every once in a while two fighters meet
with such uniquely different styles
and personalities
that something amazing happens
the fight seems to take on a life of its
own and becomes legendary
almost no one thought that this would be
the case when the young rising star
pretty boy mayweather was set to take on
emmanuel augustus a boxer who had faced
impressive competition but had a less
than stellar record
but they should not have been the least
bit surprised because emmanuel augustus
was no true journeyman
he was
the drunken master
continuously robbed on the scorecards
augustus put on outlandish displays of
skill anyways
never bitter he refused to change his
style regardless of how the judges felt
about it great fighters can get away
with incredible displays of footwork and
timing but augustus could do this while
dancing grooving to a symphony of
destruction that only he could hear it's
almost sad he wasn't a modern day mma
fighter so we could have seen him
breakdance his way into scoring an ankle
submission my video on augustus's
techniques has over 10 million views and
he deserves all the credit for that
having one of the most interesting and
skillful styles of all time the short
version is that he was comfortable
fighting in any position or range and
stellar at smoothly transitioning
between them all this gave him near
infinite possibilities on which
direction he could move
how he could implement head movement and
which angles he could set up shots from
in style and temperament he was the
exact opposite of floyd although pretty
boy mayweather was a much more
aggressive fighter than money mayweather
would become
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with 17 of his 23 fights ending by
knockout
mayweather's style was always built on
calculation and precision
he paired a philly shell guard with a
high guard and was excellent at
countering from either
he preferred to limit both his opponents
and his own offensive options so that he
could bet on his superior smarts
reflexes and timing to outscore them he
could then get much more aggressive once
his competitor had been worn down while
most expected floyd to have an easy time
breaking augustus down in reality the
drunken master would take mayweather
into a trial by fire it remained to be
seen if he could take the
heat the fight got interesting right
away although augustus was the one
pressing forward
mayweather was the more aggressive of
the two by far
he unloaded crisp sharp lead hands and
even the occasional long combination but
for all that his punches rarely hit home
and this was all due to the defensive
wizardry of the drunken master
augustus fainted and lunged playing with
rhythm to create constant threats and
disrupt mayweather's offensive timing
and although his own philly shall guard
was not as polished as floyd's when
combined with his head movement and
footwork it was more than enough to get
the job done
when was the last time you saw
mayweather miss so many shots
extravagant as always augustus even
jumped to switch shift into southpaw
just to block one shot before switching
right back
meanwhile the drunken master's broken
rhythm and strange timing was making it
hard for pretty boy to time his own
defense in a few instances mayweather
got caught with seemingly blatant shots
by round two the drunken master was
tacking punches onto his stellar head
movement
and not just a few
mayweather's style requires a lot of
subtle adjustments predicated on
incredible reflexes to stay safe but
augustus was overloading his capacity to
keep up with countless punches from all
angles a ridiculous anime-like tactic
that was actually working in real life
however mayweather is a master at
neutralizing his opponent's offense he
framed against augustus's head to read
him better and freeze him in place
stopping his off-rhythm threats and
following up with well-placed shots the
moment augustus grew too relaxed
in truth mayweather was such a sharp
boxer that he'd actually tested out this
tactic at the tail end of round one
but when augustus got hurt he pressed
forward even harder
floyd is the kind of boxer who loves to
take away his opponent's options and
simplify the fight to where he can
dominate where he's strongest but the
drunken master was the exact opposite he
preferred to force complex exchanges
regardless of if he took damage or not
smiling all the while because he so
enjoyed the thrill of the fight
mayweather smiled back perhaps happy
that he had finally found someone who
would test him but as it turned out this
was all just preamble the next several
rounds would turn out to be a high level
display of back and forth insanity
both men took big risks and put
everything on the line
showing off their best tricks of the
trade
mayweather used some complex footwork of
his own pivoting with his cross to take
an outside angle then framing to
off-balance augustus and stay safe
before throwing another shot from
offline
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as always mayweather showed an
incredible ability to catch opponents
mid-movement
landing from tight angles that caught
augustus unaware these punches didn't
need a huge load up to do damage they
