First of all, the reason i've specifically asked for experienced boxers only is because i'm not on about general questions, i'm on about things in the ring, not on the bag. I'd like to know how to do some things with a real person, not on a bag, and how you actually do them and not how you can do them.
So today I had a "spar", was outweighed by quite abit, I would say I "won", landed more shots and more than would score and they even fell to their knees for a second but they did land a good amount of shots, esp' in the last where I was tired and at points became a jab absorber haha but the last punch pretty much summed it up, a hook from me to the side of their head which stunned them for a second, would have been a standing 8. I was sparring, which to me usually means create the movement of the shot and put a tiny bit of force behind it, not really go for it like it was a bout, know what I mean? This guy started seeing red by about the 3rd, by the 5th was trying to take my head off which I wont lie pissed me off...Alot, 'cus you can't say otherwise you sound like a ***** when they reply with the inevitable "i'm not!" when you can see them putting full power in. It's not the punches, if you can't take a proper punch then you should get out of boxing but it's the principle, get me?
Anyway, here's what I noticed I need to sort out
1) Sometimes when I threw a jab they were quick enough to counter, so just after mine landed on them, theirs landed on me. How do I prevent this? My guard was up, on my right and my shoulder was up to protect my chin but it's my left side of the face that was getting hit. I thought of covering up by placing my right hand palm forward over my face which did protect me but it obscured my vision. As a jab is a set up shot, basically I use it to try and open their guard, it's ****** to blind myself when throwing jabs otherwise I might aswell cover up like that and throw massive swings. So how do you lot protect yourself when going for the punches, esp' when you're using double or faster jabs? Moving backwards as you jab only works if they're moving forwards.
2) People like to idolise a certain fighting style but at the end of it, but at the end of the day your body does often determine how you fight and it's best to work with that. I'm very good at ducking and slipping, managed to miss probably 50% of punches thrown but I still duck like a normal person, not a boxer. I move down with my knees and body and swing around abit, this often means they end up right infront of me (which is ok) but I end up at their side because as they fall forward from the shot and I come up, I end up, usually, on their left hand side. Then I usually hit their body, get up straight and use a hook but neither are powerful enough to score or hurt. So, A) What do I do when I end up like that? and B) How do I practice neat ducks and slips when i'm literally an inch away from their glove, so i'm perfectly ready to throw a counter? I mean I can stand infront of a mirror and practice ducks all day but I don't choose how to duck a shot when it comes, you don't have time, you're just all of a sudden somewhere else and you've ducked it.
3) Messy exchange. When basically you both end up dropping your guard and exchanging numerous shots. I hate these, I don't like it when things aren't neat, I think you look like a girl fighting when this happens and, even more so, you have a serious chance of taking that big hit, but equally, so do they. How do I utilise these? So if it occurs, I don't want ot back away, but I don't want to stand there and keep throwing (unless you all say that's the usual), so what do you lot do to win these exchanges but with boxing not with either being able to take them on the chin more or be the lucky one which breaks the jab through or lands that haymaker.
4) Getting on the inside. Ok, so i can do a hook on a bag...Wonderful, I bet that bag ****s itself whenever I walk in the gym or my garage right?...Yeah, ok...I'm not on about fighting on the inside, i'm on about actually getting there. Whenever I tried it just got rid of me, Tyson would go to the side and I remembered this and tried this, but I was on the outside and them in the centre so all they needed to do was pivot slightly and keep jabbing and I couldn't get there. So, how do I get there? I don't know whether i'm an inside or outside fighter yet, i'm still too new to want to commit myself and i'm still learning it and about how my body reacts best in fight situations. But even an outside fighter needs to know how to get on the inside and get those hooks in, because I can throw outside hooks ok, but it's getting in close enough to throw an actual hook I was having trouble with. Could just be the opposition though.
Any help appreciated, but if you insist on commenting and don't have a great deal of actual ring experience, can you say so because I know how, in theory, to do all of this. I could read it, write it, do it on a bag, but i'm on about doing it in the ring.
