Stop a Tank with the Ideal Punch - The Right Cross to the Body

Go Here to Download Your Book - www.myboxingcoach.com - You have an aggressive opponent who likes to commit to the attack, what are your options? Well there's all kids of things you can do, but a fantastic way to use their weight against them is to go with the right cross to the body.
What matters when using the right cross to the body is that we get 3 things right - technique, target and time.
The ideal technique for the right cross to the body involves combining 2 skills; the right cross and the duck.
With the right cross it's important that we begin the execution of the punch with the drive from the back foot. This back foot drive enables a rotation of the upper body through the hips. The rotation is around the centre axis and we must avoid under-rotating or leaning forward with the punch.
The duck is the most simple body movement that a boxer does; straight back and bend at the knees. By combining the right cross with the duck we get the perfect right cross to the body.
The 2nd 'T' is the target. The right cross to the body is about targeting the vital organs just below the lower rib. So, take 3 fingers below the sternum and an inverted 'V' gives us the target area. When using the right cross to the body, don't aim for the abdominal muscles, you need to be precise.
The final 'T' is timing - we want to use the right cross to the body ideally against an advancing opponent (so that we can use their body weight against them) or at least against a static opponent. The right cross to the body is not very effective against a retreating opponent.
When we have landed the right cross to the body (or not), think about what comes next. You can press home the attack with the left hook, double-down on your attack. Alternatively you can push away laterally or diagonally or even cover up and duck into close range. In any scenario, make sure you think about 'what comes next' after you've landed your right cross to the body.
Would love to hear your thoughts.
Cheers
Fran
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[@jfncho]

"Think about the exit after you landed the shot." Now lives in my mind.

[@PhoenixProdLLC]

It's worth it to practice exiting/countering as often as possible. Think about your first couple of shots NOT landing and having a plan you can rely on nearly reflexively. And also that your hands are never dropping on the way back to guard without your consciously choosing that.

[@jfncho]

​@@PhoenixProdLLCthis is really helpful. Thank you!

[@PhoenixProdLLC]

@@jfncho My privilege :)

[@kieranmcardle5541]

Boxing KZbin is a nice place

[@MrByaeger]

I've aged out of sparring but got to say even for stopping some clown from starting a fight , too many people ignore body shots like this. Untrained people can't handle them. They've never been hit with them and they'll stand flat footed in front you , usually squared up, chin in the air staring at your face . Some will even hold their arms out to the side and welcome you! BUT they think you'll swing at their head like 99% would. I practice a LOT of body shots on my BOB as an opening , sternum, liver , pancreas, bladder . You get one of those in you're likely dropping them and they won't even see it coming . And they aren't going to fall like a stone and hit their head like from a KO and YOU end up in jail. Thanks Coach! Another great video.

[@maliksmith9003]

That's... actually spectacular advice. Thank you kind stranger!

[@onthebeachinsitges]

This could not be better timed for me. I'm sparring with a rugby scrum half turned boxer next weekend and I have a feeling that he will be that guy...

[@myboxingcoach]

Cool. Do some drilling with it this week, key is to not try too hard, let the opponent come onto it and then be ready to shift or follow up. Enjoy the spar pal 😀

[@williamsalvaggio4621]

Thanks Coach Sands. You rock. 🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊

[@ameek123]

Thanks for the inspiration Fran Sands.

[@Twobarpsi]

Excellent advice Coach ✊!

[@sren1446]

Fantastisk punch. Thanks coach Sands 👊👊

[@dexocube]

Never even thougt about this punch before, thanks Fran

[@habibmalik1619]

Simple yet effective. Thank you for this video sir🙏

[@myboxingcoach]

Thank you Habib 👍

[@sorearm]

Very nice. Was practising this in a drill the other week; standard jab, cross, then jab, body cross. Holding the pads (just one pad across the chest) and you could really feel it.

[@andrewsilverstein6186]

Great teacher, thanks

[@carloscatano1750]

Thank you!

[@angelsjoker8190]

Nice explanation! As a Southpaw (against Orthodox), I do the left straight with a slip to the right, timing my opponent's jab. Against stationary opponents it's R-jab slip L-straight, and either R-hook to the short ribs or over the top.

[@bigjay24910]

I’m a southpaw that’s my favourite combo. I was shown how to swap my feet. Left foot goes where where the right foot was and you pivot. Can land a nice left hook to the body or head from the side. It goes well with the straight left and slip because your body will go wherever your head goes.

