Another fight video

**southpawwolves** · 10-10-2012 05:59 PM

Thanks Donny. Good advice i definitely need to get something behind that jab to stop them coming forward. Some of my other videos are on here somwhere if you look through my posts.

Grey, again great advice i know some you've told me before (chin being high) and i still havn't broke the habit. I feel watching the video back i'm looking to get out the way of his punches before i've even connected with mine, therefore not throwing them properly and not making no real connection with them. On the pads, bag i feel i throw my puches well and people have commented on my power of my straight left. So i think it's definitely something to do with when theres an opponent in front of me.

Like i say i'm boxing tomorrow so maybe a bit too late to put all the advice into practice. But i'm going to try and plant my feet more. Pivot if he rushes me and give him something to really remember me by when i hit him. I'll try and get it filmed, if not i'll let you all know how I get on. Thanks again, Ryan.

**greynotsoold** · 10-10-2012 08:53 PM

I was just watching the first round again...Watch your feet and legs when you punch, how you step in with the jab, and, especially, when you jab then throw a left. See how far apart they get? There are points, when throwing a left hand, that your left knee nearly touches the ground, your right knee is bent to the point that you are practically kneeling.
You can't punch like that, no way, no how. That first step you take, with the jab, is way too long a step, and, to compound it, you don't bring your left foot with you. So you don't get much on the punch, and you are too spread out to throw a second or third punch.
Being that wide with your footwork may seem like a way to avoid punches or to get out quickly, but it is not. It makes you pull back in straight lines, giving your opponent the luxury of getting right on top of you without worry of anything coming back. Watch Joe Louis and see how economical he is with his footwork, how his feet and hands work together. Watch Orlando Canizales, too. He moves a lot more than Louis but has that same basic economy of movement, and really coordinates his feet and hands very well.

**nikola_ganchev** · 10-10-2012 09:36 PM

Yes Grey is right that you stay really wide. I don't know if it is really cardinal sin if you are wide when you step with your punches, but one is for sure you over reach with the right and there is nothing left for the left. When you step and jab like this hold your head over the left leg and turn your shoulders. This will not only stop you from over reaching, but it will give you the distance for the left hand, more weight behind the punch and you will use the stretch reflex in your back.

Other question is how wide is wide and on which distance and hight level. What will be criteria?

**southpawwolves** · 10-10-2012 09:40 PM

I can see what you mean Grey, when I throw the left to the body my knee is almost touching the canvas. My coach always gets on at me for my feet being too wide and dragging my back foot. I did use resistance band before between my feet which scrap recommended and that helped but it looks like i've fell back into the bad habit, I'll go back to shadow boxing with that. I'll check out Louis and Canizales, thanks.