Connor Ruebusch of BloodyElbow.com and BadLeftHook.com breaks down the pawing jab of Thomas "Hitman" Hearns in this, the first of many "quick hits" focusing on the trademark techniques of great fighters.
Thank you so very very VERY much dude, I love this videos and this "Special Move" series will be incredibly good considering the ammount of signature boxer moves.
dewfish Yes, good eye. Foreman seemed to have a pawing version of *every* punch. Hearns may have posted his arm on people's faces and collarbones, but Foreman would literally just reach out and shove his opponents around, and then hit them while they were off-balance. He was a far trickier fighter in his prime than most are willing to give him credit for.
+dewfish I think Foreman had some of the best jabs in boxing history, he beat up Shannon briggs with it and got robbed of that win, he looked as if he would also "joust" with it too coming upward with the punch then even doubling it missing the first one and countering a punch with the second one, I think he did everything with the jab that could be done in boxing...............
I wish this series would come back, heavy hands is awesome I just wish they did a few more technical analysis short snip videos like these, similar to lawrence kenshins work I guess. Great job either way.
Brandon Chandler Captain Obvious here, Ryo Mashiba is a character from boxing manga/anime Hajime no Ippo, in which characters are based on real boxers. Main character is lightweight version of Tyson, for example. *flies away
Great stuff. Every boxing student tryng to learn how to fight tall should have a look at this, wether you got crazy Hearns punching power or not. Thanks for sharing.
I don't get it: Holmes was always sticking his left hand in the face of opponenents buy nobody said he was using a "pawing" jab. As a matter of fact sticking a hand in the face of somebody it is not a jab.
A pawing jab is advanced jabbing Rigondeaux did that a lot against Donaire. When he fought Lomachenko in the first round there jab was even more advanced both were using rhythm to the jab and also feint simultaneously with of course body rhythm that had both guessing
manny pacquiao is very good at this technique.. he will going to cover the eyes of the enemy with his right jab then follow it with blindingly fast left hand..
Technically, yes, but in a sport where even dangerous fouls like rabbit punches are called infrequently, at best, you can get away with holding your hand in the face of an opponent for quite a while, with most refs. I've only seen fighters cautioned about it a handful of times, and I can't recall a single point taken.
Yes, but you'd want to use it a little differently. It makes for a really nice distance closing tool to get past the reach of a taller opponent. If you stick the jab in their face and step in low, you'll be close enough to hit them before they even realize it. So as a shorter guy, I would recommend using it to disguise movement more so than follow-up punches, though there is definitely room for that too, if you step in with a nice short right.
I'm sorry to break it to you, Hajime no Ippo lovers, but this is not the flicker jab. This is the Hitman. Mashiba's jab is a flicker, not a hitman. Please do a better research.
