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<\/a>By Tyler \u201cThe Miracle Man\u201d White<\/strong><\/p>\nJames DeGale hit the nail on the head the other day when he spoke about Chris Eubank, JR\u2026<\/p>\n
He called Eubank, JR. an \u201cInsta-famous\u201d boxer, describing him as the sort of person that looks all flash on the pads, on the punchbag and then takes off his t-shirt in front of the camera to reveal the perfectly sculpted six pack.<\/p>\n
Whilst I personally consider Eubank, JR. a talented athlete and a very good fighter, you can\u2019t help but agree with DeGale and also spot this trend with a lot of fighters, athletes and people in general these days.<\/p>\n
Social media is something that I have grown to hate in recent times and as much as it can be a useful tool, I think that it often leaves users a lot worse for wear.<\/p>\n
I say this because it often creates an illusion or a facade of something that\u2019s not truly authentic – in boxing the case in question is seeing videos of things like \u201cperfect pad work\u201d in which fighters execute pre-scripted combinations; often times looking to replicate the Mayweather style pad work.<\/p>\n
The truth of the matter is, is that despite its benefits pad work has developed into something that can make a lot of fighters look better than they actually are!<\/p>\n
Pad work seems to have become a lot more about the \u201clook\u201d than the actual substance behind it in a lot of cases\u2026<\/p>\n
My coach and I purposely work against this and often do something that we call \u201cimperfect pads\u201d where he makes it totally un-choreographed, awkward and constantly forces me to adapt and adjust.<\/p>\n
However, this is not the sort of thing that looks impressive on social media!<\/p>\n
I think it\u2019s important to not be so mesmerized by a boxers flawless pad work and how good they look when they\u2019re hitting a stationary target, when it really counts is when they\u2019re in there against a live opponent\/sparring partner.<\/p>\n
If we take DeGale and Eubank, JR. as an example for this, a fighter like Eubank looks far more impressive on social media and when he\u2019s on the pads\/bag\/etc. but has never proved himself at that level he claims to be at.<\/p>\n
Whereas a fighter like DeGale does far less \u201cflashy\u201d work on the bag\/pads but he always produces in the ring; under the pressure of being in there with the very elite\u2026<\/p>\n
The moral of the story here is don\u2019t be fooled by \u201cperfect pad work\u201d and \u201cinsta-famous\u201d fighters, judge each boxer on their ability in the ring against a live opponent and pay attention to the subtleties that they demonstrate, as opposed to the \u201cflash\u201d combinations and work-rate on a punching bag!<\/p>\n
Check out Tyler \u201cThe Miracle Man\u201d White who is part of the podcast show called \u201cBritish Boxing Talk\u201d on Apple Podcasts<\/a> and Spotify<\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n [si-contact-form form=’2′]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [AdSense-A] By Tyler \u201cThe Miracle Man\u201d White James DeGale hit the nail on the head the other day when he spoke about Chris Eubank, JR\u2026 He called Eubank, JR. an \u201cInsta-famous\u201d boxer, describing him as the sort of person that looks all flash on the pads, on the punchbag and then takes off his t-shirt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[19744],"class_list":["post-78782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-pointless-pad-work-insta-famous-boxers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78782"}],"version-history":[{"count":-1,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}