From humble beginnings as an up-and-coming amateur, you must make careful career-impacting choices and win your bouts to advance up the ranks. This isn’t just a case of taking one fight after another. Just like boxers in real life, you need to think about your rest and recovery, do ...
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Where many wannabe boxers screw up is by focusing only on the technique and defensive part. But without the essence of a fighter (the “brawler’s” need to HIT), they lack the aggression needed to really win a fight. As a boxer, your first requirement is still to hit your opponent. ...
Let’s say the taller boxer knows how to counter everything you do. When you chase, he runs. When you run, he chases. When you jab, he jabs longer. The only way to outsmart this is to throw a feint. Whatever he does next will probably be ineffective since you didn’t do anything...
Boxing helps you lose weight and gain muscle and shadow boxing is a way to improve your boxing form. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to shadow box like a pro.
To parry, hold your hands at the level of your face and, when your opponent throws a punch, move your hand to strike your opponent’s gloves and misdirect the punch.[8] You’ll need to move fast to parry quick punches like jabs and crosses. 3 Slip punches to dodge a punch ...
To start, rather than using the one-foot-back-one-foot-forward guard stance described above, you'll want to stay mobile, constantly taking short, choppy steps. This makes it easier to dodge your opponent's blows and "dance" out of their reach when you're recovering between blows. 2 Keep...