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HOW TO DEFEND USING OUR HANDS

What kind of Fighter are you? What are your strengths and weaknesses?

Understanding your fighting style and strengths is crucial. It will guide you in developing effective plans and strategies to face your opponents.

Here are some tips and strategys to use against different opponents.

BOXING SHORTER OPPONENTS
Advantages of Shorter Opponents:

  • Low Centre of Gravity: Better balance and stability.
  • Trunk Defence: Easier to slip and duck punches.
  • Short Distance: Excel at close-range exchanges.

BOXING A TALLER OPPONENT
Advantages of a Taller Opponent:

  • Reach: Longer arms can land punches from a distance.
  • Leverage: Better power in punches.
  • Range Control: Keeps opponents at bay

BOXING HEAVY PUNCHERS
Heavy punchers Advantages

  • Power: Possess strong punching [power within their range.

Strategy

  • Maintain Long Distance: Use footwork and lead hand to control distance, Use reach advantage, create angles.
  • Effective lead hand: Quick, snappy jabs; vary speed; use lead hand to disrupt movement.
  • Maintain Discipline: Avoid leaning in, keep distance, avoid smothering punches.

Strategy

  • Stay Outside or Inside: Choose to counter from outside or get to short/mid-range.
  • Cutting the ring off.
  • Footwork: Quick footwork to close the distance and create angles.
  • Trunk Defense, Slip and Duck: Practice avoiding punches and countering.
  • Rolling: Evade punches while maintaining balance when in closer range.
  • Hand Defense: Catching, parry and deflecting punches using hand defense.

Strategy

  • Maintain Distance: Stay long, use lead hand to control distance.
  • Strong Defensive Guard: Tight, high guard to protect head and body when in range.
  • Trunk Defense: Slip, duck, roll to evade punches.
  • Counterpunching: Quick, accurate counters after heavy punches.
  • Body Punching: Target body with hooks and uppercuts to slow them down.
  • Movement (Footwork): Move laterally, circle to maintain advantage.
  • Clinching: Disrupt rhythm, prevent power shots.