Peek-A-Boo Basic Technique Review

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Peek A Boo Basic Techniques Review

Introduction

Welcome to our blog. Today we will be moving away from games to discuss various books I have read; This category is the best boxing books, and in this case, a book that is part of the extraordinary quartet of books by Sam Ness on the Peek A Boo style of boxing made famous by Mike Tyson and, before him, Floyd Patterson.

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Now for those who don’t know, I have long enjoyed the sport of boxing. While I have never fought as an amateur or professional, I feel that your ability to box is vital to your ability to defend yourself.

I do not claim to be a self-defence expert, but I love the sport and have read many books on boxing, so I feel that I can at least review them, so here’s my attempt to do so.

Now I love this book because of how in-depth it goes into the style of Peek A Boo. Almost no other books cover this topic, so for the first time, if you want a book that explains this style, you now have three of them, but we will cover just the first book here.

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Now let’s get onto the review!!!

Background

So before we get started, we will discuss the Peek A Boo boxing style. Basically, it’s a boxing style designed to allow a shorter fighter to defeat taller fighters with a longer reach. The most well-known proponent is Mike Tyson.

Now, this style was perfect for Mike because while he was 6 feet tall, which is relatively tall, it’s pretty short, and the problem with this is that Tyson often had significantly less reach than his opponents, which is a problem.

It meant he needed good defence to close the distance with his opponents while simultaneously setting up knockouts like his left hook to the ribs and then left uppercut combo, which floored many fighters.

This was the signature of the Peek-A-Boo, as we will now see.

What is unique about this book?

What I love is the format the book uses. The book starts with a history of the Peek A Boo style, which is fantastic for boxing history fans, and then it goes in-depth about the stance(and everything really), and I mean in-depth.

The book has 279 pages, so each section is covered in depth that you don’t usually see in other boxing books like How to Box Like The Pros by Joe Frazier and the second book by Ned Beaumont on Boxing (The Savage Science of Streetfighting).

Next, the book moves onto defensive maneuvers, and this is where it gets interesting as it covers the difference between the two fighters. The way Jack Dempsey (famous champion from the 20s and Mike Tyson bob and weaved was an incredible delight to read.

The author is very knowledgeable about boxing, human physiology, and physics, and it shows in the descriptions of techniques in the book. I did physics in high school, and while the maths part wasn’t my strong suit, I wasn’t too bad at the theory part, so I love the in-depth descriptions that help you understand what the author is trying to transmit.

The other great thing(speaking of depth before) I like is that each description of the technique is broken down into a text description as well as pictures with boxers demonstrating the moves step by step and also includes screenshots from some of Tyson’s fights to help present the ideas

So basically, the book covers the following from the perspective of the Peek A Boo style:

  • History of the Style
  • Stance
  • Defensive Maneuvers (covers many topics from bobbing, weaving, slipping etc.)
  • Blocking straight punches and hooks and uppercuts
  • Parrying straight punches and hooks and uppercuts
  • The Falling step (with left and right movements)
  • Bobbing and Weaving

Conclusion

In conclusion, this book is part of a trilogy of books that are some of the best books on boxing I have ever read (I need to finish the last two books, but I bet it will be awesome).

This is also one of the most comprehensive books about boxing, in general, I have ever seen, considering that it took three books of around 300 pages each to get the idea through.

It’s a shame that it’s published independently as it deserves a kindle copy and a republishing. I would get this book before it disappears as I have my copy and wouldn’t trade it for the world.

Thanks for reading this, and if you have any questions I didn’t cover, let me know.

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