What works for you in Sparring/Fighting?

[Andre]

Moving in on the rear hand ,chokeing it out before any real power is expended through it.
Bit like Ricky did to Kostyas famous right hand but not just doing it with your tuff head moving in like he did!
Stop it with your front glove moving in and throw your other shot straight at his face simultaniuosly which covers the pathway of his other hand as you move away bodily from it in towards his rear arm which is stopped now or going backwards.
All in one complete movement; block, move and hit; two hands working at once while your legs take you out to freedom.
You have to time it for when he is on the right angle or create that angle yourself or at least realize it as you go through.
He will turn in further to you and be punished or back off and you chase his openings as he does, becuase in the extreme that can happen here ;you have changed his rear hand into his lead hand if he doesnt move his legs.

On the other side of the coin If someone does it to you !
The greatest escape if your not over commited is to not resist the push and remove your leg thats under the shot that has been choked out , back out underneath you ,or around behind your lead leg on a 45/ angle so that your head moves out of range of his shot and your original lead hand then comes further into range on him as you have made time and saftey margin so you can reset your leg position and stance to where he now is .
Takes practice with a partner many times to get your mind used to the reaction; doing it slow allows you to see where and when you go in and out of range and where you can utilize your shift in weight for the best reply shot.

[Chris Nagel]

I like that idea, it's smothering their punches. You just don't want to reach out to catch it, just catch it while you're coming in. You can do it with a left hook too I think. I believe you also catch their left hook with a hand on their bicep, or just smother the hook by moving into it before it gets going.

I haven't given much thoughts to those moves, I guess it can work out differently than if you decide to slip their punch. That's something neat to think about though.

[Cortez The Killer]

Would anyone consider putting up some videos of examples?

[danieladamsmith]

I'm still at the bottom a very high mountain (that means just a beginner), so I work on focused tactics.
One round I may just counter. One round I may just find range.
I've been getting into a bat the punch and counter thing for the last few weeks. It's a little more proactive than just catching. Just bat the strike and counter with either punch in the same motion.

[paddy448]

Jab right hand

[krotala]

Deep breaths before sparring to relax

[DogTheBountyHunter]

One of the best things I have found is always keeping your eyes on the opponents gloves at all times +
mixing it up to be able to throw a lead right cross or left cross for southpaws followed by a jab.

It still amazes me how rarely this is done. When Pavlik fought Sergio Martinez only one time did he throw a lead right and it landed. Jack Lowe never mentioned to Kelly in the corner to try it more often.
Once you have a fighter used to the same rhythm it will be hard to land. Mixing a lead power shot will keep them off balance and help land the jab more effectively thus changing the fight or sparring session as they will have to watch for not only a lead jab but lead from both hands.

[BTF]

Something that I've always found beneficial is sparring under an agreement to only use certain punches.

Spar 3 rounds only using jabs and crosses.
Spar 3 rounds only allowing jabs and hooks.

It does wonders for learning to dissect patterns and learn to counterpunch effectively

[brocktonblockbust]

ı cannot fuckıng understand a sıngle goddamned strategy mentıoned ın the OP. ı trıed pıcturıng ıt over and over step by step but I just cannot fuckıng understand any of ıt.

[Domiko]

I have coached a number of years and found that touch sparring to begin with is a nice way to practice distance and timing. (Touch sparring consists of points tapping the shoulders and top of the leg) then moving on to soft body sparring, then to dummy head sparring(pardon the the term dummy, usualy more experienced boxer goes in and taps the more inexperienced boxer on the head, good for both boxers) then onto soft full sparring(does what it says on the tin) then full or open sparring( this is a fight without the judges, the closest you will get to a fight)

[ray corso]

Learn how to "pull your punches" meaning punch without power! Thats how you "light spar" and thats how you work when working on new techniques your learning. This isn't powder puff punches but your not looking to knock each other off balance or simply "hurt one another"!!
You can break down and work on jabs and countering jabs, all types of senerios can be worked out but working with soft touch punches is not a good way to concentrate or learn.
Having one partner on defense is fine to but the one throwing shots needs to box as if the other guy can reply. Respecting a good spar partner is obviously important. You could easily be stuck not having one!! Then your dead in the water! Ray.

[Ciara17]

If you have a fight coming up, hard sparring can be advantageous; however, as a beginner start slow. Usually it takes one person to kick or punch really hard, then both parties start elevating the pace.

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