Download your free book The Beginner Boxer Toolkit here - A simple boxing technique here. Thing is, it’s really common, but sometimes it can be overlooked.
I posted a video a while ago on the boxing technique of striking the centre of mass. This is really effective because you then get 3 targets along the centreline - the chin, the chest and the solar plexus.
So striking the chest is cool because it’s really difficult to defend, it constitutes a great scoring shot and it hurts as well!
The thing is that in the video there was one thing that I didn’t mention - it makes a fantastic trigger to draw the lead of the opponent.
This is because as you drop to strike the jab low the opponent feels in a dominant position and consequently is more likely to draw a lead.
If you know this, it works in your favour - this is about being an active counter puncher.
So think about jabbing to the chest (centre of mass) and using it as a platform to deliver some solid counter punches AFTER you have executed a simple lay back or push away and back.
It’s a simple boxing technique, but one that you should really be aware of. If it's good enough for Floyd Mayweather, Vasyl Lomachenko and Canelo Alvarez...it's good enough for us!
Get used to jabbing up and down the centre line to draw that lead, make things happen, that’s what makes winners.
Cheers
Fran
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