Hey y'all, would love some tips on what I should work on improving. I've had some coaches for kickboxing on and off, but never an actual boxing coach (most of my improvement has come through forums like this.) So if y'all could give any tips that'd be amazing! Thanks in advance! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmzSRKzAweI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E60f1A_bat4 Also on a side note, are there any boxers that I should study based on what you see in these videos?
I can tell you have some background lol. Here is what I saw: -You throw the uppercut from too far away, that isn't smart because it can be easily missed/countered. -Bring back your punches quicker when you throw them -You telegraph the hand that you are about to throw. For example the right cross, you bring it back a bit and hold it just enough for someone to tell you are about to throw it. Doesn't happen every time but it happens enough. -Your left isn't high enough due in part to the elbows not being tucked -Put more of a snap into your punches, you have good form it just seems you push once the punch gets to your arm. Good footwork! It might seem like this is a long list but it's really mostly little stuff. If you need me to clarify any of this feel free to ask, I'll keep reviewing the tape for any other stuff.
My opinion: Video1 : - Too straight, looks like a kickboxer stance, limiting your wrist movement and decreasing your punching power because of the high weight center. Also you are unable to cover your head and body with your guard because of that. - Your front leg stance is to kick (lifting your foot on yout toes), that breaks the rhythm and takes your balance in boxing, also limits your mobility. That leg is too extended and doesn't allow you to really put your weight in your right punches. - Announcing your punches, but that may be caused by your stance. Video 2: - Better hand speed than the previous video. - You twist both feet when you throw a hook or uppercut (curves un general). Without a pivot point (flat feet) you cannot transfer power to the punch but you spin your body losing balance in stead. By correcting this you won't only gain power but stability and you will be able to use longer combinations. - The same kickboxing stance limits your angles, power and defensive movements. I hope you find something useful in this post.
Well first of all, do you want to be a kickboxer/MMA fighter or do you want to learn pure boxing? If you want the latter then first and the most important thing: buy some boxing shoes. You don't see football (soccer) players playing football barefooted on the grass, boxing shoes are important aspect of boxing and they will help you a lot. Secondly, it's good that you're using footwork and don't just stand in front of the bag, you'd want to build on that. But as it was mentioned, it's too kickboxing/muay thai based, you'd want to have that boxing bounce and don't move your leg up like you're checking kicks if you're boxing. Watch Cotto on heavy bag here to see what I mean with that boxing "bounce" (don't know a better term in English, not my first language): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySQSnKQ2gSs One drill that helped me improve this is this tennis ball drill that Kovalev does at the beginning of the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGLXqbSp3XU Muay thai fighters are flat footed, they have that "you hit me i hit you style" where they stand in front of each other. You're going to get murdered from all angles if you do that in boxing. When you're doing head movement, slipping punches etc. you're doing it too lazy, maybe that's a trait from kickboxing too but in boxing you need to drop your hips more, bend your knees a bit, "squat" a lot. That way you'll be able to load on that uppercut and throw it Tyson style. It seems that you want to have a bit of a bob and weave style and that's good for someone of your build, here's a good demonstration of how to move your head (ie. your entire body): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cXIKIkYP_o Kickboxing is different here because you may eat a knee or a leg kick if you're dropping your hips like that and weave around, but in boxing this is a must. This is what I mean with loading your uppercut: http://i37.tinypic.com/mw9puo.jpg http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view1/20131213/4923411/tyson-uppercut-o.gif Also, when you go with the jab to the body like around 1:10 in the first video drop your body down a bit, this is boxing you're not eating a flying knee, "squat" more and change levels. http://s3.firstpost.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/03_Mayweather_Pacquiao.jpg If you're going to throw uppercuts in this sloppy lazy version prepared to be countered viciously. I'm not necessarily against such uppercuts if you're really fast and use them as a distraction and part of some well-trained combo if your opponent is covering up for example or is off balance but otherwise this is a huge no-no.
You are generating some nice power with the right hand. But you should work on your left hook with regards to speed & power. By speed I mean you have to be able to turn it around from a static position only a little slower than your jab. Needs to be near instantaneous. By power I mean it needs to be a fight ending shot, just as hard or harder than the right hand. Probably a good idea to use it more often too, and hook of the jab or even start with the hook (great vs southpaws). Echoing what Slavic Fighter said, you probably need to make a choice if you want to kickbox or just box. The more you kickbox the worse your boxing will be and vice versa. That said in all honesty bag work isn't make or break either way (don't be a bag beater), sparring is where you'll learn how to fight! But obviously you do want your technique to be as good as it can be, as 50% or more of technique usually goes out the window in a fight :yep Practicing in front of the mirror also really helps for technique. All the best
Your balance looks terrible. No upper body/head movement at all. Whenever you come up straight legged, I cringe. Looks like your using a lot of energy to punch for a mediocre impact. Check your stance, jump rope to help with balance/agility, practice head movement in shadowboxing.
From a purely boxing POV (ie - not Muay Thai, etc): You were perhaps slightly too square to the target, try and be a bit more side-on. Not only will you make yourself less of a target, but you can throw the right hand with a bit more leverage When you throw the jab, you need to bring your hand back faster to protext your chin. You telegraphed the jab a few times No issues with your power, but try to snap your punches, noticed you let your punches hang for a split second on a couple of occasions LEft-hook - to slightly contradict what I said above; I'd say your left-hook needs a bit of fine-tuning. I think it's more to do with your balance when throwing it directly after you've thrown a couple of punches in the combo. Make sure you pivot on your left foot Try and be a bit more elusive after throwing a shot. Noticed you bobbed and weived at some points but you were a bit too upright after throwing a combo Try and move around the bag a bit more - keep your feet moving Good work :thumbsup Here's my favourite video on throwing the left-hook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk2h6E6cd8Y