hurt because of their timing
and while augustus had the ability to
counter mid-exchange even after taking a
shot mayweather had the endurance and
concentration to last longer and end the
exchange with the punctuation mark
what really helped mayweather here was
just how strict he was in maintaining
his balance and positioning at all times
but for all that the drunken master was
putting on a jaw-dropping performance
mayweather liked to fight on the center
line but augustus kept finding ways to
cross that line
he literally shifted past mayweather
turning to catch him from southpaw as he
tried to exit the exchange
speaking of his ability to adjust his
feet to any position from any stance
also allowed his torso complete range of
motion which meant that it was much
easier for him than most to angle in
punches through the small cracks in
floyd's armor
as the fight neared the midway point to
the surprise and downright shock of many
both augustus and floyd had been hurt in
the fifth the drunken master trapped
mayweather on the ropes and managed to
deal more damage and put more pressure
on him than anyone had up until that
time ever
but mayweather proved himself to be an
incredibly brave fighter with a lot of
heart he endured the barrage and fought
his way off the ropes
getting aggressive once the drunken
master had finally run out of steam
even still most were stunned to see that
the momentum of the fight had shifted to
augustus
even if only briefly
and a big part of his ability to do this
was that emmanuel had found ways to pick
holes in floyd's philly shell
i've recently come across a fight
breakdown from a hype channel that
claims to know how julio caesar chavez
picked apart the philly shell and i'll
be addressing that in depth at the end
of this video but for now let's take a
look at a few smart tactics that worked
for the drunken master augustus tended
to set up his power punches with jabs
targeting the small opening that the
philly shell position inherently leaves
around the chest to the chin depending
on guard position targeting one made it
much harder for floyd to defend the
other he would then throw his power
punches after the jab had prompted
mayweather to create more openings by
either tightening his guard
or turning
the druken master also took advantage of
the forearm frame commonly paired with
the shell against mayweather instantly
targeting his exposed ribs anytime
mayweather tried to create some distance
but a huge inherent problem with facing
the philly shell is the powerful
counters that derive from head movement
but augustus had a smart way to deal
with these head movement threats as well
targeting mayweather's side whenever he
crouched
and anticipating the roll and pole
counter so that he could in turn counter
the counter
by throwing the entire kitchen sink at
mayweather augustus was pushing the
fight further than anyone had
anticipated
however for every barrage of
well-crafted combinations that augustus
used to frustrate mayweather floyd would
come back with a few sharp tight
stinging shots that seemed to bother
augustus much worse and this afforded
mayweather the ability to pile on even
more punches but astonishingly augustus
recovered every time and came back even
stronger
perhaps hoping to break the still mate
in round six both men planted themselves
mid-ring stood in place and refused to
give an inch
in the end it was mayweather who broke
the standoff walking himself back to a
defensive position on the ropes
after the bell sounded the end of the
round floyd a man who would later shrug
off an intentional groin shot like
someone on the street was trying to hand
him a coupon
seemed uncharacteristically fired up
then
bizarrely in round seven mayweather
switched to southpaw whether this was
because he had injured his hand as he
would later reveal was the case just
looking to give augustus another look or
simply showing off because he felt
augustus was done we may never know what
we can know is that mayweather had his
best moment of the fight from a stance
he rarely if ever fought from pummeling
augustus with a barrage of well-placed
punches
in round eight augustus returned the
favor switching to southpaw himself and
targeting pretty boy's body like it owed
him money by the standards of the rest
of the fight round eight was fairly slow
but as it turned out it was only the
calm before the storm
both men had been through absolute hell
but in the end it was mayweather's cold
calculation that made the difference he
kept backing up inch by inch staying
just out of distance all the while
baiting away augustus into a hard body
shot that seemed to take all the steam
out of him
augustus bravely marched forward but his
movement was severely stunted compared
to his normal antics the drunken master
seemed frozen in place and even when he
thought a bit
mayweather was still landing at will
augustus put on his best poker face but
mayweather was not fooled and piled on
until augustus's corner mercifully threw
in the towel
afterwards mayweather spoke of the
skills of the drunken master saying that
he had heard that augustus had been
repeatedly robbed and he definitely
believed that to be the case he stated
