my trainer told me that body shots arent counted in amateur fights (he was very angry while telling me this) is this true and why? it sucks
It's not that they're never counted but the it's got to be a really clear shot. It's just the way the scoring is. Even if it's really obvious, if the judge didn't actually see the white part of the glove hit a legal area they can't press the button. The judges are on all sides of the ring so if you hit a guy on one side of the body it's likely that not all judges will see it and you need 3 out of 5 for it to count as a point. It sucks. I go to the body alot, and I've lost three fights by just one point, two of them in the finals of tournaments. But I still keep throwing them because they hurt, tire your opponent out, and are used to set up other shots.
Only time you should throw a body shot is in close otherwise someone with fast feet can take a step back leave you wide open.
The judges don't appreciate body work in amateur boxing. It's a shame. They do count body shots but not as much as head work.
love it my coach is a big fan of jabbing ur way in, dropping ur knees and doing ur work on the body, then getting the f**k out. we spent hours and hours over the last few months practicing combos to the body. i finally dropped someone with a 3 punch body combo last night. i hate to brag and the guy was not a great boxer, but it felt great to put everything we've practiced into reality in the ring. its all about getting the lower centre of gravity and digging the shots in hard and turning the punches over. sounds easy but everyone knows its damn hard to set up those combos when coming in from the outside! i dont know about the scoring but i know that, like VIP said , those shots really slow aguy down and take the wind out of his sails. if he thinks ur gonna unload body shots he will (hopefully) drop his guard a little and make it easer to land to the head. i like to throw 3 quick jabs to the head and then a big right to his body and then step out. but beware to bend your knees LOW or yoour whole face will be open to a counter when you step in with the right hand.
It has to be really clean. All honesty, in the Ams, bodywork is mainly done to tire the oppenent or go for the stoppage, rather than score points. More or less all higher up fights in britain have little body work.
