Blending Head Movement With Punching

godinmycorner i also used to jab and sort of duck my head to the right to avoid counters on my jab i think it is a good little adjustment to keep them from using the overhand right or simply trying to intercept your jab with their own ive heared of this little adjustment be referd to as a ''classic block'' but i have now come to realise it hass its own set of problems like many manouvers in boxing, it tends to leave you in a bad place leaving your rear foot out behind dropping you into a wide stance often with nowhere to go if your in a hurry, aswell it makes you a prime target for a counter uppercut and aswell it just makes your balance a bit too much on the front foot, thats just my opinion of it yes its a good thing to do if your opponent is trying to counter you with these 2 counters and to take them away from him, but dont get too reliant on it because a good boxer will find its weakness and your in quite a vulnerable place when doing this if you think about it.

How DOES one deal with such an overhand right counter to the jab (especially from a taller boxer punching down with that right)?

I have really long arms so this isn't usually a problem but I have seen it recently, and had to invent my own defense on the spot.

The guy who could do this is not much more experience than I am so he probably didn't know how to take advantage of my (new) openings when I did pretty much what you said:

I was ducking, fading left (outside his right), and/or roll blocking/parrying with my left forearm under his right elbow :p -- varying between 1-3 of these moves he stopped being able to hit me like that.

My knees are so screwed that ducking is a real issue for me, but he was tall enough that I didn't have to duck very far. :D

The whole thing also got me to concentrate on tightening up the return of my jab to guard, but that wasn't a big part of the problem.

BTW: I didn't seem to be messing up my stance since I wasn't (necessarily) stepping to do any of this -- although I also was continuing to move laterally to avoid standing in front of him.

What should I do?
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HerbM