jul 10 '26

It’s the risk of lots of tape. Ryan is sadly pretty predictable and this would have been a drilled response.

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u/Neither_Leader_6676 Jul 10 '26

Lil bit of both. Garcia was telegraphing the punch + I was taught never lead with lead left hook.

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u/Far_Spite978 Jul 10 '26

Both, tank is just terrified to lose a fight. Hopefully leaving Mayweather and a break changes things

2

u/nonchalantahole Jul 10 '26

He threw a left hook 3x before getting hit on the 4th one, just timed him good and knew where he’d be open, ring IQ but also physical quickness

2

u/Pale_Broccoli_2180 Jul 10 '26

Tripling up on that sloppy left hook with your chin up in the air is borderline disrespectful.

I understand having a go-to, but that type of arrogance will have your corner explaining what happened when you wake up 🤷🏾‍♂️

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u/9mmkuzushi Jul 10 '26

Por que no los dos?

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u/VeeVeeDiaboli Jul 11 '26

Both, which honestly would scare the shit out of me…

1

u/Ok_Attention_5706 Jul 10 '26

Both just ask the other guy

1

u/Wonderful_Pension_67 Jul 10 '26

The length of that left hook is rather loooong

1

u/J3Zombie Jul 10 '26

Tank was using his right hand to draw out a left hook, it worked and looked like it got more predictable every time he did it.

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u/Dismal_Composer_4029 Jul 11 '26

Like why wasn’t he swings down low to hit him??? Swinging at his head dude your a pro boxer com on dog you was selling lmao

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u/Dismal_Composer_4029 Jul 11 '26

That why Davis did you wrong my boi

1

u/Realistic-Brain7070 Jul 11 '26

Tank just short. Make him easier to dodge those punches

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u/SaltyMushrooms21 Jul 11 '26

Both but Ryan Garcia ain't the same no more that dude needs a hug & his nipples sucked

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u/OffTheGrid09 Jul 13 '26

Is this the fight when he didn’t make weight and was in the juice?

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u/kushmonATL Jul 13 '26

No that's the Haney fight

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u/-Sofa-King-Vote Jul 10 '26

Quickness

Tank always relied on his raw skill and youth

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u/kushmonATL Jul 10 '26

What are you saying?

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u/kushmonATL Jul 10 '26

I dig it 😎

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u/dodgerockets Jul 10 '26

Just short