All work and no play make people go crazy

During an intense research of the notorious latino monster called the CHUPACABRA the other day!
We encountered a video done by Mr. T, and a supplemental report done by CNN as icing on the cake to validate the TRUTH!!! of the chupacabra.

Listen carefully



Mr. T sang beautifully...

If by some crazy chance you dont believe that he isn't speaking the truth, well CNN can help you out:




That sealed it right there! Don't believe the educated man who studies animal life for a living, believe the lady who has a whole massive wall of animal heads as tropies... and dont forget she has the dead animal's head in the freezer of her house....

When im done boxing, I should take on the journey and be a chupacabra hunter....
That could be a lucrative career... dont you think?


p.s.
I can't be all serious, all the time! Then it wouldn't be me!

Enjoy!!

Keep your Hands up

Throughout my training, I'm told "Keep your hands up!!"
After every punch, after every move, hit, or dodge...

"KEEP YOUR HANDS UP"

Why?

Let me show you:
Example 1:
Manny Pacquiao Vs Ricky Hatton
Ricky Hatton tends to drop his hands...
and look what happened





Not pretty at all....
Easy target when your face is exposed at all times...
Ouch.

Example #2
Vonda Ward vs Ann wolfe:



Just because you're taller than your opponent, doesn't mean you can drop your hands to chest level...
Hands go down, and you can receive a clean crazy hay-maker punch straight to the face instead of cushioning the blow your gloves... and be knocked out.

MAJOR OUCH!!!!

Example #3:
Paul Williams vs Sergio Martinez II

When Mr. Williams throws hook shots.... he tends to drop his hands while doing so.


Yeah...
You can tell he was gone as soon as that punch hit.

Lesson is:
KEEP YOUR HANDS UP!!!

No need to be flashy and be cocky.... and get hit nasty style like these folks.

Stick to the basics, defend yourself properly and that improves your chances of winning.
Make yourself hard to hit my trainer says, and make em pay for their mistakes... LIKE all the winners of these fights!

So... What do you do? (Part 2)

In this part of the series, I will show the wonders of the SPEED BAG!!!!

Something so simple, is truly a pain in the a** to do to be honest. My trainer Ivan tells me each time I have to do it:"Alright, time for your nightmare"

That should tell you something. In all honesty I was absolutely horrible with this part of the training.
Thanks my buddy Joe Imhoff, it was all recorded for you guys to laugh! Soon to be future DVD!!

Now, I'm much better at it! Speed and coordination much improved since I started in September with it.

But what's the speedbag for anyway?

It is used to enhance hand-eye coordination, rhythm and timing of a person's punch. Also, the main thing I've noticed, it helps keep you punching faster and faster while your arms are heavy from an intense workout.


For those who dont know what a speedbag looks like:

If you guys ever wanted to try it and look mighty cool at doing it, I'm going to teach you guys in 4 easy steps!
The same way it was taught to me!

STEP 1:
LOOK AT IT!!
Very meanly... INTIMIDATE THE BAG!!!
YELL AT IT!!!

STEP 2:
Punch it in the same form as Rocky is in the picture.
No need for speed at this point, just you make sure you hit it and it doesn't spin around in circles.

STEP 3:
Listen/Watch for the bag to hit the top part where its hanging from 3 times!

  - It's going backward....... BAM! First Hit
  - It's going forward......... BAM!!! Second Hit
  - It's going backward....... BAM!!!! Third Hit

STEP 4:
With the third hit, Get ready to punch it again.
PUNCH!!! Repeat All the steps.

Continue through this motion slowly till you get used to.

Once you got a nice rhythm, go faster and faster!!

TADAH!!!! you're done!!

Practice makes perfect.

Check me out:

I still have my moments where i stutter and its not completely smooth! But im getting there.
Each time I get better and better.

So... What do you do? (Part 1)

The magical question that people have for me time and time again.

"WHAT DO YOU DO? Um... I mean... What's the training?"

Involves a lot details and madness, people usually have the confused or the  No F****** Way look.

So now begins a series of blog entries that is dedicated to the details of 'what do i do', what is my preparation, what is my mind set, including some videos and EVEN A MUSICAL MONTAGE!!!

Because seeing people workout, should always be made in a musical montage format! It must be a law in some state in the U.S.

Music to exercise is like Bacon to every food product in the planet. Its a perfect match in heaven.

SO!

For this entry!

The Magic of Shadow Boxing.

Who knew that hitting air for an extended period in time would be sooooooooo tiring and SOOOOO effective!

It helps with form, speed, and endurance. Most important thing is to imagine your fighting...

Picture your opponent, get so into it that you will forget that you are shadow boxing... you believe you are boxing. Of course, you believe you are belting that poor soul with a flurry of punches that he cant stop!!! Manny pacquiao style.

Seems crazy and ambitious... but you need a little madness and confidence when your willing to fight.

Example:

For 20 minutes I shadow box either at the gym or at my apartment. You dont need much space, you just need enough room to punc, stand, and spin around.

Then begin:

These flurry of punches will go on for another 20-30 minutes or so. This begins the warm up process, helps shed the pounds real quick too.

Shadow boxing with my trainer is a little different. He uses a towel to get me to dodge and he uses a huge tire to make sure my feet are set and my form is ok.

Example:
 (yes they are old pictures, I have a fro in them... they still count)

This is very very very important to the success of a boxer. Classic and simple way to train.

P.S.

all pics by:

John Rodriguez 

For those who dont know...

The fro is gone!!!!

The transformation!!!!

Scary isnt it?

Thanks to my buddy JJ for the silly animation.

Here you go Kev, the extra thing I hadn't mentioned before! LOL!

Speed in Boxing... Destroys Opponents

For those of you who saw the Manny Pacquiao fight on saturday, noticed something...
And excellent fighting strategy that will work in any fight. Even better than having a massive amount of power behind each punch...

Its called Speed:

For example, take a look at Margarito's face:

Antonio Margarito, a fighter with amazing power (with or without the plaster in his handwraps), but he lacked the speed to go against a blazing fast opponent in Pacquiao...
He payed the price....
He lost every single round of the fight, for every 5 punches landed by pacquiao, Margarito tried to land 1...
It was never an even matchup at any point.
NOW!

Pacquiao was at a disadvantage with weight:

Pacquiao at 148 and Margarito at 165..
Still didnt matter, because the man got destroyed.

But, this idea that speed really does damage really was made famous in the heavyweight division.
The normally big slow fighters... (which is current class of heavyweight contenders) was put to the test with the very fast Mike Tyson.

Take a look at a 200+ plus fighter:



and once again.



Not bad for a big guy.
When you can hit from all angles, accurately and quickly... its devastating in any weight.


Speed is the key to success,



And that is my goal.

To be really really fast. Im working on it. Will continue to work on it.
Hopefully that could lead to a victory for me.

Shout out to Kevin Doss!

He is my first follower!!

WOOT WOOT!!!

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