[@randomvidz8742]

Thank you coach I’ve been boxing since September. I know this worked because I done this against “a tank” and it sent him back.

[@carsonjamesiv2512]

Coach KNOWS HIS STUFF!😃😎🫡👍

[@benjaminj.7897]

Thanks a lot Fran! I have heard it said that this punch is particularly good as your opponent is extending to punch himself. I believe that this was also the KO punch Tank Davis used to stop Garcia.

[@SuperDocholly]

Very good!!!

[@JPMgeo]

Great video as always.

[@myboxingcoach]

Thanks, glad you liked it 🥊

[@timetraveller3063]

Excellent

[@kingausar7157]

Awesome video 👍🏾💪🏿

[@myboxingcoach]

Thank you 👍

[@mikeyoung7660]

Love your videos top coach mucker keep them coming 👍👍👍👍👍

[@myboxingcoach]

Thanks mate 👍

[@DJK-cq2uy]

Youre a great coach.

[@myboxingcoach]

Thank You 👍

[@Mark-nd4pk]

New guy . Just watched your Hearns video. Fantastic. The greatest offensive fighter and most exciting fighter I've ever seen. Not the most complete but arguably the best . Never a dull moment. Couldn't argue about him being regarded as the best . Leonard and one or two others maybe. But for pure excitement, Hearns rules supreme . Thank you .

[@myboxingcoach]

Yes. Explosive, never turned away from a fight - a genuine boxing superstar 👍

[@DJK-cq2uy]

💯

[@user-sx2fg9wl8t]

Nice punch.

[@patrickquinn4961]

Thanks fran .for describing. Breaking down how the rockey marceano. Box (-his style )-his stance. His training technique-great video

[@myboxingcoach]

No problem Patrick, thank you 👍

[@bigjay24910]

Thanks for this Fran. I’ve been practicing this for a while but you have explained it better than what I had previously seen. I’ve landed it a few times in sparring but to no effect, probably because they were moving backwards. I’ve got the mechanics down so it shouldn’t be too difficult to adjust the timing.

[@myboxingcoach]

You're welcome, good that you've already tried it as an option 👍

[@bigjay24910]

@@myboxingcoach I like the straight to the body, I do another way with just a small dip and aim downwards and hit with the knuckles just above the belly button. Can feel my knuckles impact even through 14oz gloves.

[@SherwinChow-cg3nw]

Fran just explained that the target of the opponent’s body should be his solar plexus & slightly below to the spleen, ribs or heart region not the stomach area because boxers are more conditioned.😊😊😊😊

[@bigjay24910]

@@myboxingcoachI tried your way out in sparring and landed it more or less every time. It resets the pace really well and makes people think twice about walking forward. I’m southpaw so i have been aiming and landing it on the liver.

[@SimonTAMG]

The old granny in 52B isn't going to stand a chance! 🥊

[@AktarusGoldrake-zb8fs]

Hi Fran....you're my COACH!! I am new to boxing and i discovered this channel by pure chance; i really hope the younger guys (and ladies...) will appreciate your effort and the grace you have when you talk and teach boxing: as i said i am the TOTAL ROOKIE but i can tell that you have a great passion...BOXING Is in you!! 🥊And the fact that you're a true Liverpool lad add a big PLUS to the picture 😉

[@myboxingcoach]

Thanks mate, that's really nice, appreciate the kind words boss 👍

[@jh230377]

Great thanks 👍

[@myboxingcoach]

No worries, thanks 👍

[@dima.english]

Thank you sir for this precious lesson! I have been doing boxing for 4 years, but at a deeply amateur level (issues with health and so on). Would you agree that most of practiced methods don't work so nice during the sparring with a fast and experienced opponent?)) I have this feeling every weekend during our sparring sessions. If you spar a novice (I do it always softly, unlike those crazy novices:) - then yes, of course, I can try all those beautiful check hooks, but when my partner is more experienced than me - I try a lot of punches and techniques, but they hardly work!))

[@georgegarner5331]

If you want to be a good boxer, watch Fran.

