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Boxing StrategyBoxing strategy and fight tactics to help you win inside the ring. As you become more conditioned and skillful in the art of boxing, strategy becomes the final step for defeating opponents. Strategy is the blueprint for winning while training and technique are the goals and preparation. Read on for boxing offense, boxing defense, boxing counter-punching tips and more!

Boxing Strategy

Intermediate Boxing Skills

What is it that all the skilled fighters have?

More powerful punches?
A slicker defense?
Or simply more fights?

I’ve compiled a list of qualities that I see in many intermediate fighters.
You’ll need all of these skills if you ever hope to become an “advanced fighter”.
Here’s what it takes to get beyond the beginner level… [Click to read more...]

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How to Throw Killer Punch Combinations

What makes a punch combination deadly?

Is it the accuracy?
The speed?
The power?

What’s the MAGIC SKILL that makes your combination truly effective?
Why is it that skilled fighters can be effective even with the most basic punches?

First learn how to throw different combinations.
Then learn my secret to killer combinations. [Click to read more...]

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Basic Punch Combo

Boxing combinations are more than simply a series of punches.

Strategy is needed even for something as basic as swinging your arms around. First you’ll need punches to open up your opponent. Then you’ll need punches to take advantage of the openings.

But what punches should you be throwing?
And in what order?
And where do you aim them?

Learn how the basic boxing combination works. [Click to read more...]

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The 3 Axes of Boxing

Becoming a slick boxer requires the ability to flow through EVERY POSITION in boxing.

If you’ve ever watched a slick boxer for more than 2 minutes, you’ll see him tilt his spine. First he’ll tilt it one way, then he’ll tilt it another way. His upper body moves like a joystick nearly every minute of the fight.

But WHY should you do it? And an even better question—HOW?

You’re crazy if you still think it’s possible to fight from only one position.
I’ll show you the advantages and disadvantages of the different axes in boxing. Next I’ll tell you how to transition between them. Then I’ll tell you how to transition WITHOUT wobbling off balance.

Keep reading if you want to become a slick boxer.

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The Feel Out Process

October 26, 2012 October 26, 2012 by Johnny N Boxing Strategy, Fight Tips 37 Comments

feel out process

DING! DING! DING! NOW WHAT?!

If you’re like most fighters; you were more prepared before the bell than after it. Craziness ensues in real fights. There’s no time to sit and think about what you want to do. Technique and strategy goes out the window when all you want to do is defend yourself.

Luckily, there is a better way. It’s called the feeling out process. The feeling out process is what keeps fighters from being torn to bits before they’ve even straightened out their headgear. The feeling out process is how smart fighters turn a difficult match around and get the victory even when they’re out gunned.

But how do you do it? If you thought feeling out meant moving around and stalling the fight with jabs, YOU ARE WRONG! [Click to read more...]

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5 feints for boxing tricks

How do you make an opponent expose himself? How do you out-box a faster or better skilled fighter. How do you keep an opponent in constant worry about your next move?

Yes, the answer is by using a feint! But a feint is more than just flicking your glove and pretending to do something. It’s about understanding the essence of movement and understanding WHY your opponent falls for your every movement.

I present to you the 5 CLASSIC BOXING FEINTS! [Click to read more...]

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best boxing combo, the jab-jab-cross

If there was ever a boxing combination to be labelled the best, this would be it. It is so simple yet so deadly when you learn all the variants of the old “jab-jab-cross”. Many trainers told me over and over the 1-1-2 is boxing’s bread and butter combo, better than any other punch combo but I couldn’t understand why. Throwing double jabs in the ring only guaranteed that I would be eating more right hand counters and so I got scared of throwing them.

Many years later, I finally realized what my trainers REALLY meant.
This is how you throw a REAL jab-jab-cross combination… [Click to read more...]

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how not to get robbed in your amateur fight

I was cornering for one of my fighters last weekend when I witnessed yet another robbery on the amateur circuit. For those who’ve never watched an amateur fight live except for the Olympics on TV, I have something to break to you: robberies happen ALL THE TIME IN AMATEUR BOXING!

It’s inevitable when boxing is such a subjective sport full of bias. Judges are not fighters. They can only judge by what they see, not what they feel. And you can’t win a fight without looking good to the judges.

It’s heartbreaking to lose when everyone saw that you won. Here are some things you can show the judges to avoid a bad decision! [Click to read more...]

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10 counters for the right hand

If you’ve ever faced a big puncher before, you’ve probably noticed the power of his right cross within seconds of the opening bell. It can be a psychological hurdle when you’re trying to outbox your opponent. It’s hard to focus on establishing your jab when all you want to do is run and hide from his right hand.

There may be weak jabs and weak hooks but the right cross is almost always a powerful punch—even from a lesser-skilled fighter. It’s the kind of power you never forget and rightfully so; it’s caused many knockouts in the professional and amateur ranks. Luckily for you, the right hand can open up many opportunities for your counters. Why be afraid of the right when you can use your opponent’s momentum to land your own power punches?

Here are 10 classic counters for that right hand… [Click to read more...]

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how to brawl

I was coaching 2 fighters in the ring the other day when a familiar scenario played out for the 1000th time. One fighter came forward with wild punches while the other fighter retreated behind a long jab. The boxer was trying to maintain his perfect technique but still couldn’t manage to keep the brawler from landing at will.

I begged the boxer to stop and trade with the brawler but he couldn’t do it. It wasn’t in him to exchange punches. When the sparring match ended he asked me, “Why does he keep beating me?”

Here’s what I told him… [Click to read more...]

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