What is oscar de la hoya always doing with his jaw before fights?

Question

whenever they show him getting ready in the locker room or when hes walking to the ring hes always moving his jaw around weirdly.

Answer 1

Oscar does that because it prepares him to take punches to the jaw. Oscar always does this in every fight it helps him prepare and it soothes any anxiety he has before the fight.

Answer 2

He'd rather stretch his jaw than chew gum.

Answer 3

The exercise he is doing is similar to the yoga pose, Simhasana or Lion pose.

Tension in the body often can be seen in a tense face, shoulders and clenched fists. We know that all muscles and systems of the body are connected so it is easy to see that by relaxing his face he is relaxing his entire body. By doing this exercise before training sessions and then just prior to a bout he is establishing a routine of mind and body relaxation.

Answer 4

It loosens the jaw and relaxes the jaw muscles, i do it myself. whats funny is that he never used to do it until aftre he fought Julio Cesar Chavez. JCC was known for doing the same thing.