In boxing, the peekaboo defense (keeping hands up in a protective position) combined with aggressive counter-punching and body shots can lead to a knockout victory, as demonstrated when Mike Tyson used this strategy to defeat Oleksandr Usyk in the AI simulation fight.
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Mike Tyson vs Oleksandr Usyk FULL FIGHT | Fight Night Champion AI Simulation Gameplay (CPU vs CPU)Added:
We're alongside Teddy Atlas. Good evening and welcome to the MGM Grand here on the Vegas strip in beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada. Our main event should be a good one tonight.
12 rounds of heavyweight action. This should be a good one tonight. Both fighters say they are primed coming off a very intense and passionate training camp.
Mike Tyson's focus is front and center as he makes his way to the ring right now.
The lion's showing you that intensity that so many of the very best will display during a ring walk. Totally focused.
Remember guys, obey my commands at all times.
Let's have a good clean fight. Touch them up.
Remember double up on When you get a fight like this that everybody's been talking about, it's always so interesting to see these opening moments here in round number one.
Little head knocking with that right hand.
Good job. It was sudden. It was fast. It was direct by Mike Tyson.
Keep that head moving.
Be interested to see early on here how much of an advantage there is with speed. Mike Tyson's full of it. He has blazing hands, Teddy. Can he keep it up all night long? I think he's going to have to.
Good block there by Mike Tyson.
Mike Tyson's hit by a big left hand.
Left to the body.
Forceful up. Big shot there. Well, we've seen Mike Tyson in a spot like this before. Remember, he once rose up off the canvas against Buster Douglas only to be floored again. Can he do it here?
1 2 3 4 5 That has the sense of a flash knockdown there. You can see he's not too damaged.
His opponent better be careful. He's still got a live guy opposite of him.
Oh, yeah, he definitely does. They believe me. The bells indicated that he didn't really hurt him. His opponent's not coming after him. He knows that he's okay. He knows that that wasn't one of those big shots that really debilitates a guy.
And now just wasting everybody's time holding on.
The Lion's missing the mark by a mile.
That just was nowhere to be found.
Blocks the head shot. The Lion's able to a good, solid left hand.
Final 10 seconds of round number one.
End of this round. Alongside Teddy Atlas, I'm Joe Tessitore. Now they got some work to do here. Their man was just dropped.
>> Yeah, the first thing is you put some cold water, you can't use that, you clear his head, and you tell him why he was dropped.
>> [cheering] >> Don't look, but just think punches, okay? Use your speed. Double up your punches. I want to see combos.
>> [cheering] >> As he starts this fresh round coming off a round in which he was knocked down, we often look at his legs, but sometimes even more telling was the disposition and the way that he and his corner acted in between rounds. Yeah, exactly. That's a good point, Joe, because if the corner's not confident, they're not confident, they show panic, then of course the fighter absorbs that.
>> Now he ties up there.
HE PULLS THE TRIGGER RIGHT AWAY WITH THE LEFT hand after getting tagged himself.
Mike Tyson, youngest heavyweight champion ever, claiming all Oh, DID YOU SEE THAT? GREAT RIGHT HAND by the Lion.
Taking a bit of a breather here, just tying up, hugging his opponent. Did you see that? Remember earlier, he was on the canvas. Now he's looking down at his opponent.
>> And we thought it was a bad thing earlier for him. It turned out to be a bad thing for his opponent because he got careless here.
1 2 3 4 He went down from a big shot. Now he's got to have some big guts to move along.
You going to find out exactly what he's made of. MIKE TYSON'S CRACKED BY an uppercut.
The Lion's left landing well.
And you can see he wanted to do that as he holds on there.
That's a flush shot. Banking away those body shots with the left hand. So right from the start in this fight, he's committed to the body shots. Well, that's the time to go there right at the beginning because body work pays off for you later in the fight. No sense in wasting time. Get right to it.
Flush right hand to the body.
Good flush shot by Mike Tyson.
Final 10 seconds of round number two.
And that's the end of round two.
Mike Tyson's cut man is going to earn his pay for sure. That is a bad gash.
And I'm wondering what he's using in there. You know, you can only use certain things. Have a team adrenaline and thrombin. I'm wondering if he's using legal things right now because that's the kind of cut that tempts you to use crazy glue.
Don't stop it.
Don't stop it. Got to keep working.
You can get ahead, but you got to keep working.
The Lion's doing a good job of being strong on his feet right now. He was rocked in that last round, but his opponent doesn't appear to be seeing any damage standing opposite him.
Showing you some defense there with the block.
Tried to land that upstairs and was off the mark.
Big uppercut right on the mark. He engages in the clinch.
Teddy, in terms of pure strategy facing Mike Tyson, what can you take advantage of? Well, he needs to be set to punch, so obviously you don't want to stand right in front of him. You want to give him angles.
You want to give him some lateral movement.
Keep him off balance. Keep his feet moving. If his feet are moving, his hands usually are not coming at you.
Hits him in the mug with the right.
Another huge shot comes in early on in this fight from him. Well, he understood that his opponent Joe was a slow starter. He's jumping right on him, taking advantage.
And now just wasting away some time with that clinch. The lion's getting himself into the mix now landing that left hand.
Comes with the right.
Last 10 seconds of round number three.
And And the end of round three.
Keep the jab pumping and throw the lead right hand, all right? You are winning this fight.
You're doing fine. He's just beating you to the punch, that's all. You need to throw more. If you're not punching >> [cheering] >> Throw. Throw punch, it's okay? Don't walk into him without throwing a punch.
