Mike Tyson’s Top 3 Most Devastating Punches | Boxing Lines

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On Saturday, Nov. 28, two of the greatest boxers of all-time throw down. Iron Mike Tyson battles Roy “Superman” Jones Jr. in an exhibition, 8-round, boxing match. Of the two, Tyson is the more famous pugilist, having dominated the heavyweight division in the mid to late-1980’s and early 1990’s. Let’s take a closer look at Tyson’s punches so you can place your bets against their Mike Tyson Odds & Mike Tyson Prop Bets.

Iron Mike Tyson’s Top 3 Punches – Boxing Betting

Everyone knows the name Mike Tyson, how many actually know the punches that Tyson used to inflict untold damage on his opponents? Tyson built his reputation as a feared knockout artist by using three distinct punches: the right uppercut, various versions of the left hook, and the good old jab.  

Iron Mike’s right uppercut

We’ll start with the punch that made Tyson famous, his awesome right uppercut. The right uppercut was a weapon for Tyson because boxer’s know that the best way to counter a knockout puncher is to close the distance between yourself and your opponent.

When boxers don’t have space to throw hooks or straight punches, they must rely on uppercuts. Tyson often fought taller opponents. Those taller opponents tried to wrap Mike up, push off, and then land their longer punches.

To counter that strategy, Mike worked his hands inside and then landed powerful uppercuts. Iron Mike’s right uppercut was so devastating that in one fight, he took off a piece of his opponent’s tongue.

Mitch “Blood” Green employed the wrap-up strategy against Iron Mike. Green also liked to showboat, which is why he kept sticking his tongue out at the younger Tyson.

During one of those moments, while Tyson was close to prevent him from throwing hooks, Iron Mike landed a perfectly timed right uppercut. It didn’t end Green’s night because Mitch’s tongue softened the blow before the reverberations could get to his brain. 

Tyson’s right uppercut was so devastating that it became the signature blow in Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! one of Nintendo’s most historical and famous video games. 

Tyson’s left hooks

We must discern between Iron Mike’s two incredible left hooks. The first is a sort of jumping left hook.

To throw it, boxer’s don’t lift their feet off the ground. Instead, they move forward, raise their bodies, which gives the impression of a leap, and throw a left hook to the head.

The idea is to get your opponent to raise his arms. Then, once your feet are set, you deliver two to three left hooks to your opponents back, where you can hit the liver.

Tyson’s set-up left hook was so powerful that he could knock an opponent out with it. Forget about lasting with his left hooks to the liver. Those were always devastating.

Mike’s power jab

Like the jumping or leaping left hook, most boxers used their jab to set up other punches. Boxers who do this throw their jab from the back foot and allow their weight to slightly go to the front foot.

Iron Mike’s jab was unbelievable in its power because Tyson put his hip into his jab. It was more like a jab-straight than a traditional jab.

Instead of flicking his jab like Muhammad Ali, Tyson slightly turned his left foot, not as much as when you throw a left hook, but just enough. That caused power to go from his left foot, left leg, left glute, and left hip and drive through his left arm.

That’s how to throw a power jab and Iron Mike was one of the best ever at doing it.

There you have it! Mike Tyson’s top three punches. If Roy Jones Jr. hopes to beat Iron Mike in their exhibition bout on Nov. 28, Superman had better be aware of when the former Baddest Man in the Planet throws the right uppercut, his left hooks, and his power jab. 

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Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California
November 28, 2020 | Bet Here