LAMPLEY AND MERCHANT WANNA KNOW...

[SalTheButcher]

why some fighters feel they benefit offensivley when they keep the lead hand down?

cuz it encourages the other fighter to punch, NOT BECAUSE THEY THINK IT MAKES THEM FASTER

that statement really pissed me off

it draws punches so you have something to counter, typically the only types of fighters who keep the lead hand down are counter punchers

[Taeth]

It also allows you to throw punches with your lead hand from different angles, and that makes them, especially a jab, harder to block. It also though makes me feel faster if I am confident that I can keep my hand down against somebody, and not get hit. If Mayweather had used his jab more though Zab would have been in trouble... more trouble.

[JonesJrMayweather]

It also allows you to throw punches with your lead hand from different angles, and that makes them, especially a jab, harder to block. It also though makes me feel faster if I am confident that I can keep my hand down against somebody, and not get hit. If Mayweather had used his jab more though Zab would have been in trouble... more trouble.

I agree with every thing you said, except the jab part...judah is too fast and floyd didn't want to take the chance of getting hit by a counter left...because judah was throwing it rather hard and that's all he brought to win...the jab against zab would have been bad...any other southpaw yeah, because PBF would definitely be quicker but his speed was matched so it wouldn't have been good to give judah the opportunity to use the only weapon he brought....

[El Kabong]

Some also keep the hand down for defense...ie James Toney and Floyd Mayweather on account of the fact they use the philly shell defense

[greynotsoold]

In the "old days" - which we'll call up until the late 1950s- the first defense against the right that most trainers taught was to use the shoulder to block/deflect/roll it. Typically it was taught to keep the left considerably lower thanis the normtoday. If you watch old fights, even as recent as the 1970s and the best fighters even up to today the low left hand is more a rule than an exception. From a lower position you can hook more readily and the jab comes from a variety of angles. The left being closest to your target is the hand most used to counter and from a low point that is made easier plus you get it out of the other guy's line of sight.

[Wacko3205]

In the "old days" - which we'll call up until the late 1950s- the first defense against the right that most trainers taught was to use the shoulder to block/deflect/roll it. Typically it was taught to keep the left considerably lower thanis the normtoday. If you watch old fights, even as recent as the 1970s and the best fighters even up to today the low left hand is more a rule than an exception. From a lower position you can hook more readily and the jab comes from a variety of angles. The left being closest to your target is the hand most used to counter and from a low point that is made easier plus you get it out of the other guy's line of sight.

Good post.

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