Wow, what a fight we've had so far. Just a chance to catch our breath as we start round number four. They've traded knockdowns. Now, you have him up two rounds to one, Teddy. What's your thinking there? My thinking is that the corners, they have indigestion, you know, they're looking for a little Maalox or something to settle their stomachs. But, the audience, they're having a good time because they know it can happen again.
Blocks that belt line well.
Why is he doing this? Can Can you explain this right here? I mean, he's not doing anything.
>> Either he's been hurt where we didn't see the punch early on, or right now, he's thinking about getting out of there. He just doesn't want to fight anymore. He's broken down.
Good shot to the head with that right hand.
Right to the belt line.
Mike Tyson with a big uppercut.
Keep doing what you're doing.
And just grabbing onto his opponent.
And now he brings a left hand upstairs.
Well timed by Mike Tyson. He took a step back, landed the counter punch.
>> Exactly what he wanted to do.
Upper cut. Upper cut.
>> Wow, what a right hand he just got caught by and he's looking to tie up.
The lion's able to land a nice clean left hand.
There's a taste of the sweet science.
You see the skill he has in counter punching.
>> And you know what he's doing is taking his opponent's jab away.
Watch that.
Keep your guard up, all right? You're not protecting yourself.
We got it.
All right. Deep breath deep breath. Relax.
Relax.
Are you all right?
I need you to keep your hands up. Keep your hands up. Don't worry now, all right? I just I need you to focus.
>> [cheering] >> Another round and if it keeps up with the rest it'll be closely contested and hard to score.
Teddy, there are opportunities that are here for him, aren't there?
>> Yeah, counter punch opportunities because he's got an opponent who's walking in a little bit. Now he has a chance to start to chuck something back at him a little.
My hands up.
Hands up.
Hands up.
>> Get in there.
>> [cheering] >> Good flush shot upstairs.
Seemingly in control and now maybe out of control after getting hit there.
Well, what you just said, Joe, that is really what's the enemy of his right now is nothing was coming at him. He was winning too easily and for a minute he let up and bang.
Tyson was hurt. Now Tyson looks to have his feet back underneath him. Yeah, but does he have his mind right? Is he still going to be the seek and destroy fighter that he's been before?
Scoring well with that hook by Mike Tyson.
Looking good.
Keep moving. Keep moving.
And he just holds on there.
Hey, keep your hands up.
See him trying to cut down that tree with a well-placed right hand.
Final 10 seconds.
A good block.
How you doing?
Keep your hands up. Don't worry, all right? I just I need you to focus. Keep your hands up. Keep working the jab, okay? Double up the jab and just keep moving. You okay? Good, I need you to use your feet, all right? Move around.
>> [cheering] >> Listen, I'm not going to stand here and watch you take these shots, okay?
Understand me? Let's see some defense.
>> [cheering] >> He seems fully recovered to me. Here we are, the start of a new round and a fighter that got tagged hard in the last round seems as fresh as could be. Well, when you push a fighter, when you push a human being to a dark place, that's when you're going to find out what's right inside of them, what's great inside of them. And he's responding just that way.
He keeps his hands up defensively protecting the head. This is really solid defense by Mike Tyson. You see how he has his arms up in that peekaboo position, but by doing so, he's not allowing any of his opponent's punches to get in.
Good defense, just covering up down low.
Double up on your punches.
I don't like this at all, Teddy. I mean, it's one thing to stand toe-to-toe. It's another thing to never even move. You got to show some movement.
>> Maybe he's breaking down. Maybe he's already spit the bit. You know, if he falls down, everybody in the world's going to know that he let himself fall down. He gave up. But there's different ways, different phases of giving in. And this might be one of those phases.
Oh, keep your feet moving.
UPPER CUT.
JAB. JAB. HE'S SUPPOSED to be fighting, but instead he's hugging.
Yeah, yeah.
>> You got this one.
Scoring with the right hand by Mike Tyson.
And that does it for this round.
Tyson's in position right now to really bring home a good victory. He's up on the punch stats. He's up on your scorecard. This is his fight.
>> Yeah, we just hope that the judges, and you never know that. That's one thing that sometimes can really disappoint you in this business. You hope the judges see it that way because I can't see it any other way.
Oh, this is a wipeout. You're winning this fight. Just keep doing what you're doing and you got this. Just Keep doing what you're doing.
Listen, he's done. He is done. I want you >> [bell] >> Start of this round, start to the second half of this fight. First half of this fight he completely dominated the action, Teddy.
>> Yeah, but you know what? It's kind of like they said in that movie, The Gambler. You know, they don't pay off in half time. You know, remember that?
Remember the guy wanted to collect his bets? Well, same thing. He's got another half of the fight. Can he be consistent?
Can he keep his concentration? Can he keep doing what he's been doing?
Iron Mike with an iron right.
What a damaging blow. Nice hook upstairs.
There he is from long range using that jab. Joe, if you're on the outside, say at a picnic, you want to keep those insects away, you use Oh, and a Look at that.
Can he get up from this? He's done it before, but can he get up from a second time down?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10.
THE REF STOPS the fight. MIKE TYSON'S CORNER IS ALREADY CELEBRATING. His opponent UNABLE TO BEAT THE COUNT.
Mike Tyson's your winner by knockout.
Now, I think he was headed towards a decision win anyways, but what a good way to just put a stamp on his evening.
>> Yeah, bring down the curtain and make sure that more people are going to be talking about you when they leave the arena tonight. Yeah, a good one for the fans. Glad you tuned in to see it with us. I'm Joe Tessitore alongside Teddy Atlas saying thanks for being with us.
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