Those bursts, usually, are enough to keep the opponent thinking and cautious.
smith was a punching bag. a boxer with a good step back can step back from his counters and step back out of range so he cant punch in bursts. demetrius andrade is one such a boxer.
but every good defensive boxer has a good step back. to have a good step back you want to maintain some good front foot pressure. whenever you press down on your front foot you create a pivot foot. press down. create your pivot foot. push off.
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you want to maintain some good front foot pressure so you are always ready to step back from his counters
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and when you step back you move out of range so he cant throw a burst of punches at you and just turn you into a punching bag.
I don't quite understand why his stamina is like that.
he throws every punch very hard. you cant maintain a steady workrate when you throw every punch very hard.
but his body shot ko was very nice. coming around on a squared up guy is always so pretty. they are my favorite body shots.
heres michael dokes coming around on bobby crabtree.
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