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Old 03-28-2022, 02:16 PM   #353
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Originally Posted by Matata View Post
You can really see Smith's boxing skills shine in the slow-mo: keeps a consistent pace until he's got perfect stance and position, and then snaps off the slap very quickly, you can see he's only loading up for a few frames and his body doesn't have to move much and he just fires it off, putting his whole body into it.


Rock's saving grace was that Will didn't load up heavy, choosing the higher percentage play with quicker strike, giving up power rather than give the smaller man an opportunity to turn away. Will probably enjoys a 50+ lb weight advantage on Rock, so he probably chose not to kill him here. Kudos to Rock for successfully anticipating and absorbing the shot in the little time he had.
Yeah credit to Rock for eating that slap and then doing his job without hardly missing a beat.
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