Boxing Like the Champs 2
More Lessons from Boxing''s Greatest Fighters
Published on 1. August 2020
209 pages
978-1-935937-81-4 (ISBN)
Description
Get a load of just some of the recently unearthed gold in this volume: 1. Jack Johnson's "e;Biceps Punch."e; 2. Gentleman Jim's Not-Quite-a-Jab. 3. Joe Louis's "e;Attacking the Buckler"e; strategy. 4. Gunboat Smith's devastating "e;Occipital Punch."e; 5. Bare-knuckle legend Jack Slack's "e;Chopper."e; 6. The real deal on how Jack Dempsey built the power in that Lead Hook. 7. "e;Hurricane"e; Jackson's wild "e;Scoop Punch."e; 8. How Joe Frazier built his eccentric defensive rhythm.
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Content
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- How to use the Boxing Mastery manuals
- Intro: Condemn yourself
- Part 1: Tactics
- 1. "Susie-Q" x 2
- 2. Joe Louis and "Brewster style"
- 3. Joe Louis' step & throw
- 4. Joe Louis' balancing act
- 5. "Biting," bare-knuckle boxing & Jack Johnson's biceps punch
- 6. Movement-under-load training
- 7. The Corbett jab
- 8. "Attacking the buckler" from Heenan to Louis
- 9. Frank Moran's "Mary Ann"
- 10. Gunboat Smith's "occipital punch"
- 11. Kid Gavilan's bolo punch
- 12. George Dawson & the kidney punch
- 13. Champ to champ
- 14. Jack Slack's "chopper"
- 15. Building Dempsey's hook
- 16. "Hurricane" Jackson's "scoop punch"
- 17. Smokin' Joe's erratic bob & weave
- 18. Punching up, Marciano style
- 19. Jack McCarthy's "chin hook" clinch
- 20. Tommy Farr & pit fighting
- 21. Johnny Wilson's body-killing & hand-saving tactics
- 22. Two-fisted, body-killing Pete "Kid" Herman style
- 23. Tommy Burns' darting lead hook
- 24. Panama Browns' up fist
- 25. Luther McCarthy's "Betsy"
- 26. Parsing Marciano's trailing forearm
- 27. Ken Norton's personal one-two
- 28. Salvador Sanchez's "short hook"
- Part 2: Strategy & observations
- 1. Master trainer on training for toughness
- 2. Kid McCoy's "shoelace trick"
- 3. Charley Goodman & Angelo Dundee: "Be you, but more so"
- 4. Joe Louis and "working softly"
- Part 3: Training & conditioning
- 1. Boxing & lumberjack connection
- 2. Jack Johnson & gandy dancing
- 3. Mr. Owen's exertions
- 4. Jaw training with Alan Minter & others
- 5. Several roads to neck training
- 6. "The Herkimer Hurricane" push & shove drill
- 7. A dip in the pool with Giovani "Nino" Benvenuti & others
- 8. Blitz-drills "The Hawk" style
- A Selected Bibliography
- Index
