EFFECTIVE PUNCHING - the Blast Plan

[Zelley]

Before my last ever fight that took place in Nanaimo, I had a chance to meet former top pro contender Manuel Gonzalez while he was in Vancouver
in 1972. It was good to learn a few new points re balance, movement and
deception.

In my last fight, I won easily. The opponent was walking into left jabs all night and his punches were missing.

[Zelley]

Received word that some boxing club are using the points raised in this
thread in their training.

If others can add a few tips, that would be excellent.

[Scrap]

A carpenter, a good one Has all the Tools. He looks after them and always keeps them sharp. Anything new He will invest in if it compliments the old.

[Zelley]

FEINTING - "The Big Lie" or the "Magic Trick"

One may have the four key components for effective punching
- Balance - Leverage - Accuracy - Speed - Timing -

But, to support these components of the effective punching skill
one needs a few magic tricks or in boxing lingo, the "big lie"
or the skill of "feinting" to draw punches or set-up power punches.

From experience, as I flash back to 1966 and 1968,
I can cite two examples
where in example one I was executing
the feint and in the second case
I was the recipient of the "big lie" or
the master feint and the power punch.

Case 1: I moved out in round 1, bent my knees
a started a left to the body
as the feint and then executed the right hand
that caught my foe in the side of the head.
The rest of the fight was a cake walk,
and I won the fight and the "Best Fighter" award

Case 2: Sometime in round three against Ray Lampkin in the
1968 Tacoma Golden Gloves, Ray used a perfect right hand feint
and I weaved into a left hook, it didn't end the bout but the stars were
floating around my head like a spinning halo in the sky.

In both cases the feint and follow-up punch worked and were key factors
that decided the decision on the judges score cards, but in both cases there were
two other factors - one helped in the execution, and the other
prevented a potential stoppage of the fight. Without getting into detail
those two factors were: defense and missed opportunity.

[Zelley]

A carpenter, a good one Has all the Tools. He looks after them and always keeps them sharp. Anything new He will invest in if it compliments the old.

Good index line for the boxing tool kit/

[Zelley]

Attended a recent boxing tournament to observe the effective punching skills
In BALANCE & LEVERAGE many could be placed in the poor to fair category.
It seems some will never have proper leverage with their elbows drifting away from the body.

ACCURACY is another issue where some boxers are reaching with their punches
instead of using effective footwork and movement to get the proper range
before unloading a flurry of punches that miss or just touch the target.

[Zelley]

AMATEUR BOXING 2010/2011

A NEW ROUND BEGINS

For all amateur boxers - don't wish for rainbows if your spinning in your tracks

Effective punching is not a difficult idea or skill, but many still do not get it.

Arm punching, reaching with punches, dropping the gloves, elbows out, ineffective footwork
are still some of the big errors demonstrated in gyms and in the ring.

FOR THOSE THAT DON'T GET IT - WAKE ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN

[Zelley]

THE MOVEMENT

Interesting watching all of the training or boxing videos that folks churn out,
I hope many of them review their own videos and check-out the footwork
and then add it to their checklist of training plans for AREAS TO IMPROVE.