monitoring opponents rear hand (As a Southpaw)

[Andre]

Watch this from the 5:00 minute mark on. Good fight to watch in any case.

He uses his lead like a feeler a few times.

[Andre]

[Andre]

Yeah see how he leaves that left arm out there a few times tapping and feeling with it gauging distance, he even uses it to just to get in the way and forces Judah to shoot around it then times Judah off the move.

I just thought if Judah went at the arm first cause its out there and moved right it may have changed Koystas rhythm/thought process and maybe the fight.

[greynotsoold]

I was watching this one:

I like how he takes that inside position with his left foot and fires that stiff jab and straight right hand at Mitchell

[Andre]

I was watching this one:

I like how he takes that inside position with his left foot and fires that stiff jab and straight right hand at Mitchell

Yeah wow, I forgot just how solid on his feet he was too, a real hunter of the opponents center line. loved his way of getting to the inside game, the whole time hes so methodical feeling out, measure distance all for the big right hand you just know is lurking. Menace of a fighter really, he wasnt opposed to some rough housing to get in there either.

[hma123]

Interesting. But what does the lead arm "feeler" have to do with avoiding the rear hand?

[greynotsoold]

Interesting. But what does the lead arm "feeler" have to do with avoiding the rear hand?

When you set out to avoid something, it often ends up happening. Draw that punch- so you'll know when it is coming, as opposed to scurrying around wondering when and where it is- and counter off it. Your right hook should beat his straight right to the mark every time, given that his has the longer distance to travel and, by throwing it, he turns into your hook.
In the last Pac/Marquez fight, Manny went through contortions to avoid the right hand. Watch the way he was throwing his left and bailing out...only to get conned at the end and get slammed by the punch he had been avoiding.

[Andre]

Good memories , fuck Judah should have been professional and stayed down and taken a full count then got up. He was addled big mistake getting up early like that.

Would of ended the same anyway I think.