Trapped on the ropes

Unless they learn to fight on the ropes. It's not that hard but you can't pull it off against anyone.

I think countering is very easy on the ropes because you can hang back, upper body movement is also easy if you don't have to worry about balance. Uppercuts are deadly from the ropes, look at Toney for instance. I do it rather often in sparring, voluntarily. Sometimes when I need a break, but also to stop people from trying to force me there. If it turns out that having you on the ropes isn't really an advantage, they will stop chasing you there.

People tend to get wild when they have you on the ropes, so they walk into stuff while they're trying to swarm you. They also lean a lot, making them perfect targets for uppercuts (lean back and let them fall into one).

But I agree you should also know how to prevent ending up there, or how to get the hell out of there should it happen unwillingly.

 

Going on the ropes in amateurs should be discouraged. Your making the other kid look good to the judges, even if they aren't really landing and your at risk from a stoppage. My friend used to go "in the pocket", a bit like FMJ but it ain't the pros. You only have so many rounds.

 

i counter off the ropes in sparing alot even if i am forced on it. although now i normally move my head and slide to the side as i fight betetr guys. Occasioanlly i go into a shell on the ropes and counter but i normmally move

 

thats exactly what me and my trainer are working on stopping me doing it

 

not good

been learning that as soon as i feel my leg touch just spin off like Ray Robinson did.

 

my coach tells me treat the ropes like an electric wire...the min the back of your legs touch them get the hell off them !

 

Learn how to fight on the ropes and learn how to get off them. There are numerous skills to learn. Don't believe that you can't go anywhere near them.

In the amateurs you want to stay off the ropes just because the system seems limited to any pro techniques. Move and if get near the ropes then you will to learn the most basic move at range - step to the side, jab or hook while pivoting to the left to create space.

 

The ropes can be a tool in your arsenal, if you know how to work them correctly. Many, many fighters neglect their management of range when they have you on the ropes - use this to your advantage by taking advantage of the opportunities presented to you - many fighters square up to enable themselves to throw endless hooks with both hands, and this is a perfect opportunity for you to counter with short, straight shots and pivot off to the side and put your opponent on the back foot.

 

Move your head, clinch, and get out. you dont have to clinch long. just grab him and move him.

 

Key word if, and I will throw this out there, if your an amateur boxer you want to stay off the ropes by all means if you can look at it from the judges perspective, they only see the back of the person on them ropes and the other guy throwing giving them the impression that the man who is not on the ropes is controlling the fight....

even if you are countering off the ropes and blocking and slipping everything they dont see that if your back is to them all they see is you trying to get out of the way and the other man working....

Yes the ropes can be a tool, but its best to save that for the pros.......

 

Agreed. With the current scoring system in am boxing, it can backfire.