[@myboxingcoach]

Thanks George, that's really kind 👍

[@scottpope6210]

That was good

[@SirWonderBeard]

This shit is priceless thank you so much 😊

[@myboxingcoach]

Thanks buddy 👍

[@ElMarinoLoko756]

Thanks bro my little brother stood no chance

[@gussstavo]

*PLEASE DO A MONZON FEARFUL FACTORS!!*

[@frankricci88]

Nice technique , but I would call that a right straight and not a right cross. The “cross” used to refer to a slightly wider punch delivered across your body for maximum power (see Joe Louis) it was not fired straight out like a piston

[@vijayvijay4123]

Wow, a connoisseur

[@distinctiveartflow4197]

I thought the cross was the punch that goes over a jab. To time your opponent. With your cross over his arm. Counter punches

[@vijayvijay4123]

@@distinctiveartflow4197 That was the original definition of the cross . But later it was interpreted as the ops definition. Cross is basically a counter punch to the lead left. But later the lead left and straight right began to be termed as jab and cross.

[@distinctiveartflow4197]

@@vijayvijay4123 much appreciated. For sharing the knowledge. Trying to put it all together. To make sense. You learn something new everyday.

[@frankricci88]

@@distinctiveartflow4197 you might be correct - that theory makes sense to me. Several old drawings form boxing manuals show this type of technique

[@johnrodriguez3509]

With your three ts the most important thing is power nothing to beat raw power

[@leowangmmaclub9311]

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[@user-vz9qh6uq5g]

Been with Fran Sands since 2008

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Fran...You might have done this before but what's best technique for keeping a " swarmer " off. ? I'm thinking of guys like Maidana . Even Floyd had a hard time against him . ( Not to mention Adrian Broner.....🙄🙄! )

[@user-vz9qh6uq5g]

Beem witb Fram Sands since 2008

[@crypttorque681]

Would you say this is the best punch for self defense in the streets too?

[@olafstam4611]

As a tall person i like to use the rear vody uppercut too against an aggressive opponent, is this also valid or am i overlooking something?

[@Happytruth]

In theory are taller individuals more susceptible to damage from smaller or shorter apponents, often taller or heavier individuals have the belief someone with less weight and height cannot defeat them for these reason but can techniques over come larger peoples advantages (weight and height?)

[@eastafrika728]

I see the boxer Tank do it quite a bit.

[@PhoenixProdLLC]

"Never hit a bag without hand protection." Whoops! I've only broken that rule several times now😂. I was told hand conditioning is important and sometimes that means barehanded or wrapped. Not hitting AS hard, but punchinh like you're smashing a poison bug😂 You don't want to hit it so hard you splatter it so much as hit it light and fast. With a glove, you can hit harder but still don't want to "stick" the punch to the bug/bag. I don't do it very often though. Certainly not every session. How do YOU get hands conditioned? In your experience, do you find bags and such are enough to condition them? (I actually DON'T want to be doing anything stupid. I don't have kids hands😂).

[@stevendavies6209]

I find it is hard for most fighters between training and to zeroing real targets when sparring as you don't always hit hard and not really execute the true potential of the punch. I believe in conditioning the hands but have broken my knuckles in a true street fight to the head. The body is the way forward as the coach has demonstrated. The average thug is looking at you straight on which makes it easier for a take down.

[@PhoenixProdLLC]

@@stevendavies6209 I've only broken the base of one knuckle but I've fractured a hand and shattered a wrist. Thankfully, they're much better now then they were. 😂

[@RandomVideos-dw2eb]

His liver and back of the ear are wide open for the check left hook

[@arantxaurrutia0]

Naoia Inoue bread and butter.

[@rosskerr9909]

Bushido at It’s best

[@spr0nz74]

Hello Fran I believe this is a good technique you're showing. But I've been trained to do the cross to the body stepping back sideways with my right foot throwing the punch. If there is something bad about doing that then I'd like some feedback on this comment. ( Orthodox stance)

[@bigjay24910]

If you’re stepping your foot back your stance will be too wide and you will have less power

[@spr0nz74]

alright thanks@@bigjay24910

[@grindordie3336]

That is poor technique and that will get you smashed by a tank.

[@DanyonTogia]

What's your suggestion then

[@grindordie3336]

@@DanyonTogia Depends on size advantage. 1st option is run, 2nd option is heel hook 3rd is chin strike KO. The % chance of stopping a tank with a straight to the body is less than 5% and I train often!

[@DanyonTogia]

@@grindordie3336 okay I will try that thankyou

[@myboxingcoach]

You do realise this is boxing and not Tekken? Just thought I'd check.

[@grindordie3336]

@@myboxingcoach my mistake, boxing is so weak I cannot even think is those terms... So a "tank" is a guy who can take a shot? & is in your weight class? Still a poor technique...