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UFC QUOTABLES: Brock Lesnar's boxing trainer Peter Welch says Lesnar hasn't shown his strongest punch, will improve leaps and bounds in the next training camp
Jul 9, 2010 - 11:50:14 AM UFC QUOTABLES: Brock Lesnar's boxing trainer Peter Welch says Lesnar hasn't shown his strongest punch, will improve leaps and bounds in the next training camp

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

"Either you have it or you don't. But he has a ton of heart, a ton of balls and a good chin. You put those three together and you get the heavyweight champ of the world. You get through that and that's the difference between a guy that puts his tail between his legs and a guy that will jump up and do damage...

His strongest punch? He hasn't shown it yet. So I'll just leave that as a mystery. In training he's shown a lot of potential to unleash some serious leverage and good snap and good power on his punches. So, it's now a matter of getting Brock comfortable enough to get the repetitions in and he's going to be a force to be reckoned with, not only in striking, but in all areas. It's just a matter of getting the reps in. Once he gets the reps in, he's going to lock it in...

Clearly he's an elite athlete. He's the best in the world. I mean it's not rocket science. You bring it back to fundamentals. You bring it back to basics and you work with that...

He's going to improve leaps and bounds this camp because he's going to have a perfect strategy. We've already gone through the introduction period and now we're going to get down and we're going to take care of business at a different level. When you're dealing with athletes at this level it just accelerates the learning. It's actually a privilege and an honor to work with guys like this because they make you look good."

-Brock Lesnar's boxing trainer Peter Welch talks to Sherdog.com about Lesnar's striking and how it will improve before he faces off against Cain Velasquez.

Penick's Analysis: This was definitely the big hole in Lesnar's game last weekend, and from what Welch is saying here it sounds as if Lesnar wasn't able to extend what he had shown in training into the fight. However, as Welch also points out, this is something that the Champ will pick up on and continue to improve on. It's clear we haven't seen the best from him, and continuing to work on things with Welch will only make him a better fighter. I continue to believe that we'll be looking at a leaps and bounds better Brock Lesnar at this time next year.

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