Wilson Pitts

boxing coach and blogger

[Wilson Pitts @pluguglyboxing]

I teach boxing over Zoom- This morning we talked about head movement off of hand checks, "when you feel pressure release!" again we looked at Joe Louis

[Wilson Pitts @pluguglyboxing]

@jamaaldelaney @samtotheg yes the gloves have changed the game

[Wilson Pitts @pluguglyboxing]

Joe Louis was probably the best at hand checks, he needed the action slowed at a distance he could counter from, but many years later Sandy Saddler taught George Foreman hand checks. Don't see them used used much by modern fighters.

[Wilson Pitts @pluguglyboxing]

When Joe Louis finished a fight, win or loose, they threw a towel over his head and went straight back to the dressing room where he had one question for Blackburn, "What did I do wrong, what can I learn?" This is why he continued to improve through his long reign.

[Wilson Pitts @pluguglyboxing]

Hand checks and elbow control slide right into in fighting and clinching- stance and balance are crucial at this distance, a fighter has to learn to punch off of the scramble and not be unbalanced

[Wilson Pitts @pluguglyboxing]

hand checks and punching off of a check were the topics of study this morning. Hand checks smother a quick handed fighter's initiation and slow the action inside of the critical distance.

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I’m done revealing stuff about Trump. Appreciate all the follows but only joined in Dec. ‘18 to tell about his Adderall addiction. I’m tired of all the comments about how I should have done more. I don’t think folks realize what they’re up against or how deeply criminal Trump is.

[Wilson Pitts @pluguglyboxing]

someone tried to hack this feed for unknown reasons, maybe they could get more than 600 followers?

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Mandell was trained by Chappy Blackburn and McLarnin by Pop Foster> Sammy Mandell W 15 Jimmy McLarnin I https://t.co/cJtUhQDVBK via
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[Wilson Pitts @pluguglyboxing]

I didn't say it wasn't hard punching, I said it wasn't boxing... do you know the difference?

[Wilson Pitts @pluguglyboxing]

Study the text book way Napoles punches, bears no resemblance to the way fighters push punches now >> Napoles vs Saldano https://t.co/HiHz13FHRS via
@YouTube

[Wilson Pitts @pluguglyboxing]

Why are the Dutch so tall? https://t.co/EyXJ1tv1oD via @BBC_Travel

[Wilson Pitts @pluguglyboxing]

@BigWriteHook no efficiency at all, always catches up with them

[Wilson Pitts @pluguglyboxing]

what are we watching? #boxeo

[Wilson Pitts @pluguglyboxing]

Scientists Look for Clues to Migration Route Through Oceania https://t.co/NVPzIRo6sU

[Wilson Pitts @pluguglyboxing]

“Ring sense is an art, a gift from God that flows out of a fighter like a great painting flows out of an artist, or a great book flows out of an author.” Ray Arcel

[Wilson Pitts @pluguglyboxing]

Boxing with Wilson Pitts- shot placement for the jab https://t.co/lVRF82lDEK via @YouTube

[Wilson Pitts @pluguglyboxing]

@leewylieboxing Bobby sent me this after an article I wrote about him was brought to his attention by a friend of mine.

[Wilson Pitts @pluguglyboxing]

Study the text book way Napoles punches, bears no resemblance to the way fighters push punches now >> Napoles vs Saldano https://t.co/HiHz13FHRS via
@YouTube