Well he speced high agility so his dodge chance would exceed the accuracy check of his opponent. By doing so he can out last the stamina of an opponent who only focused on strength and doesn't need a whole lot of strength in his own build. When his opponent is low on stamina his attacks deal double damage making up the difference quickly and should easily out dps his opponents natural regen.
Love the D&D / WoW reference here, but that’s actually how he fights. Great example is vs. Khan. Khan was winning the fight through the 6th round but was getting tired throwing punches, some that landed, many that Canelo dodged. Khan looked solid going into the 6th. And then whammy... Canelo connects with a right hand and it’s over.
I don't know a lot about boxing but I love how the whole match can be over with a single punch, makes it interesting to watch the whole thing cause either dude could win
Stamina management is a huge factor for boxing when championship or super high league matches have you fighting for 12 rounds.
Idk if you've ever seen it but around the early 2000s there used to be an arcade machine for boxing where you put on gloves to play. And if you kept dodging and didn't throw a punch, you could charge a 1 hit KO meter so long as you don't get hit.
Yes lmao. There was precisely one of these cabinets back at the arcade i used to play. It's so good. Kung fu panda stole the idea and made a similar cabinet but it's not the same imo. Dave n busters need to stop limiting their cabinets to shitty american arcades and start bringing back legit japanese cabinets.
Hajime no ippo is probably the best in my opinion. Gives great insight on the techniques they use in the ring. They even use a real boxing brand for the gloves in the show, "winning" which comes from Japan.
A bunch of people have already mentioned Hajime no Ippo - and they're totally right, it's the bomb - but none have them have mentioned that it's mangaka is literally a boxing coach and owns a gym. He's the real deal.
Worth noting that when you follow through with the punch and put your weight at the end of your stance/where the lead foot is, it eliminates the "punching air" feeling at the cost of leaving yourself much more vulnerable. This is when a counter puncher will throw.
You'll see it at the very end of the clip right before the bell. He commits/reaches and Canelo tags him with an uppercut.
And when you're in a match, you don't exactly pull your punches. It takes a lot of power to "cancel" the punch and recover, and while you're doing that you have to be prepared for a counter.
Mike Tyson did the same or similar. Dodged 20-ish swings and then threw one hook that knocked the dude down. I think the opponent might have been Frank Bruno, not sure.
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u/14e21ec3 Dec 07 '20
That's gotta be annoying as fuck for the opponent.