Quote Originally Posted by cambay411 View Post
Quote Originally Posted by greynotsoold View Post
That's the way it is supposed to be done. Get the left hand out of the way so you can counter with it; bring the jab up and in. Block/catch/parry with the right glove, use your left shoulder.


Much harder than it seems. Most fighters are better off with earmuffs. That being said, if a fighter can pull of a shoulder roll he is much better off.
It really isn't, honestly. "Earmuffs" are a pretty recent invention. I wasn't taught that, and I started in 1974, and I have never taught the 'high-guard' and never would. Edwin L Haislet wrote the best 'how to...' boxing book ever, and he said that 'covering up' has no place in the tool box of the skillful boxer.
If you can see the punches coming, you can deliberately avoid them. If you deliberately avoid them, then you can punch back, and that is the basis of good boxing. Mayweather will always beat guys that wait, cover and hope he doesn't hit them. Got to punch when he is punching.