Tuesday, September 14, 2021

I have a Muay Thai appointment with AKA at 8pm on Thursday. They're requiring reservations this way.

The past two nights I took what most would consider a microdose of edibles in anticipation of having a movie night and instead got thoroughly absorbed watching YouTube videos about either Mike Tyson or 90s boxing in general for hours. One guy in particular apparently remastered a bunch of his VHS tapes and uploaded sublime footage that I couldn't turn away from. I might have known this way back in the day but I don't remember Hajime No Ippo's Smash special punch being a real move by Razor Ruddock (a name I know but haven't really watched much of beyond other boxers' highlight reels). It's really cool to witness, kinda like a shovel hook but with a straighter trajectory fired from the hip.

UPDATE: According to the Ippo Wiki they do indeed mention Ruddock in the anime, damn. I blame it on me not having been that much into 90s boxing before, with some exceptions (Tyson and Foreman).