getting in close versus a faster boxer

[warnotwars]

im a bit slow but i pack a very powerful punch and im pretty good around the ring and ive got a pretty hard chin but my problem is that when im fighting a fast boxer i cant get into range before i take two stinging jabs from the faster opponent... and by the time im in range he hops back out of range... does anyone have any good techniques for defending fast jabs while trying to be aggresive towards a defensive opponent? thanks

[deny]

it's hard to tell cuz it all depence on the situation,
you should work on your speed during training though.

things you might want to give a shot are
moving in angles so your opost needs to adjust to your position, and when he is adjusting you throw in your punches.

when he throws a jab you slip to your right, adjusting your right hand in defence since there can't come a punch from that side and in the same movement as you slip you throw your lefthook under his jab, and you can folow up with a right cross. (hard to explain and doesn't sound safe) but try this a couple of times in your sparring to find out how it is dun, and you'll see it is safe.

if he is a SP and throws a right jab, you can make a (small) step with your left foot, and plant it outside his front foot, you'll notice that your head also moves outside of his punch, so your safe.
now as you make that step you throw a right mix of hook and uppercut (go diagonal) upwards and land on the chin.

(you can folow this up with a left hook)

practice this first for a while so you'll find a safe way use it.

hope this helps

[Howlin Mad Missy]

why not let them come to you

[deny]

LOL
i'm here thinking of all things that are hard to explain
and you just put in 7 words that are more logic than my 150+ words

[KO]

Try this, when you are moving in range to punch, as soon as you are in punching range, he'll probably jab, so just slip it when you think it is about to come and not when you see it. Take long steps to the inside and work the body and try to stay inside if that is your fighting game.

[deny]

i personaly wouldn't go for the long step,
cuz during that long step you can not adjust, and after that long step you rear foot also needs to travel alot to get back in position.

so when you make that long step, it is easy for the taller person to step back or side, to keep the distance, and your standing there in a need to get in position while eating his doubled/tripled up jab.

so its better to counter during, or just after that slip, to disrupt his attack, and then you work his body and head for as long as you have the chance to stay inside.

[KO]

I see what you are saying, but if the taller person has really long arms then he has no choice but to take long steps if he wants to get in range to punch. I was sparring this dude who is 6'4-6'6 and I'm 5'11 and there is no way I'll have enough time to get inside if I took short steps. All it takes is one long step to get in and while stepping, you can throw a quick short hook to the body.

[deny]

tru tru

if he is ahead on points and
i could not get him to come out with his jab, and i'd have to step in (to score or KO em)
than it would be a thing to do

but i still would punch when i slip, (as he jabs) when i step in.
forcing him pulling that jab all the way back into defence so i dont walk into another jab as i step in.

[CRO-Luka]

keep your arms higher than you usually do, but move in angles so that you dont get rammed by an uppercut. and keep your left arm more away from your body, like you're gonna jab him, all the time.

[warnotwars]

thanks all of this is helping out and i guess ill see how it works at the gym friday when im sparring

[Trueplaya]

Warnotwars, if your not stronger or more powerful than your fast opponent it's curtains for you, I'm afraid to say.Faster boxers usually have stamina as well as speed, so if you can't rough his/her butt up you might as well hang it up.I'd say in this case weight training would benefit you greatly.

[warnotwars]

its not that im not strong enough... im just pick apart all of my weaknesses in this case its getting passed a fast jab as i go in

[TheFugitive]

To be honest it is very easy and I will try my best to explain. See I am short and everyone I spar/box are taller than me and have the longer reach,but I will get to the point by explaining my style with the situation.

1. You should always come in at an angle.(This is what makes my style so unique because I am moving forward but turning at the same time and the boxer/coward needs time to adjust)

2 You should always come in with the Jab and nothing else.(See walking in is very stupid even if you are at an angle. You need to be throwing a snapping jab that can close the distance. Then their are times when you have to double or triple the jab,so throw the jab then whack at the body but don't repeat the same thing over because any skilled boxer will time you.)

3 Feint your way in.(This is good when you have an snapping jab or when you are boxing someone who is afraid of you. When you feint make sure you feint then attack,if you don't attack after you finish feinting step to the side do not stand in front of him.)

4 If you are right handed turn southpaw.(This will make sure that he can not hit you with the jab because your right hand will cancel it,so turn southpaw and hold your right hand up high then duck his right hand,then work the body.)

5 Throw flashy combinations(I am sorry to say this but we are in the amateurs so it is hard to win the fight without scoring many points and the way you score points is stupid!, and body punches are not scored only those stupid combinations that feels like Nat's hitting you.)

6 Turn your body to an angle.(This make so you are harder to hit and your jab has a better affect on him, and when you are in the inside square you shoulders so you can throw both your hand without turning.)

7 Throw Monstrous uppercuts on the inside.(Besides those flashy combos I find out when I throw uppercuts I always seem to get the point,cause we all know when you throw a six hit combo you get to your corner and find out you only got one point out of those six hits,so throwing an uppercut and getting one point for the uppercut that was thrown is good enough for me)

I would give more incite but I am tired as heck, but to sum everything up throw the jab while moving forward and do not walk into punches and be patient and pick your shots. Remember when Tyson could not get in the inside he started to pace himself and trick his opponent into getting in the inside then he ripped them apart.

[Lazy-Eye]

Good advice TheFugitive, you had me engrossed in your post from start to finish.

I too am a very short boxer and your advice will help me deal with boxing in the land of giants

[TheFugitive]

No problem Lazy-Eye.