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Step 1
Start boxing at a young age. Oscar De La Hoya began his boxing career when he was 6 years old at Pico Rivera Sports Arena. To throw combination like Oscar De La Hoya, you need to begin learning your craft as soon as possible.
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Step 2
Keep your feet moving. Oscar doesn't get the best position in a fight by staying in one place. To score a series of successful boxing punches, you must be as mobile as possible.
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Step 3
Work behind a strong jab. The jab is the key boxing punch that opens up opportunities in the ring, especially combinations. Oscar De La Hoya will work the jab until he sees an opportunity to inflict the most damage with a flurry of combination. Whether it's in second round or the tenth, Oscar De La Hoya will work the jab as long as he sees fit to win a fight.
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Step 4
Maintain the proper defensive position, stay patient and wait for the right time to throw a combination. Oscar De La Hoya is one of the most patient fighters in the sport. He will often appear to be losing a bout, only to prove in the next round he was just waiting for the right time to throw brutal combinations.
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Step 5
Throw the jab first as a lead in in your combinations, and follow it up with a quick right. Keep your initial combinations simple so you don't open yourself up to strong counterpunching early during the fight.
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Step 6
Bring the big hook and uppercut combinations late, so your opponent suffers an injury and can't rally. Oscar De La Hoya throws his combinations with a purpose; you will not see him throwing any combinations for show.
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Step 7
Get out of the combination as soon as you've inflicted the maximum damage. Oscar De la Hoya will not presses an attack when it puts him at unnecessary risk.
