Possible Counterattacks

Hi all,

I am due to fight in a couple of weeks. My opponent is an Orthodox fighter (compared to my Southpaw). He is a couple of inches taller than my own 6 foot two inches, and has a longer reach (or so i'm told), and may be slightly slower than me.

I've seen a couple of his fights, and I noticed that when he throws a big right (mostly a hook), he drops his other hand for a while. I was wondering how best to capitalise on this. I have gone through a few options in my head, but i'd appreciate any comments/advice you guys can give me. I'm aware that in a fight situation, there's the whole action/reaction thing going on, and I may just have to work with whatever i've got, but i'd also like to be able to exploit any chink in my opponent's armour.

The options i've been considering:

a) Fire a right jab (remember i'm a Southpaw) as soon as that arm drops, and follow with a right hook to his head. My reasoning is that the jab will disrupt his right punch, and the hook (provided it is fast enough) will catch him before he has a chance to regroup.

b) The same as above, but make the right hook to the body. If he gets his guard up fast enough after the jab, then go for the body instead.

c) Left straight, low and hard to the body. Depending on the right he's throwing, I may be able to use my shoulder to block the brunt of his force (or duck underneath it) and smack him in the ribs.

d) Fire a right jab, and follow with a left of any description. The jab may stall his punch, and give me a chance to fire with my business hand.

Any comments/advice would be greatly appreciated. I havn't had many fights, and i'd like to learn :)

Thanks!

First fight is quick in the making I thought you said in some post you have only just started boxing?

Got a feeling if I said what I'd be tempted to try you could run into trouble.

I like to answer most stuff right out of the left field and leave the obvious answers aside. not cause Im against the true line,just like to try out different stuff and open minds up to what can and cant work.

I think its great to see that some very different things work only in different situations; but at this stage maybe you should be working with what you have been taught first.

I would firstly be doing that, IE: trying to put his long left arm in between me and his right arm so that right hook swing or cross isnt comfortable for him to get off without him turning into trouble. Id be trying to take his left arm first then moving into my own range with it covered or being moved into the way of his own right.

Then again if you can get inside his arm and move out bodliy in that same direction you willopen him up like a can of worms and be on the inside ,but you have to have that right of his covered cause it will come.

What the hell ; Then there is the other way totally. This guy is going to be trying to keep you at a distance with his longer reach and jab you out of your own range and he will try and sit in behind it until you make a blue and step into range of his right, and you say he will swing the right or hook if he moves closer. Only if its a sure fire habit of his or only if you can really read the difference between a straight cross and a swing getting launched.
I was imagining the size of this bloke . imagine that if your guard is automatically up against his right hook and you ( face forwards towards his head) the hook can still come around your arm.
If you face the hook as it comes and meet it with your guard you have stopped it dead it cant come around your forearm. So if you are moving in that same direction right as you do it, you also open them up bodily.
That is very dangerous cause your right temple is being exposed to his other hand (which is now loaded again), so you launch your right through its path and have your head down behind your shoulder as you do both knees bend.You are then low and coiled on the inside of his arms, inside his long reach , with your foot correction then left hip turn as your left hand fires in behind your right hand as you come up ; Well its on nose to nose isnt it:cooldevil: and he has to adjust cause his reach is longer and your in the key hole ripping uppercuts and all types of havoc on him. :domo-kun:

Thanks for the reply!

I have been training for a while (first for fitness, until I got sucked in to the fun of boxing), but yeah, I'm a newbie to the actual fights. Hence all the questions :P

Thank you for your advice. I think you're right in the fact that I should do what I've been taught. Circling away from his right makes the most sense. Your other option intrigues me, though. If done properly, it may prove to be quite viable. I'm fairly light on my feet, but I may not be quick enough to avoid some of this guy's shots.

Thanks again!

No problem. Dont take too much notice of some of my more out of norm ideas though. Good to play around with if you are very secure with your own skills ; very comfortable in the fight but probably trouble other wise. ;)

I know. Still, it's interesting. I shall let you know how the fight goes :)

Hey guys, just wanted to say thanks for the advice and tips. I won the fight. I got under his guard in the 2nd round and dropped him with a hook to the liver :)

Thanks again!

Nice one m8 congrats on the win, how was the nerves of the night? im quite a shy person i have my first fight in june and im dreading all the people watching i have fought tournaments and stuff as a kid but there was usually 6-8 fights going on at once which is quite different to being in a ring in the centre of the room lol.

Thanks Wayne, much appreciated.

In regards to nerves, I tried to stay calm before the fight. I didn't really notice the other people one I got in the ring. I just tried to focus on my opponent and drown everything else out. Seemed to work.

Good luck for your fight :)