12 rounds of building boxing defence
- jamie03066
- May 5
- 2 min read
01.05.2025
Boxing's defensive tools are broad and varied. Despite the modern version of the sport only really having four techniques - jab, rear straight, hook and uppercut - it has tremendous depth. The fear of getting hit in the face is enough to convince most fighters to work out ways to mitigate this from happening. Therefore, the concept of hitting and not getting hit is an obvious aspiration. Different fighters have developed different tactics and responses. However, at the time of writing these are the basics:
Defensive move | Ideal range | Strength | Weakness |
Catch | Long | Fast, economic and easy to learn | Can be negative and inhibit engagement |
Parry | Long | Promotes good positioning for counters | Can be easily anticipated and set up with a feint |
Block | Mid | Versatile, solid and somewhat instinctive | Can be very negative and predictable |
Shoulder roll | Mid | Solid yet fluid | Can be difficult to learn |
Cover | Close | Very solid and easy to learn | Impairs vision and be difficult to transition to counters |
Slips, ducks, rolls and pulls | Long and mid | Very proactive, versatile, fast and leaves both hands free to counter | Most difficult to learn |
Although evasive techniques are the most difficult, I believe they should be considered the same way as footwork; they need to be taught fairly early on in order to become ingrained in a fighter's behaviour.
We used the following 3-minute rounds to promote better defensive performance under pressure:
one-for-one sparring
jabs vs defence
ditto
jabs vs jabs
body shot sparring
straight punches to the body and hooks to the head only vs defence
ditto
straight punches to the body and hooks to the head only sparring
hooks to the body and only straight punches to the head vs defence
ditto
hooks to the body and only straight punches to the head only sparring
free sparring
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