All-round Athlete

Chapter 695: Muhammad Ali's Butterfly Walk

When it comes to footwork, a smug look appeared on Lewis' face.

Among the world's top heavyweight boxing champions, Lewis' pace is definitely among the best. A typical match is the match between Lewis and Tyson. We all know that Tyson's footwork is very fast and sharp when attacking, but Lewis uses his own footwork to always keep the distance between him and Tyson. It made Tyson's offense difficult 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, and he has sufficient confidence in his footwork.

Just listen to Lewis explaining: "There is a saying in the boxing world called 'distance is speed', the organic combination of good footwork skills and offensive and defensive techniques can make boxing skills more perfect, and footwork is very important for the use of boxing techniques and tactics. The center usually plays a vital role. In defense, the boxer can use footwork to keep the distance from the opponent and avoid the opponent's attack line; The boxer is in a good attacking position."

Lewis stretched out three fingers while talking, 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 fighting hand-to-hand, they are actually fighting each other all the time. Although the range and range of movement are not large, it is absolutely impossible to stop. This is actually because the two sides are 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 Zhang Guan's left side, and said at the same time: "For example, now, I am on your left, if you don't face me right away, your side will face my front , this is an opportunity to attack. Similarly, if you find my sideways 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 are not many chances to score in the whole game, so the chances are fleeting. For heavyweight boxers, sometimes it only takes one chance to win the whole game. "

Zhang Guan nodded to express his understanding. Professional boxing matches are based on a point deduction system. Each round starts with 10 points. However, after one round, the maximum is 10:10, followed by 10:9. In the end, after 12 rounds, the total points of both sides may be only 10:10. It's two or three points away. In a boxer's career, there are always one or two fights in the end, which also shows that in professional boxing, there are really too few opportunities to score points.

When it comes to the heavyweight contest, the situation has changed again, that is, the number of KOs. More than half of the victories of heavyweight boxing champions are won by KO. This is exactly the wonderful part of heavyweight boxing competitions. Sometimes it only takes one punch to end the game.

Therefore, in heavyweight competitions, footwork is extremely important. Good footwork not only avoids one's own flaws and evades the opponent's attack, but also forces the opponent to appear and create opportunities for one's own attack.

Next, Lewis started another demonstration.

Forward sliding step, backward sliding step, left sliding step, right sliding step, sprint step, fast backward step, forward sliding step, backward sliding step, left wrapping step, right wrapping step, left flashing step, right flashing step. The twelve footwork of boxing was demonstrated one by one by Lewis.

Boxing steps are actually not very difficult, at least it is much easier than punching. Even people who lack motor nerves can master it after more practice. And track and field athletes like Zhang Guan have relatively high physical sensitivity, even if they "learn in seconds", Lewis is not surprised.

But learning footwork is only the first step. If you want to apply footwork to the game, you need a lot of confrontation practice.

I saw Lewis wearing a set of armor on his body.

"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 easy, but it's very difficult to do. It's not enough to be a professional boxer who can only punch people. Their ability to avoid attacks is better than their punching level. Especially some boxers at the champion level, they will always keep a certain distance from their opponents, the enemy retreats and advances, kicks forward and retreats, and this distance is often just outside the opponent's punching range.

Many viewers focus on the boxer's heavy punches, while ignoring the boxer's ability to dodge. In high-level boxing, it is sometimes possible to see a fighter throw several punches in succession, each punch seemingly fierce, but actually not hitting the opponent at all.

It is even more difficult to hit a top-notch boxing champion like Lewis. Lewis is very good at using distance. Even Tyson's swift attack can hardly hit Lewis effectively.

At this time, Lewis was full of confidence. Although Zhang Guan shocked Lewis in the technical moves just now, the rehearsal skills were completely different from the real combat.

But Zhang Guan asked back: "Is it enough to just hit you?"

"As long as?" Lewis was very uncomfortable with the word. In Lewis' view, it was obviously an impossible task for Zhang Guan to hit himself.

"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 will not be able to hit me when they are on the field." Lewis laughed a little smugly Now, although he has been away from professional boxing for many years, his old foundation is still there. Even if he is in the ring now, it is estimated that some inexperienced boxers will find it difficult to get effective hits on him.

"Then I'm coming over." Zhang Guan assumed an offensive posture. He raised his fists, and his body began to move rhythmically.

"It's still pretty good, and I know how to keep moving. But such a large range of motion consumes a lot of energy. I learned it from the TV!" Lewis thought to himself.

The next moment Zhang Guan suddenly moved, and he slid forward abruptly.

"Come on, hit the head, do you want to attack the right? No, it's the left! It's not right either! Huh?" Lewis found that he couldn't see through Zhang Guan's offensive intentions, but years of professionalism made him choose without hesitation. step back.

But he was still a little slow, and while he backed up and dodged, his ribs had already been hit. The powerful force made Lewis feel dry. Fortunately, he was wearing a protective gear. If he didn't have the protective gear, the blow to his ribs would definitely hurt very much.

"This footwork looks so familiar. Where have I seen it before?" The next moment, a great figure suddenly appeared in Lewis' mind.

"Butterfly! This is Muhammad Ali's butterfly!"

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