Weird training method...Shawn Porter hits pads blindfolded

[p4pking]

Neither, especially when you see him fight as if he has the thing on at times. Going all Karate Kid isn't going to help him with basic things he doesn't do. I guess it could help prepare a fighter for a bad cut above the eyes or something, if they were actually having trouble seeing in the ring etc, and I suspect its mostly for the cameras. I saw Bryant Jennings doing the same thing before he fought Mike Perez.

[fan johnny]

Maybe he's thinking he might not be able to see from cuts that swell over the eyes? I seem to recall another fight where that happened.

[Tam Seddon]

Maybe he's thinking he might not be able to see from cuts that swell over the eyes? I seem to recall another fight where that happened.

Pads don't hit you back though so I don't see any benefit of that for a real fight scenario

[J_Undisputed]

Its part confidence, I think. Maybe they think the cut in the brook fight affected him mentally. They were working on ring generalship too.

I have seen and used blindfold drills in some boxing, wrestling and martial arts drills before but its not target practice as much as it part of sensitivity drills. The idea is to tell what a persons going to do and where they are going by how they move. If we're clinched or touching, i'm feeling for shifting of your weight, dipping of shoulders, changing of stance to tell me what to.. I should know what you're doing by feel not by sight... and counter accordingly. It can help on the inside when an opponents trying to smother you. For Porter, it may help take advantage of those opportunities that were open when he looked but closed by the time he got there.

[frasd]

I'd like to hear what Scrap has to say. I believe he posted once on closing your eyes while shadowboxing and the reasons behind it but I am not sure he believes in hitting the pads at all as an effective training tool. However, I may be misquoting or just punchy myself and dreamt the whole thing.