Sweet Science Second: 3-Part Fighter Study Method
Subtitle: Learn to study fighters instead of watching highlights.
This is so simple, almost no fighter does it.
When you study a fighter, you really only need to take note of 3 things:
1. The fighter’s technical base
How strong are their fundamentals?
2. The “why” behind their movements
Don’t just name the technique. Understand why they used it.
3. Their mistakes — and how it costs them
Every flaw has a price.
NON-NEGOTIABLE: Apply what you’ve learned to your training.
And keep it simple. You always want to start ground-up rather than up-ground.
I actually came up with this out of nowhere. I was discussing film with fighters in our School of Boxing community, and I realized I’d been using this framework unconsciously while analyzing a masterclass from one of Dmitry Bivol’s amateur fights.
Now, I didn’t name any flaws because I literally couldn’t find any.
Maybe he got fatigued and got caught a few times, but that’s when you realize a fighter is just that good.
Boom. Now you can understand fighters rather than just seeing flurries.
Happy homework!
P.S. I built a free Discord for fighters who want to study boxing beyond combos and highlight reels.
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