Want to Learn what to look for in Succesful Boxers

**marbleheadmaui** · 04-22-2011 07:39 PM

Transitioning from defense to offense. This one is near magic. What I mean is this isn't just physical but it requires proper physical technique. One must have impeccable balance, have one's hands in the right spot and maybe most importantly be at the right distance to act quickly. But what this really requires is a sublime understanding of what is happening in the ring, what your opponent is doing, anticipating what he will do next and acting BEFORE he does it. This is mostly a mental element.

Few have ever done it better than Salvador Sanchez.

**marbleheadmaui** · 04-22-2011 07:48 PM

Squaring up and fighting from angles.

Squaring up means presenting your chest to the other guy. Bad news because it gives him the biggest possible target and it means your hips have already rotated taking your power. Bad news.

Fighting from angles means not standing head to head with the other guy. If you saw the Cotto-Manny P. fight remember how Manny was standing off to Cotto's side when landing punches? THAT is what fighting from angles means.

The simple way to understand this is if i stant head to head with you and don't move? You know two things. Where every punch is coming from and where I am to hit me. If after I throw a 1-2 I step six inches to my right? Now a) you have to find me again to hit me as my head is now opposite your lwft shoulder and b) my punches from both hands are going to come from different places and you have to find those too to avoid them.

Just little side steps between punches and everything changes. Few have ever done this better than Roberto Duran.