When it comes to footwork, another look of pride appears on Lewis's face.
Among the top heavyweight boxing champions in the world, Lewis' pace is definitely among the best. A typical one is the match between Lewis and Tyson. As we all know, Tyson's footwork is very fast and sharp when attacking, but Lewis just uses his footwork to always maintain the distance between him and Tyson. It made it difficult for Tyson's offense to work and won the final victory.
Many people think that Lewis is the heavyweight boxer with the best footwork after Ali, and Lewis himself readily accepts this evaluation. He has full confidence in his footwork.
Just listen to Lewis explain: "There is a saying in the boxing world called 'distance is speed'. The organic combination of good footwork skills with offensive and defensive skills makes boxing skills more perfect. Footwork is crucial to the use of boxing techniques and tactics." usually plays a vital role. In defense, a boxer can use footwork to maintain distance from the opponent and avoid the opponent's offensive line; while in attack, a sudden advance or left and right movements can also allow the boxer to The boxer is in a good attacking position."
As Lewis spoke, he stretched out three fingers and continued: "The most important use of footwork is in the stalemate stage. You can see from the video of the boxing match that when the two boxers are not in close combat, they are actually constantly fighting each other. Although the range and amplitude of the movement are not large, it is absolutely impossible to stop. This is actually the two sides constantly looking for each other's flaws, or using footwork to create flaws. Let me give you an example. "
Lewis made a boxing motion, then slid to the left side of Zhang Guan, and said at the same time: "For example, now, I am on your left, if you don't face me immediately, your side will face my front , this is an opportunity to attack. Similarly, if you notice my lateral movement, but your response is slow, it will also create a gap, which is also an opportunity for me. In a heavyweight boxing match, There won't be many scoring opportunities throughout the game, so opportunities are fleeting. For heavyweight boxers, sometimes they only need to seize one opportunity to win the entire game. "
Zhang Guan nodded to express his understanding. Professional boxing matches are based on a deduction system. Each round starts with 10 points. However, after one round, the most points are 10:10, followed by 10:9. In the end, after 12 rounds, the total score of both sides may only be 10:10. A difference of two or three points. There are always one or two draws in a boxer's career, which also shows that in professional boxing, there are really too few opportunities to score.
When it comes to the heavyweight competition, the situation has changed again, and that is the number of KOs. More than half of the heavyweight boxing champion's winning records are KO wins. This is the exciting thing about heavyweight boxing. Sometimes it only takes one punch to end the game.
Therefore, in heavyweight competitions, footwork is particularly important. Good footwork not only prevents oneself from making flaws and evades the opponent's attack, but also forces the opponent to make flaws and creates opportunities for one's own attack.
Next, Lewis started another demonstration.
Sliding forward, sliding back, sliding left, sliding right, sprinting, retreating, sliding forward, sliding backward, wrapping left, wrapping right, flashing left, flashing right. The twelve steps of boxing were demonstrated one by one by Lewis.
The steps and movements of boxing are actually not very difficult, at least it is much easier than punching. Even people with relatively weak motor nerves can master it after more practice. And track and field athletes like Zhang Guan have relatively high body sensitivity. Even if he can "learn" in seconds, Lewis is not surprised.
But learning footwork is only the first step. If you want to apply footwork in the game, you still need a lot of confrontation practice.
I saw Lewis carrying a set of armor with him.
"The use of footwork needs to be practiced in actual combat, so next, I will defend and you will attack. When you can hit me, you have learned how to use footwork." Lewis said.
Hitting Lewis sounds simple, but is extremely difficult to do. If you want to become a professional boxer, it's not enough to just punch people. Their ability to dodge attacks is better than their ability to punch. Especially some boxing champion-level boxers will always maintain a certain distance from their opponents. When the enemy retreats, we advance, and when the opponent kicks, we retreat. This distance is often just outside the opponent's punching range.
Many viewers focus on the boxer's punches but ignore the boxer's ability to dodge. In high-level boxing matches, you can sometimes see a boxer throwing several punches in a row. Each punch seems fierce, but in fact it does not hit the opponent at all.
It is even more difficult to defeat a top-notch boxing champion like Lewis. Lewis is very good at using distance. Even with Tyson's fast attack, it is difficult to effectively hit Lewis.
At this time, Lewis was even more confident. Although Zhang Guan shocked Lewis in the technical moves just now, the drill techniques are completely different from real combat. No matter how good the technical moves are, it is useless if he cannot beat his opponent.
However, Zhang Guan asked, "Is it okay as long as I hit you?"
"As long as?" Lewis was very unhappy with this word. In Lewis's view, letting Zhang Guan hit him is obviously an impossible task.
"If you want to hit me, it's impossible without more than ten years of practice! Even those boxing champions who have practiced for more than ten years still can't hit me when they get to the competition." Lewis smiled proudly. , although he has been away from professional boxing for many years, his old foundation is still there. Even if he enters the boxing ring now, it is estimated that some inexperienced boxers will have difficulty in getting effective hits from him.
"Then I'm coming over." Zhang Guanze took an offensive stance. He raised his fists and his body began to move rhythmically.
"It still looks good, and you know how to keep moving. But the range of movements is so large, which consumes a lot of energy. You must have learned it from the TV!" Lewis thought to himself.
The next moment Zhang Guan suddenly moved, and he suddenly slid forward.
"Here, hit the head, do you want to attack the right side? No, the left side! That's not right either! Huh?" Lewis found that he could not see through Zhang Guan's intention to attack, but his years of professionalism made him choose without hesitation. Back away.
But he was still a little slower than half a beat, and while he was retreating to dodge, he had already received a blow to his ribs. The powerful force made Lewis tire. Fortunately, he was wearing protective gear. Without protective gear, the blow to the ribs would definitely be very painful.
"This footwork looks so familiar. Where have I seen it before?" The next moment, a great figure suddenly appeared in Lewis' mind.
"Butterfly walk! This is Muhammad Ali's butterfly walk!"
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