Sparring a hooker

[donnydarkoIRL]

If you throw a left hook properly you put yourself in a defensive position on the follow through.

...I was always trained to end my combinations with either the left hook to put myself in a defensive position or the jab to create distance. It could be wrong, there are very few things in boxing that are ALWAYS true.

I see what you're proposing here, I can see how that style would fit the American or Irish Style very well.

Where as you end combinations on a jab, I always end with a suite of head movement.

[El Kabong]

If I personally tried just to end with head movement I would get rocked because I would get lazy or stay in range (something I have trouble judging sometimes).


Throwing that left hook protects the chin and also if you follow through you can get some head movement and if the guy tries to counter and you end up slipping the punch HELLO HAYMAKER RIGHT CROSS!

My style of fighting is not much on defense, I am happy when I do well on defense and I aim to not get hit HARD (instead of just not getting hit which is a pipe dream).

I did one time slip and dodge 7 or so punches in a row from my sparring partner...it surprised me so much I almost started laughing...I felt like Prince Naz and my sparring partner (actually I was his sparring partner because he's a pro cruiserweight but hey who's keeping tabs) said "it was like trying to hit the dude from The Matrix"

I get called Rocky in the gym (like every other white guy who hits hard and has no defense) and I joke with the guys who call me that and say "they only call me that because I'm white and I bleed easily"