that his record did not reflect his
skills ever the perfectionist floyd at
times seemed almost apologetic even
though his performance and his heart had
been impressive in the end floyd gave
the drunken master a painful defeat but
also added to his legend each fight that
mayweather won from then on validating
how incredible it was that augustus had
achieved what he had
now
time to do something difficult i've run
across a popular video from a hype and
storytelling channel that is suddenly
changed to my format claiming that they
know how julio caesar chavez cracked
roger mayweather's philly shell to set
the fight up they used the same
technique points in the same order as i
use in my videos like how the narrow
stance affects head movement versus a
squared up stance with slightly
different wording
sure chavez's forward posture and stance
left him wide open but it also allowed
him the full range of lateral head
movement to either side
if chavez had used a more sideways
narrow stance he would have been limited
to only having the full range of head
movement on one side
the more bladed the stance you fight
from the smaller a target you present
but the less able to slip away from the
side you are facing
a square posture provides lateral head
movement in either direction
in contrast a more narrow posture
provides for greater protection and
allows greater lateral movement but only
in one direction
this wouldn't be too bad except that
when it comes to chavez rather than try
to analyze the dynamics of the fight and
teach how he defeated mayweather and his
shell they instead used the same points
in order for my style breakdown on
chavez only applying it to the fight
with mayweather
chavez's forward stance helped him move
laterally to cut off the ring
chavez is one of the best ring cutters
in history
rather than directly chase his opponent
he instead traced a diagonal path
towards the corner
he understood the geometry of the ring
widening his stance as he approached the
ropes
this ensured that he could move to
either side with ease changing
directions at a moment's notice to
thwart his competitor's escape
how to step in at angles to take away
space
chavez had a surprisingly active guard
but it was easy to miss as it was very
subtle
he used slight catches parries and bumps
to deflect punches to catch and parry
and roll shots while he closed the gap
while he fought as a swarmer his defense
from the classic high guard was gorgeous
this in part helped to set up chavez's
most effective pressure fighting tactic
shifting forward into southpaw to block
off his opponent's pivot and double up
on his attack this last element made
chavez's style totally symmetrical
granting him the ability to double up
with whichever hand was closest
once in range chavez would throw with
whichever hand roger happened to be
circling into
this is how chavez could apply pressure
with his head like a wrestler
much as the great henry armstrong used
to do
which is his grappling game
julio is unquestionably one of the best
grapplers in boxing
and this still wouldn't be so bad
except that when they attempt their own
analysis it's either incredibly vague or
just makes no sense but his punch
selection was mayweather's biggest
problem
he spent his left hook up close which
meant mayweather's venomous right hand
was stuck at home on defense
over using the lead hook up close or
otherwise will not stop a philly shell
practitioner from punching with either
hand and it's a terrible idea against a
style built around predicting and
countering power punches
it didn't work particularly well against
roger mayweather getting chavez-ka with
the same powerful right that had felled
many of roger's prior competitors
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not to mention it gave mayweather
several opportunities to escape the
ropes when he would have otherwise been
stuck
and then start firing back from a far
superior position
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this is because far from having their
rear hand occupied by the lead hook the
philly shell practitioner can either
turn and block to counter from a tighter
inside angle
or use head movement to duck
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or pull and counter so i felt the need
to give a warning here please don't try
this
i personally felt that the lead straight
and overhand were the punches that made
the difference for chavez the overhand
worked well for both fights because
mayweather often failed to elevate his
shoulder or duck his chin enough when
circling out with the jab
frame
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or
roll i could grin and bear it when they
screenshot the exact same picture i
spent hours looking for for my thumbnail
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or if they copy my titles or even use
the exact same image text from my last
video for their next video however using
my work to build credibility so that
they can provide bad inaccurate
information that i need to speak up
about hopefully that's the last i'll
have to say about it from the modern
martial artist this has been david
christian wishing you
happy training