blocking right hands

[Yuzo]

theres two ways to get hit by a right hand. when you stand squared up you will get hit by straight right hands through the center.



but when you stand three quarter you sever off the pathway straight right hands need to have to hit you from that direction.



and thats why when you walk into a boxing gym most trainers are going to stand you three quarter; as by cause of standing three quarter you stop straight right hands from hitting you through the center. but theres a trade off.

by standing three quarter you will get hit by big overhand rights behind the ear.



when you are standing squared up you will get hit by straight right hands through the center, but when you are standing three quarter you will get hit by big overhand rights behind the ear. in other words, you shut the door on that right hand at the cost of opening the door for a different kind of right hand. so what do you do?

when you stand three quarter to block his straight right hand through the center, he is going to see you with your hand up and try to hit you with a big overhand right behind the ear, right? but since he needs to reach around behind that hand to hit you behind your ear, by taking just a tiny step back, he cant reach around behind that hand anymore, and, therefore, he cant hit you.



when you stand three quarter with your hand up and scoot back in tiny increments, he cant hit you through the center, or reach around behind that hand to hit you behind your ear. by cause of that marriage of blocking and spacing, you take away the two ways a right hand can hit you at the same time. now you cant get hit by right hands. the next time you shadow box try practicing this.

[Yuzo]

heres some more important things to note about standing three quarter to block right hands. now and then you can get hit with a right hand because of a few standard mistakes. sometimes a hard right hand can knock your hand out of the way even when you have your hand up or a right hand can sneak by the edge of your hand which will bear resemblance to something sneaking through a door thats ajar.



heres how to fix that.



when you take the right hand turn with the direction of the punch. this is going to twist off a lot of the sting away from the punch and shut the door on that thin piece of space that sometimes a right hand will try to sneak by.

[Coco]

Moving to the right is the best way to avoid the right hand

[Yuzo]

Moving to the right is the best way to avoid the right hand

you know i hear that a lot and they say thats true. do you know why most shortstops are right handed and even a lefty shortstop with a good arm, but not good enough to be a pitcher, gets stuck in the outfield? because a lefty shortstop takes a few more seconds to throw to first base than a right handed shortstop. thats because first base is behind a shortstop's left shoulder.

since a lefty shortstop's hips rotate left-to-right, and physically can't rotate left-to-left, he has to turn his body around to throw to behind his left shoulder to first base. but since a right handed shortstop's hips rotate right-to-left, not left-to-right, he can make one smooth throw to behind his left shoulder to first base since his hip rotation will naturally point his body that way.

why is that important to boxing? because when an orthodox boxer throws a right hand his hips rotate right-to-left, and physically can't rotate right-to-right, which means that he can't hit a guy behind his right shoulder. thats why boxers circle to the left.



when a boxer circles to the left - that is, behind your right shoulder - he is forcing an orthodox boxer's hips to constantly turn in the opposite direction of a right hand. in other words, left-to-right, not right-to-left. that way you are always turning in the contrary direction that you need to turn to throw a right hand. he's not really circling to the left. he's really trying to get behind your right shoulder so you are always rotating your hips the wrong way.

whats the catch? to circle behind a right hand, you have to circle into a right hand. but theres a way to do that too.

[NazNaci1]

I remember George Benton telling Evander Holyfield in his fight with Bowe (think it was No2), to 'bow' into the right hand, meaning it would sail past / over but granted, most people are not the 'Real Deal'. Seemed to work well, though. Always stuck with me, that one.

[coneye]

Circling away to your right away, from opponents right hand , you should be able to let your own right hand go , and it amazes me the amount of guys i;ve seen who cannot do it , there comfortable going to the left but not the right , its just basics that should be practiced from when you walk in the gym , good boxing you need to be able to throw just about any punch , moving left , right , forward , backward , diaganol , its just basic boxing