Braxton Amos

[Dark Energy]

I had in my head that he was going to likely AA his first year.  Not sure why.  Clearly was wrong.  Was he injured last year?  Others surprised he didn’t do better?

[MPhillips]

He was hyped quite a bit and deservingly, but I think the weight hurt him.  I believe he'll be much better this season.

[nhs67]

I think it was weight related, too, despite him saying he was committed to be a 197lber lifer for Wiscy.  His Greco weight of 97 KG is 16lbs over that and he was not going to go in to that at 205lbs or so.

[Hammerlock3]

he has competed too much, hopefully he's has the chance to technically adjust to folk

Edited November 4, 2022 by Hammerlock3

[MNRodent]

He is kind of a tweener in weight, and not particularly quick for 197.  Much better at the international styles at a heavier weight.  Also, he was under a lot of stress about his mother's health last year which was a distraction all season.  I expect he'll do better this year, but not quite AA level.

 

[Crablegs]

Greco specialists typically don’t do as well as you’d think in folk.  Too much time spent hand fighting and not enough on defending or attacking legs.

The transition is somewhat easier for an upper weight where there are typically less leg attacks and more hand fighting, but at 97 you still need to be able to get a takedown.  

 

[jchapman]

48 minutes ago, Crablegs said:

Greco specialists typically don’t do as well as you’d think in folk.  Too much time spent hand fighting and not enough on defending or attacking legs.

The transition is somewhat easier for an upper weight where there are typically less leg attacks and more hand fighting, but at 97 you still need to be able to get a takedown.  

 

Amos is a Junior World freestyle champion

[Crablegs]

27 minutes ago, jchapman said:

Amos is a Junior World freestyle champion

How many Greco world teams and at levels has he been on?

[HungusMungus]

2 hours ago, Dark Energy said:

I had in my head that he was going to likely AA his first year.  Not sure why.  Clearly was wrong.  Was he injured last year?  Others surprised he didn’t do better?

Hes been very public about last season, his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer right before last season, in his words he was a train wreck 

Thankfully his mother is doing great, and he is as focused as ever. 

He talks all about it on his Instagram.

[nhs67]

1 hour ago, Crablegs said:

Greco specialists typically don’t do as well as you’d think in folk.  Too much time spent hand fighting and not enough on defending or attacking legs.

The transition is somewhat easier for an upper weight where there are typically less leg attacks and more hand fighting, but at 97 you still need to be able to get a takedown.  

 

97 KG or 197lbs?

[Bigbrog]

22 hours ago, Crablegs said:

How many Greco world teams and at levels has he been on?

So he wasn't a junior world FREESTYLE champion?  Or because he was on more greco teams it negates the fact that...again...he was a junior world freestyle champion??  

[Crablegs]

17 minutes ago, Bigbrog said:

So he wasn't a junior world FREESTYLE champion?  Or because he was on more greco teams it negates the fact that...again...he was a junior world freestyle champion??  

I said Greco was his specialty.  He’s had the most success there, and this year that is the only style he competed in at WTT.  So, again, it is his specialty.  
 

Never said he wasn’t good at other styles.  My opinion is the further you go down the rabbit hole in Greco (such as focusing all summer in it preparing for world championships) the tougher it gets to have a ton of folkstyle success.

 

I still think he’s going to be a multiple AA, which is awesome, but that is lower than I think most expectations would have been for him.

[Cowboy08]

I was shocked at how mediocre he was to be hones.  I expect a much better sophomore year