Last Friday, Joe Jr. and Brandon were talking shop and I had the pleasure of eavesdropping.

Joe Jr. was an ex-fighter like-father-like-son, and began talking about himself squaring up starting after his shoulder injuries. He now has pins in both of his shoulders. He then stands nearly side-ways and says I used to fight like this and then half-raises his left arm showing the rising-jab he used to posses. After throwing a rising-jab, he'd hook off of it.

Getting to the good part, Joe used to used to have Houdini-like flexibility in his shoulders which allowed him to land punches from strange angles. His specialty-punch was like a pitcher's throw that started low and behind his body, and turned into an overhand right that they wouldn't see coming. It was his 'Sneaker-punch'. After his shoulders gave out, his punching power wasn't to same, and he lost his trump-card.