Head movement with Jab?

[Chris Nagel]

I found the opposite to be true, and even a slight lean/dip towards the right would make it harder for an opponent to land right hands on me. See, on one hand you'd be putting yourself further away from their right hand and making it easier to avoid the right hand for that matter.

I'd spar with with a guy with a stocky Archie Moore like build who's style was influenced mainly by studying James Toney. He always stood slanted towards the right which made it infuriatingly difficult to catch him with a right hand, this was true even when I tried to bring my right hand over his jab.

What's interesting to note is if you look at the old boxing photos, all the guys leaned to the right as the way they stood, and often when they were jabbing, and sometimes practically bent over at the waist while doing so. This may seem incorrect according to the modern school of thought, but I'm sure that they did it on purpose. Isn't the name of the game "Hit and don't get hit?"

[God.in.my.corner]

I've found it's important just to mix it up (like everything in boxing). Everytime you jab, you can trust your opponent is noticing where you head and gloves are. Do they move or do they stay. Do they step, pivot, dip before, after or during? I like to try to tuck my chin to my right shoulder while jabbing to counter the counter right.