How To Defend Punches In Boxing

[@SkripdaK]

Not going to lie this is the most informative begginer video I've seen and I've seen all of them .

[@stefankeeney8462]

Thanks man! That was really my goal here 👍🏻🫡

[@fattyrose3251]

Very good vdo sir Love from bangkok

[@stefankeeney8462]

Thank you for the support 🫡 awesome to hear I’m reaching wider audiences

[@Keylofrom229]

Most don’t stress that we need to master all layers of defense at each range. I realized on my own and videos like this help on the journey. Appreciate the knowledge.

[@stefankeeney8462]

Thank you 🙏🏻🫡no problem! And for sure. It reminds me in recent of how Canelo fought Caleb plant and John Ryder. Caleb plant has the best footwork at middleweight, but once he slowed down in his fight with canelo, he went to defend canelos left hook on the side of his face, but the trajectory of the punch landed on the front of his face instead and Knocked him out. Where as John Ryder was a short guy with less impressive looking footwork but he went head to head the full fight and made it to the end. That observation was actually the spark for me to make this video

[@nick_614]

Great video

[@stefankeeney8462]

Thanks!

[@THREE_AYES]

You are a great coach. I hope you can do an advanced footwork moving around the ring (without exchange) I do muay thai and trying to learn boxing footwork but all videos I find is offense footwork, no one shows how to move around the ring, or how to move around you opponent not being stationary.

[@stefankeeney8462]

Thanks for the support man! Yeah I have made a video on basic principles where I demonstrate how to move around the outside of an object (or opponent) kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnrWcmqorNJ4msk But I plan on making another boxing footwork video where I’m going to demonstrate footwork as it pertains to just moving around a ring or an area the size of a ring. It also depends on which stance you are using how it will look and feel when you move left, right, back and forward but when I make that vid it will most likely be in a standard boxing stance where I’m slightly bladed but not fully square like in Muay Thai. But the same principles usually apply 👍🏻 Stay tuned 🫡

[@THREE_AYES]

@ I am a female muay thai fighter from KSA, I just finished the video, I realized my pivot then following the opponent is a little bit neglected due to my muay thai background, however what I need is knowing how to have move outside range around the ring more fluidly, I see boxers all the time knowing how to step to the side and do L steps and other footwork (without attacking) just to avoid the staying stationary, I am unfortunately weak in that area and whenever I try to shadowbox boxing footwork it feels awkward and risky, I would love more an elaborated one, very appreciated, I like the way you are putting a whole class in a video, you do not see this in youtube, you gained a new subscriber.

[@THREE_AYES]

I hope you understood my English dude.

[@stefankeeney8462]

@ no problem👍🏻

[@stefankeeney8462]

@@THREE_AYES oh great I’m glad you enjoyed it and yes for sure that’s my goal is to put out long form vids people can learn from. As far as the boxing type of footwork for Muay Thai, I notice typically standard Muay Thai fighters won’t use it as much but very good “muay femurs” will mix boxing footwork with Muay Thai footwork. So it’s a lot to learn but once you get the hang out learning the boxing footwork first, then you can slowly bring it into your Muay Thai. Usually the Muay Thai you remain in a narrow stance and in boxing a bit of a wider stance, but it’s ok to go back and forth between the two as long as you are ready to defend the low kicks at all times

[@ninjaturtles1987]

Gonna have to save this one to watch before the sparring session. Great point about combining defenses. My preferred jab defense is a parry and if you combine it with a slight pull they'll usually also fall short with the jab-feint left hook that usually comes when you parry a lot. I'd love if you'd maybe expand on these concepts for muay thai or kickboxing as i still have some trouble dealing with kicks (the teep feinting video was great and something i use a lot as i'm not as flexible in the hips to close distance). And one last thing, i'd like to ask you for some advice. I've been sparring for a while now and usually start the session really relaxed and loose and really need a while to get going. Especially if i'm going against someone less experienced. How do i start the session more explosive and reactive? also how do you approach when sparring someone less experienced, I try to take it easy work on my defense or timing but i feel like i should stay more alert and focused.

[@stefankeeney8462]

Nicee yeah that was my goal with the video, to sort of explain the reality of boxing defense and not just the contemporary textbook stuff since as boxing grows, there’s more and more coaches that mean well but just don’t mention those small details that can really make a difference. Personally I think the best way to push the action is to to start working your lead weapons right away like I talked about in the teep video. You don’t need to pressure forward and try driving them back, but when the bell rings you can immediately throw double jabs, low left kicks and lead teeps almost double as much as they, and that should press the action for things to start happening, or set up all your other stuff. I deff feel there’s some fighters I even see in UFC where they are waiting a bit too long for things to happen. If it’s a matter your body feeling warmed up I’d say hit the jump rope for a forced 3 round before you spar, not so easy that you feel like you get the rounds done without sweat, but not so hard that it feels like your legs get tired. I only started forcing myself to do jump rope warm ups up until a year ago and I was blown away how it really just gets the heart rate going and warmed me up better in five minutes than like everyone else does where they just jump on the heavybags. As far as sparring a person less experienced I’d say just try and work on your set ups. If you already know you can dominate them if you just went in on them with offense, try and draw out their shots and counter. It’s sort of like how in BJJ a black belt might have to try their new moves on white and blue belts at first to get the hang of it, so basically no matter the level of the person you spar with you can always “get something out of it” One time I sparred a woman who was 145 and I actually went southpaw and tried to get the outside foot positioning and she was catching me with the cross like crazy. 😂 so handicaps help but you actually gain Somthing from it Hope that helps 👍🏻🫡

[@ninjaturtles1987]

@@stefankeeney8462 Thank you for the advice. You just reminded me that i also wanted to try experimenting from the other stance against beginners. Another thing i find interesting is that setups are easier used against intermediates as some beginners are really inconsistent with their counters as their timing and shot selection is off. But i'm pretty sure you got my issue spot on, the activity, jabs, teeps, lead leg kicks and even just in and out foot feints are something i have to start incorporating more to get consistent setups and even just feinting the lead attacks outside of punching/edge of kicking range to get some sort of a reaction i can use. Looking forward to using this in next week's sparring. Thank you and looking forward to future videos!

[@stefankeeney8462]

Thanks again I’ll be uploading a lot this next month. And yeah the thing that’s strange with setups is sometimes you have to learn then slow, but then they seem to randomly start working better going full speed since everyone is only human and boxing/Muay Thai is a fast sport. I feel that usually to establish a hard shot really sends a message to people to respect it and then you can play off of however they deal with it and build off of it. Good luck with training ! 💪🏻