Re: Vs philly shell

Originally Posted by
greynotsoold
Do you know how and why it works? Let's start there. the whole thing starts with your left (front) leg and hip rotating inward. This puts your shoulder and hip well forward and this is important, in that it reduces the portion of your body vulnerable to right hands (legally) and you can protect that with the upper part of your left arm. And you can now use your left shoulder to block right hands aimed at your head, dipping your head down when they try to loop it over.
With your body angled like that, you drop your left arm across your stomach and it is protected. Your right elbow and arm cover the rest of your body. Your right glove is there to catch the left jab and block the left hook and you can focus on them because his right hand is behind you. Plus, and this is a huge thing, you are in perfect position to counter because your hands are where they are supposed to be.
Think on that. Your opponent jabs, dip down, right uppercut to the body. he tries to loop a right hand over your left shoulder, dip in and bring the right uppercut to his solar plexus or chin. Left hook to your body? Roll inside it and right uppercut to the chin. Finish with a left hook and you are back in the shell. and you can do this because your feet are under you as well.
You can fight this style coming forward- watch Ike williams, off the top of my head, and the clip of Charley burley that exists. the jab is then coming from the feet, not the arms, and everything becomes a counter, not an effort to throw more punches than the other guy and hope they land.
there is no combination that exists that works- every one of them may work sometimes, you know? Triple your jab? Why would I care? if it starts to annoy me, I'll get under it and bring the right uppercut into your ribs, or parry it and stuff you with a straight left hand off my back foot. throw a ton of punches, I'll roll inside and pick my spots to light you up with three and four punch bursts. it is a very effective way to fight and it is neglected now because a stunning percentage of boxing teachers don't know much about boxing.
It works on a simple theory. Every time you throw a punch, you leave a place where I can hit you. It is much easier on my to lay back, let you come to me and then create those openings for me. I'm banking on the fact that you don't know how to pass time in a boxing ring other than by throwing punches. If your whole idea of being busy in the ring is to throw punches, I'll beat you every time. And in there is the key of how to beat a guy fighting in the manner you described.
Extremely informative! - So, if your opponent is utilizing the Philly Shell and is extremely versed in its execution. Am I correct in saying that you need to counter his counters. Get him to bite on feints and ploys to create your own openings because there are none when you throw meaningless punches just to stay busy. Its not about throwing a specific punch or combination, its about getting him to leave his shell. Is that close?
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