All help appreciated, thanks.
So today I had a "spar", was outweighed by quite abit, I would say I "won", landed more shots and more than would score and they even fell to their knees for a second but they did land a good amount of shots, esp' in the last where I was tired and at points became a jab absorber haha but the last punch pretty much summed it up, a hook from me to the side of their head which stunned them for a second, would have been a standing 8. I was sparring, which to me usually means create the movement of the shot and put a tiny bit of force behind it, not really go for it like it was a bout, know what I mean? This guy started seeing red by about the 3rd, by the 5th was trying to take my head off which I wont lie pissed me off...Alot, 'cus you can't say otherwise you sound like a ***** when they reply with the inevitable "i'm not!" when you can see them putting full power in. It's not the punches, if you can't take a proper punch then you should get out of boxing but it's the principle, get me?
Anyway, here's what I noticed I need to sort out
1) Sometimes when I threw a jab they were quick enough to counter, so just after mine landed on them, theirs landed on me. How do I prevent this? My guard was up, on my right and my shoulder was up to protect my chin but it's my left side of the face that was getting hit. I thought of covering up by placing my right hand palm forward over my face which did protect me but it obscured my vision. As a jab is a set up shot, basically I use it to try and open their guard, it's ****** to blind myself when throwing jabs otherwise I might aswell cover up like that and throw massive swings. So how do you lot protect yourself when going for the punches, esp' when you're using double or faster jabs? Moving backwards as you jab only works if they're moving forwards.
2) People like to idolise a certain fighting style but at the end of it, but at the end of the day your body does often determine how you fight and it's best to work with that. I'm very good at ducking and slipping, managed to miss probably 50% of punches thrown but I still duck like a normal person, not a boxer. I move down with my knees and body and swing around abit, this often means they end up right infront of me (which is ok) but I end up at their side because as they fall forward from the shot and I come up, I end up, usually, on their left hand side. Then I usually hit their body, get up straight and use a hook but neither are powerful enough to score or hurt. So, A) What do I do when I end up like that? and B) How do I practice neat ducks and slips when i'm literally an inch away from their glove, so i'm perfectly ready to throw a counter? I mean I can stand infront of a mirror and practice ducks all day but I don't choose how to duck a shot when it comes, you don't have time, you're just all of a sudden somewhere else and you've ducked it.
3) Messy exchange. When basically you both end up dropping your guard and exchanging numerous shots. I hate these, I don't like it when things aren't neat, I think you look like a girl fighting when this happens and, even more so, you have a serious chance of taking that big hit, but equally, so do they. How do I utilise these? So if it occurs, I don't want ot back away, but I don't want to stand there and keep throwing (unless you all say that's the usual), so what do you lot do to win these exchanges but with boxing not with either being able to take them on the chin more or be the lucky one which breaks the jab through or lands that haymaker.
4) Getting on the inside. Ok, so i can do a hook on a bag...Wonderful, I bet that bag ****s itself whenever I walk in the gym or my garage right?...Yeah, ok...I'm not on about fighting on the inside, i'm on about actually getting there. Whenever I tried it just got rid of me, Tyson would go to the side and I remembered this and tried this, but I was on the outside and them in the centre so all they needed to do was pivot slightly and keep jabbing and I couldn't get there. So, how do I get there? I don't know whether i'm an inside or outside fighter yet, i'm still too new to want to commit myself and i'm still learning it and about how my body reacts best in fight situations. But even an outside fighter needs to know how to get on the inside and get those hooks in, because I can throw outside hooks ok, but it's getting in close enough to throw an actual hook I was having trouble with. Could just be the opposition though.
Any help appreciated, but if you insist on commenting and don't have a great deal of actual ring experience, can you say so because I know how, in theory, to do all of this. I could read it, write it, do it on a bag, but i'm on about doing it in the ring.
All help appreciated, thanks.
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