The Unification of Boxing Offense/Defense by Mark Hatmaker

A Little Historical Digression Behind the Clip

[Read Part 1 Here.]

Again, I turn it over to Joseph D. Pistone [the real-life Donnie Brasco,] a man who went deep undercover with the Mob. A brave man who knows of what he speaks.

“One thing I knew not to do was go looking for a street fight. Why provoke a fight when the guy might have a knife or a gun? If, however, you sense that a fight is inevitable, you must make sure you get in the first punch. Once I started hanging out with wiseguys, though, I was surprised at how they went around almost eager to mix it up. They knew they had a tremendous advantage over almost everyone who crossed their paths: an utter fearlessness about fighting. Wiseguys do everything with their fists: fighting is a way to negotiate, send a message, settle a debt, even have a little fun on a slow night. I saw wiseguys beat up waiters, shopkeepers, cab drivers, you name it. And I never saw a wiseguy lose a fight. If you ever have the misfortune to be punched by a wiseguy, you will not soon forget it. I got punched by wiseguys a couple of times. They punch pretty good.”

Mr. Pistone goes on to say that the fights are not of the bar-room dust-up poseur, throw a few “Are we done here?” variety. Here he refers to the intensity and the “educated” use of force.

“I have seen wiseguys beat the bloody hell out of people. It takes a while to do,…but if you know where and how to punch a guy, believe me, you can kill him.”

He is just one of many insiders who refer to Street-Dentistry as being a different animal than boxing. What looks like standard punching or boxing correlates, is often just that, something that looks like it. Often the resemblance ends there.

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I repeat—this is NO Game.

[In Part 3, we continue with Mr. Brasco’s observations on the other side of the legal line. Again, see October’s release of “Chaos in a Phone Booth” aka CQB Mobster Style for the in-the-weeds how to throw with Mobster Intent in a 3x3 box.]

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