THE SMASH by Razor Ruddock

The Smash is the nickname given to a special punch developed by Donovan "Razor" Ruddock, Canadian Heavyweight boxing champion. Ruddock fought Tyson twice. He was controvesially stopped in Round 7 and took a decision lost in the second match. In the first match, the two fighters praised each other after the fight with Tyson saying "He Punches like a fucking kick from a mule", stating it was the hardest he'd ever been hit, something he still says to this day. The second match resulted in Ruddock received a broken jaw midway through the fight and tyson suffered a perforated eardrum. Tyson praised Ruddock as a great heavyweight saying 'Man this guy is tough, he'll be champion of the world one day if he stays dedicated and doesn't slip up'.

The smash is a punch that is a a mixture of both a hook and an uppercut. It starts out low and from the outside and tries to penetrate through and under the guard. The angle and motion must have been really hard for opponents to pick up. The extreme motion and whole body motion made it a devastatingly heavy punch that even Tyson praised.

Really stupid boxer can't get in the ring.

Never had a funny video posted before but if there should be a first one, this is it! Oh this really had me in tears!

Dekkers amature boxing

This is a rare clip! I didn't even know Ramon Dekkers fought amateur boxing. Abit strange he'd be doing amateu boxing in what seems Thailand? Anyone with more info please let me know.

"Smoking" JOE FRAZIER- Monumental Left Hook

Time for a boxing clip while I wait for a vid clip of the GSP vs BJ match to be available to post. Joe Frazier is one of my all time favourite boxing champion. Here's an excellent highlight clip of him showing his superb left hook mainly from his match against Muhammad Ali. He's one of my favourite not only because I love his left hook and bobbing & weaving style but because he was one of the smaller heavyweights out there. I'm usually the smaller guy in the ring as well :)

15 year old Mike Tyson vs. Kelton Brown

Mike Tyson when he was 15 years old. He was already punching better than most men at that age. What a monster!

Manny Pacquiao Training Highlight

Great HL training clip of Pacquaio training for his match against De La Hoya. Always inspriring to see all the hard work the pros put in for the short time they're in the ring.

Manny Pacquiao Vs Oscar De La Hoya Highlights

Highlights clip of the recent Pacquiao vs De La Hoya match. I don't think anyone predicted Pacquiao to win let alone in such a dominating fashion. He absolutely put on a boxing clinic on De La Hoya. I am amazed at how much he keeps on improving! Freddi Roach (his coach) is a genius!!

Manny Pacquiao training for Morales rematch

Seeing the vid clip of Spong doing boxing training with Mayweather Snr made me look up other boxing training vids again. This is Manny Pacquiao in training. Pacquiao hails from the Phillipines and is the current WBC lightweight champion. He is trained under Freddie Roach who at one time trained Mike Tyson.

Just look at Pacquiao's handspeed!! He is known for his blistering handspeed but still....wow. At times I am so focused on Muay Thai these days that I forget how good a boxer's punching is. Seeing this I think it might be a good idea to supplement my off training days by going to the local boxing gym.

Tyrone Spong training with Mayweather Snr

Tyron Spong doing boxing training with Floyd Mayweather Snr. Wished Mayweather Snr would have talked less and showed more training footage.

Mike Tyson sparring clip

Imagine being Mike Tyson's sparring partner! He makes all his partners in this clip look really slow.

Mike Tyson daily training routine

I was and still is a big fan of Mike Tyson the boxer so here is yet another training clip of Mike in action. His speed and combinations on the heavy bag is just amazing. I like the simple exercise for the head movement. Will we ever see another heavyweight boxer like Mike?

Floyd Mayweather`s defensive skills

Another Floyd Mayweather clip, this time highlighting his defensive skills. Good reference for the guys in the class who should be working on their defensive skills. Notice how he always tuck his chin next to his shoulder even when he has one hand down. Often we are dazzled by a fighter's offensive skills like Mayweather and forget that a big reason why they're able to win often is they hardly get hit.

Obviously some thins will need to be modified when kicks and knees are allowed but this is still a good reference to refer back to from time to time to get some ideas and inspiration.

Floyd Mayweather Training

I'm always interested in the training of fighters, no matter what combat sports or martial arts they're from. There's always something to be learnt or admired when watching dedicated or accomplished fighters train. Hope you all know who Floyd Mayweather is. If not he is the current World WBC welterweight champion and has won six different world championship belts in five different weights!

I don't really like his brashness and showboating but I do like his boxing skills. Two things to note from this clip. He comes from a boxing family. His father was a pro boxer as well and he's trained by his uncle. That's his uncle iirc doing the padwork with him. They have a very unique tap tap style of padwork style I haven't seen anywhere else. Doesn't seem to emphasise much power in the padwork but I'm guessing it develops and focuses strongly on speed, accuracy and reflexes.

The second thing is his awesome skipping rope routine. He makes it look so easy doing all the complicated tricks and skills. There's a couple of youtube vids solely on this which I'll post later on.

Mike Tyson Training Highlight Reel 2

Another Mike Tyson training HL clip. I love his head movements and punching combinations. What a waste of talent.

Little kid boxing training

A friend forwarded this clip to me. Amazing! The kid's boxing skills in pad training is better than most guys I've seen in training. In my experience women and children tend to learn at a faster pace than guys as they're not concerned about power. This clip certainly tend to reinforce that experience.

Tommy Hearns HL

I was talking to JP today about boxing and where he's from in the US. We got talking about Kronk gym. JP, if you're wondering why I know about Kronk, it's because my favourite boxer is Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns. Watch this HL and you'll know why. He looks like a guy you don't want to piss off.

Floyd Patterson Greatest Hits

Flyod Patterson was a champion boxer in the 1960s to early 1970s. He is known to have been the inventor/ originator of the "peek-a-boo" style made famous by Mike Tyson. He is also famous for his leaping left hook nicknamed the "Gazelle Punch". Many fighters today have copied Patterson's leaping left hook such as Tyson. Even fighters in kickboxing have copied this technique. Ones that come to my mind atm are Stan Longinidis (famous Aus kickboxing champ) and Mike Zambidis.

Floyd Mayweather skipping rope

Fantastic video clip of Mayweather doing his skipping rope routine. Skipping rope is a very important part of any boxing/ kickboxing training. Great for warming up as well as improving your eye-hand co-ordination. It shouldn't be done as a chore. Rather when you skip rope you should try and be creative and make it fun. We can't all be like Mayweather but hopefully this video will get you guys pumped up and be more creative the next time you're skipping.

Young Mike Tyson Training

Great clip of a young Mike Tyson in training. I love the head movement combined with his hooks and uppercuts.