Well since some people who won't be mentioned here think me and my fellow into-punch-slippers (hitman -cough - donny cough ) are crazy I've come up with a preliminary theory.

Some more experienced / boxing educated people might comment as to whether I might be on the right track or not. That'd be great thanks

So I think my sparring partners often wind up and signal their punches.

I favour being a counter fighter since I'm small. Often if I throw a punch slightly before my opponents since my arms are slightly shorter and I'm light they are still able to punch me anyway and put me off balance before my punch has delivered much force.

I get hooked on the idea of slipping or countering off of their punches so if they signal sometimes I slip before I need to.

That lets them redirect their punch when they throw it or as they throw it to land where my head is at the end of my premature slip.

Basically I'm impatient and it comes back and bites me in the arse!

Haven't thought of many ways to remedy this habit.

Surely if my opponent signals a punch I should be using it to my advantage.

Maybe I hesitate too long to take advantage of them winding up. Maybe I need to punch just before I usually react. i'm reacting too early to slip and too late to catch them at their most vulnerable point early in their wind up for the punch.

If I hit them before they began to unwind their wound up punch I'd mess with their momentum enough to neutralize the weight disadvantage I have. Once they've started to even only just throw the punch it's too late.

The slip is too early because they've still got plenty of time to redirect their punch - especially if it's sort of a big slow pushing kinda punch rather than a fast snappy one.

OK enough babble from me - opinions?