boxing instructors please can you help me with?

hi i just wanted to ask any of you guys that are trainers i have been working with my instructor for about 1 year. i then decided to go to chris piets gym in leicester. and he was telling me to stand more up right. i feel my style of boxing is like zab judahs/mayweather. but he was telling me to stand up straight. but i feel when u watch these fighters fight they seem to have a little bend in the way they stand.


heres a video of zab on the pads. i feel i box like this. but he is telling me i need to stand higher. my other trainer is telling me that he does not seem to know what he is on about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Axf_fFSKfg

whats your view on this please whos right.

Without more specifics about you,there are no rights
Im tall,so serious bobbing and weaving is a waste of my energy and a waste of my height
One of the guys I work with inderectly likes to be up and down,when he's too short to do it,and would be better served weaving in

like zab on the video. i have that little bend by the shoulder. he is not talking about the bobbing and weaving. but on my stance

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Originally Posted by artest2000

like zab on the video. i have that little bend by the shoulder. he is not talking about the bobbing and weaving. but on my stance

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Still need the height,if your tall for your weight,your wasting a serious power oportunity for the overhand cross,coming from above like that works wonders
Very brief splatty type wonders ;D
The other thing you give away if your tall for your weight,is the ability to lean and make the other guy carry you in a clinch

From personal belief and experience, this topic consists of a few issues..
The first thing you should do with the trainer who tells you to stand up straight, is ask him why he wants you to stand and fight this way.
If his response is something like "because I said so and know what's right" then maybe he doesn't actually have a clue.
If he gives you a detailed response of how it is more effective for a person like you (because of eg: height, body shape, speed, strength, etc) then he will probably know what he is on about.

The second thing is how comfortable you are in that stance. Give it roughly two weeks to adjust. Train standing upright for two weeks. If at the end, you still feel uncomfortable, then it's probably best you don't train like this.
You can't expect a boxer to fight in a stance if he doesn't 'feel it naturally'.

Thirdly, test yourself against a sparring partner. Try 2-3 rounds upright and then 2-3 rounds in the stance you feel comfortable with. Which stance has the smoother motions? Which stance gives more stability? Does upright send you off balance when you are hit? Does bending give you more power?

Personally I do not practice having on stance in a bout. I train and fight, moving and counter-attacking the oppenent. If the other guy is standing upright, I'm gonna go in small and weave, landing body shots. If the other guy is fighting small, I'm going to go upright, on my toes, and throw the head shots and uppercuts into his lowered head.

Learn how to fight against each style of fighter, learn well. Then you can react to each boxer differently. Even if you are tall, like me, you can still go in small. Ducking and bobbing all over the place. Workout out your legs muscles.

Like a mentor, Cus D'Amato, once said. "It's good to throw the punch where you can hit him, but he can't hit you."
In otherwords, if he is fighting small and low, you should fight tall and stay arms distance away, working the jabs and straights.
If he is fighting tall, get in real close and land the hooks and uppercuts with body shots. It would be harder for an upright fighter to hit a close-small fighter.

Act according to your oppenent.

Peace!

Lucky good post I like it cc

Thanks Scrap,

Can I ask a dumb question about this 'cc' thing. Lol.

How do you 'cc' someone?

Thanx

You've got cool and sad under your name - you click on cool if you think they're cool and sad if you .... well you get it.

Not a stupid Q - took me a while to work it out! CC

I'm New to the site, so here's my 2 cents. I've found that when training my boxers that there should always be a slight bed towards your opponent from the hips up. I've found that boxers who stand a little too straight-up tend to get caught on their heels with stiff jabs, and nice straight righthands. This also allows the boxer to absorb the shots better. I'm not saying to bend over a whole lot, but you should be bent slightly at the hips with your chin tucked. This forward lean allows you to utilize your legs for a better foundation, and makes slipping punches much easier. Hope this helps.

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I'm New to the site, so here's my 2 cents. I've found that when training my boxers that there should always be a slight bed towards your opponent from the hips up. I've found that boxers who stand a little too straight-up tend to get caught on their heels with stiff jabs, and nice straight righthands. This also allows the boxer to absorb the shots better. I'm not saying to bend over a whole lot, but you should be bent slightly at the hips with your chin tucked. This forward lean allows you to utilize your legs for a better foundation, and makes slipping punches much easier. Hope this helps.

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Welcome,what part of Philly you training out of?My hometown

Jack Costello Boxing Club in Tacony (NE Phila). I have a couple pros, and a number of amateurs.

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Jack Costello Boxing Club in Tacony (NE Phila). I have a couple pros, and a number of amateurs.

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Ok, your up in the Irish section of town,probably the only part I havent lived in
Lived 15th and Tasker,48th and Baltimore,and dont even ask me about North Philly/Little Peurto Rico

Yeah mostly Irish and Italian. There's actually a "Little Italy" section of Tacony. Costello is a Italian name, but their family is as Irish as they come.

4 things I miss from home,Tastyclairs,Goods Chips,real Pizza,and cheesesteaks
Im trying to keep weight,Im probably a little food obsessed ;D