08-01-2017
Tool of Destruction: Step and Pivot
"King" Arthur Villanueva (in black trunks) scores a crushing KO via a step and pivot. The video is slow getting started, but study how in the initial exchanges Arthur slips the Jimenez’s lead left jab, and then hugs his opponent’s side as he pivots counterclockwise. This moves him toward his opponent’s back. The danger of this move is not just the new angle it creates where Arthur stands, but the new angle that is created when his opponent tries to regain position.
In the knockout sequence, starting at 30 seconds, Arthur strikes with a straight right, then throws a lead left hook, which Jimenez ducks. The two boxers are like fighter pilots in a midair dogfight, each circling the other–the winner is the one with the tightest circle. As Arthur circles, he continually maintains his left-forward stance. Study his feet as he circles: the left foot is always forward.
Jimenez, though, as he ducks and circles steps forward with his right
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