How did Tyson even survive...

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The peek a boo.

It's interesting you bring that up, and really makes me wonder if the art was truly lost with Cus.

There are plenty of trainers who know the style I am sure. Maybe not all as good as Cus D'amato or Kevin Rooney teach it but all in all the style is a simple one really, though effective.

The Peek-a-boo style is not a style meant for all fighters though, you must have a certain build, you can not be a big guy. It is more for smaller compact fighters to use effectively.

Floyd Patterson used it but his was a variation though, he would often leap from a crouch to get maximum power.

Yeah I also think it only really works at heavyweight because that's the only division where you have dramatic size differences really. Patterson was a much smaller man then Tyson, turned pro at middleweight and like you said he would often have to literally jump from that down low position to make his punches count. Tyson was also much more of an inside fighter then Patterson, Patterson needed space to punch where Tyson's punches were very short and once he got inside on you you were pretty much done.