Blocking

[Trainer Monkey]

The most important thing before anything else is to have them work on movement. Being able to move in any direction with good posture with balance and posture, and making sure that carries through with their punches.

You're right that they have to start with the basics but you should also get them ready for the other moves down the road like you said.

Even your boxing idol had to start where we all do, but when it came to it he was willing to buckle down and learn some new moves for his repetoir. Hopkins could do the shoulder roll himself, and keeping his body in an angle he could keep his right hand out of sight until he saw the moment to go "Surprise." As you probably know, Hopkins spent a great deal of time studying a lot of great fighters of the past. That move that I just mentioned was from Archie Moore, the shoulder roll was used by a lot of fighters back in the day, and today there's only a handful of fighters that can do it properly.

For a good rising cross check out that boxing manual that I posted a while back, it's an awesome move because if it is set up right the opponent won't see it coming.

Like I said,right now Im in the break them down build them back up mode,position of body,maintaining balance,maintaining a base,etc
B-hops shoulder rolls are awsome arent they?
And believe it or not,teaching the cross as the rising cross is a great way for a stubborn student who isnt getting it.
Feur had the hardest time getting that punch until I showed her the Hammer Of Thor
Now she can throw it at will

How does that rising cross of yours work by the way? Do you throw it from an upright position, do you have a low right hand prior to throwing it? I'd like to know a thing or two of what you found if you don't mind me asking.

Not at all
I usually show it with the full wip/bob that Ingemar used to do,and use the momentum to set up the overhand
Frazier lived on the thing as well
Its not a punch Id use myself(too tall to risk going that low)but if nothing else its a good training tech
Imagine Frazier bobbing in,now think of the force if he circled his punching motion upwards as a cross
Its still driving your hips,but in a different way,if you have long arms like me,its murder on your shoulders though