orlando canazales once hit a man so hard
he did a somersault
and like the rest of his incredible
style canozzala's power was rooted in
his absolutely insane high-level
footwork
canazal has combined lightning-fast
movements with unusual angles and
ferocious intensity to cut his way
through the bantamweight division at
only 5'4 canizal cannaza still had
enough power to earn an impressive 37
kos the closest thing to a real-life
wolverine from x-men canozalis defended
his title 15 times and he often made it
look easy simply walking through elite
competition so let's take a look at the
unusual but highly effective footwork
that made canazol as such a terror to
his opponents
the first thing you'll notice when
watching kalazalis is probably how much
he liked to play with angles canozalis
was like willy pep after 10 cups of
coffee
he can move to the inside
or the outside
and preferred to do so at mid or long
range
and these would set up his enters and
exits into and out of exchanges
by moving so deep to the inside catalyst
would square up with his opponent
much like mike tyson liked to do
this is an incredibly risky position
since it left both him and his opponent
equally open and vulnerable
but like tyson
cannazales was betting that he was just
better
and could beat his opponent while
squared up
mono a mono
that being said cannazalis was a lot
trickier and craftier than that he was
betting that he could win these
dangerous positions not because he was
tougher
but because he knew his skillful use of
angles could keep him safe and set up
his punches
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for instance by stepping so deep to the
inside towards his opponent's rear foot
he aligned his rear hand directly down
the center line and this put him in the
perfect position to set up crosses
overhands
or rear uppercuts
but of course stepping to this dangerous
inside position brought canazales head
closer to his opponent's rear hand as
well presenting a tantalizing target but
canozalis was ready for this and used it
against them
after cannazales drew a punch he would
move in even deeper with a step or a
shuffle
he was very fond of this one and two and
rhythm
but it would also mix it up by pausing
at times further confusing the opponent
whichever method he used canozalis extra
steps deeper inside added considerable
power to his counters the results speak
for themselves
but this was only half the story because
cannazalis also had a lot of tactics
involving moving to the outside
towards his opponent's back
and much like how his inside movement
perfectly aligned his rear hand down the
opponent's center line canozalis outside
movement perfectly aligned his lead hand
down the opponent's center line
and this put him at a dominant angle to
uppercut or hook between or around his
opponent's guard
by putting his opponents at this awkward
angle canozal has forced them to adjust
in order to get him back in their sights
but in the time it took them to adjust
kanazawas would already land his counter
i've covered this concept of using
angles to gain tempo before with other
fighters but if you'd like to see a good
in-depth video on this concept
specifically about kanezalis i would
recommend checking out hidden gems
channel after you're done watching this
video the guy does really good work it's
really worth pointing out though that
canazolis's movement didn't just create
advantageous angles it also packed an
insane amount of power into his punches
for instance by stepping outside as he
threw
canosals could add a tremendous amount
of power to his lead hand
just as he could add a lot of power to
his rear hand by stepping inside because
he was constantly playing with angles
and fainting to either side opponents
never really knew which way he would go
and canonzales would pair these inside
and outside sequences together notice
here how he uses the inside pattern then
immediately executes the outside pattern
these fast transitions often left upon
us bewildered or sometimes not because
it's hard to be bewildered while you're
unconscious
because kanazales was so comfortable
with these extreme outside angles
it was very easy for him to pull off
turn shift counters rather than realign
himself into his proper stance when
opponents tried to exit out of an
exchange kenzalus was comfortable enough
to simply turn into a southpaw position
catching his opponent as he tried to
flee
it's worth noting that gonozales could
stop moving if he wanted to instead
using head movement to create these
extreme angles although to a lesser
extent these tactics are very popular
with close range fighters as placing the
head on either side of the centerline
can create many of the same punching
angles but while canozalis was decent at
this
he really thrived using the extreme
angles available from mid to long range
footwork
after all these head positions could
never create the same kind of power that
his footwork could
but what canazalis did do was use these
head movement tactics to supplement his
incredible footwork and these set up
some ludicrous tricks and tactics his
favorite sequence was to move deep
inside then weave away to exit outside
with this same pattern he could draw
punches to set up multiple different
shots
for instance he could counter his
opponent's punch on the entry
or throw during or after exiting
or you can enter exit outside again but
then immediately rebound right back with
an even harder punch
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by playing with expectations like this
kanazawa's could box circles around his
competitors
remember in just this breakdown we've
covered how we went from inside to
deeper inside inside outside
or inside outside inside
if you're confused just imagine how it
felt to be his competitors
this is why orlando gonzalez is amazing
to watch he was an aggressive vault of
lightning in the ring but kenozales was
able to channel that unrelenting
ferocity into highly developed technical
mastery put simply he was one of a kind
to learn more about the techniques
covered in this video you can check out
my books on footwork power and
aggressive defense linked below from the
modern martial artist this has been
david christian wishing you
happy training