How do you go about defending against flurrys of punches??? I keep struggling in sparring when people start throwing punches in bunches at me, I can normally slip/roll the first 2 or 3 but then I start taking them and my brain shuts down until they stop throwing... Anyone else have/had this problem? How did you overcome it what do you do when someone starts throwing flurrys at you?
I have problems with this as well and just try to hold as soon as I feel the punches landing. I think the idea is to not be in the way or back off/move away when they come forward or maybe use the mayweather 'check hook' but it's a lot easier said than done and probably takes a lot of practise to get it right consistently
I am a flurry fighter, and there are few things that guys have done to neutralize me that I think work well, depending on height. If you are as long, pivot to the left as they begin the flurry with your back foot and stick a very stiff jab in their face, even if you have to push back with the lead ball of your foot. (By pivoting to the left, I mean in such a way that your rear shoulder gets further away from their jab, but watch overhand rights and be sure to bring your jabbing hand back up) If you have long forearms and are not quick on your feet, adopt the winky wright tight guard as they come in and try to time a short upper cut in between the flurries. If you are slower handed, NEVER try to match work rate, you will just open yourself up and get taken apart, it is more important to keep your head, try to maintain range with intelligent footwork, keep your guard tight, and counter HARD when the openings occur so they are reluctant to open up with flurries. Just about every opponent who has tried to match my work rate without making me pay with hard counters has gotten overwhelmed. Guys who are patient can stop flurries.
That is pretty much what I would suggest. If you move well and control the distance, it is really hard for a guy to start unloading punches when (a) he is out of range and (b) can't get his feet set. Mosley did this pretty well against Holiday; he took a guy that was throwing 140 a round and had him punching 60 times a round and won at least 10 of 12. Or you tuck in, get in real close, make him smother his own punches. And when you counter make it count. Of course to do that, you have to be able to punch hard at very tight quarters and you have to be able to feel when to punch.
Punch him when he flurries? IE parry, slip, punch. Don't just let him have a turn lol. You'll find body shots and the threat thereof tend to keep people from flurrying at you. When he lets his hands go either counter him or smother him.
1. Use your footwork to move out of the way 2. bend low and hold him immediately 3. when you see that he is about to flurry and starts lunging at you, throw a combination of STRAIGHT punches at him.
Smother his punches by stepping forward with your right shoulder on his chest.Stay in the inside of his arms and keep pressing forward.Keep your balance and stay tight!
it sounds like you have te first step already practiced by moving your head and not get hit for the first few punches. that's actually quite an acheivement. use this as your foundation and start usin your feet. someone who throws 20punch combos you need to make them miss the first or second shot AND sidestep/angle so you're not there for the other 19-20 punches in the combination. the sidestep/angle works two items: 1. getting out of the way 2. turning your opponent so he has to pick his feet up and will have to "uproot" his base. keep him turning like a bull and matador using (as suggested above) parries and sidesteps.
if the other guy is windmilling is shots ,,try to keep your guard at chin ,bob down with a straight 4 combo down the middle,,starting with the back hand
At the novice level, if you can handle the first 2-3 punches on their flurry, the subsequent punches should be WIDE OPEN to be countered. After moving your head, they are probably going to be throwing wild punches for the next few. They are going to be slower, and they will be off balance most likely. This is why making them miss is better then use blocking them with a tight guard. If you just blocked them, they could continue to work you over like a heavy bag. I would suggest a step ir quick pivot to take an angle, hit him HARD with a 2 or 3 punch combom then step out. The big thing is don't be in front of him. And make sure you fire back!
I have a theory, haven't tested it out yet, but if you fight such a guy, if I pin my head (assume I am taller I am a 6'0 welterweight with an 80 reach) into your chest and use my arms to tangle up yours, I should be able to neutralize the flurry. Also if I pin my head to your shoulder left and block your left with my right and use it to try to push you off balance you won't be able to get any force in your punches, while I am able to use my left upper cut to block your right hooks. In the past I have used my foot work and a jab though, I also used a tactic where I simply would swing both arms side to side in a rapid manner from the waist while keeping them up in the mummy position but with my fist facing outward, this had the effect of basically blocking lots of the shots about 80% while throwing the opponent of balance because you do it in a forceful manner while stepping backwards slowly. The guy stopped flurrying when I caught his arm between my guard and twisted it about 180 degrees throwing him off balance and dragging his arm. I also think throwing big long circle type foreman uppercuts would give this style hell. Seemed to work well for foreman vs frazier. Throwing punches straight down the middle would hurt the guy too. pushing his shoulder to throw him off balance or just dragging down his arm. The idea is to tire out the guy until he can't throw the flurrys anymore, I have met few guys who can maintain that pace consistently and they are not used to having someone interupt them like that so it can throw them off when u reduce them to one hand. Even just leaning on them and trying to push them into the ropes is enough. they can still throw but the punch will have no power behind it as they are going backwards, you can even charge forward fast and ram them head to chest pounding their gut uppercuts that are coming from long distance, they will have trouble to avoid it as they will have to slip out and then try and set up flurry again.
Good advice here :deal Don't be afraid to come out of your shell once they start a flurry. You can either counter or go for the clinch. The point is not to freeze. Get something going instead of shelling up for the duration of the flurry. You're not doing anything wrong. You're stuck in one of the very classic scenarios where most of us had to learn from experience and so will you.
