Wham and bam! Iron Mike Tyson, a few years ago, was knocking them down faster than they could stand up. More than half of his first nineteen fights ended in the first round, and always with the opposing fighter laying face down like a drunk that had been humped by a bulldozer!

No other fighter was doing what Iron Mike, also known as Kid Dynamite, was doing, and there were a lot of strong fighters out there. So there had to be something that Mike was doing that nobody else knew about. There simply had to be a secret behind his incredible, TNT filled, slobber knocking punches!

The secret is a two part secret. The first part of the secret is that he was shorter than the other fighters, therefore he was automatically ducking under the incoming fist, and rising up with his own. This meant that he had to use his legs, so the push of his legs was part of his punch.

Because he was rising up, he learned how to push with his legs and turn his hips so they supported the angle of his punch. He just happened to be the exact height that enabled him to twist his hips at the right time, to arc his punch in at exactly the right angle, to pop that chin at exactly the right spot. Every fighter attacked him the same way, he defended the same way, and he was the winner until opposing fighters actually began to analyze him correctly and actually boxed him!

The other part of the secret has to do with the way he was living his life. He was winning fights as long as Cus DAmato was training him, because Cus DAmato was keeping him in hand, caring about him as an individual, working with him as a person. When Cus died, however, everything changed for Iron Mike Tyson.

After Cus died Tyson came under the influence of nefarious individuals such as Don King. His marriage went sour, and he eventually began taking prescribed psychiatric medications. The mental edge that had carried him so far went away, and other fighters were no longer coming in in exactly the right manner to be taken apart by him.

So the secret of Mike Tysons elephant hammering punch had to do with taking advantage of his height to use his legs and come up under his opponent. It also hinged upon the discipline in his lifestyle which was enforced through the friendship of a man who cared about him as a unique individual. And everything changed when fighters figured out what he was doing and he no longer had a trainer who could help him solve the issue.

The lesson here is that when you train in the martial arts, be it boxing or whatever, you must assess your body truthfully, and learn how to avoid its weaknesses and exploit its strengths, not an easy thing to do, but rather requiring an honest and truthful approach to oneself. The second thing you must do is live your life the right way, staying away from people who say they love you, but who act otherwise, this is seen easily if you look at how they treat people in their past. Anybody who utilizes these two principles, being accurate in your assessment of your body and living a good lifestyle, has a chance to develop the hardest punch in the world.

Al Case has examined martial arts, and the science of striking, for over 40+ years. A writer for the magazines, he is offering a free ebook on the martial arts. You can also visit Punch Em Out if you want a 100 page book which has the secrets of the hardest punch in the world!

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