Corkscrew punch

[greynotsoold]

I've read, years ago, that the origin of the "corkscrew punch" goes back to the middleweight Kid McCoy. (His penchant for betting on his opponents and losing on purpose, or, on the other hand, showing up and beating much larger men, led bettors to talk about whether or not the "real McCoy" would show up)The "corkscrew punch" does not necessarily refer only to turning the fist on straight punches. McCoy was also known for missing the left hook and scoring heavily with the left elbow as he 'unwound' from the left hook, hence the corkscrew name. This became a time honored weapon in boxing, practiced by, among others, Ezzard Charles (some say) to split Marciano's nose, and Michael Spinks (amny of his opponents complained about his use of elbows after hooks and uppercuts.). Watch the Happy Lora vs Alberto Davila fight to see this technique extended to each and every punch.

[Doggpound]

From wikipedia on Kid McCoy....

It was thought that the expression The Real McCoy originally referred to him. With regard to this, once again, stories abound. One scenario involves a local tough who bumped into McCoy in a bar. McCoy, who was slight of build and a dapper dresser, did not look like a fighter. The bar room bully reputedly laughed when told the slender fellow he was annoying was Kid McCoy. He then challenged McCoy to fight, and upon reviving from being knocked out allegedly remarked "Oh my God, that was the real McCoy".

[Feint]

Lot’s of stories on how that expression got started…

The one I read (and subscribe to) is that there was another moderately famous but far less-skilled boxer who had the same name as him, so when he came to one particular town to fight the local newspaper writer refereed to him in the article as being “the real McCoy”.

[Anthony342]

Bruce Lee originally incorporated all aspects of fighting into his art form. If you read the manual it had elements of being a well rounded fighter, i.e. infighting, range, feinting, grappling kind of like what people in MMA do now. True he gained international fame as an actor, but he got the parts from martial arts and ability he had.

Yes Lee is considered one of the earliest well known proponents of mixing different fighting styles, which is why some call him an early proponent of mixed martial arts or even the grandfather of mixed martial arts.

The Gracies are probably more well respected overall as martial artists though because, for decades, they went out and proved the effectiveness of their Gracie, later known as Briazilian, jiu jitsu system. To this day there are descendants training and competing in jiu jitsu, a handful even in MMA. Lee knew his stuff though and I take nothing away from him with his fighting knowledge. It just would've helped if he would've been able to compete more to show the effectiveness of his system. Although, some MMA fighters have said they've trained in Jeet Kune Do, not many though. Too bad there wasn't a UFC style tournament when Lee was around.