Ducking under the belt line

its rule in amateur boxing, in pro they allow it because it is flashy and nice for public

 

Launch the uppercutts! Smash them in their face down position!

 

Doesn't need to be that powerful to catch them on an exposed nose and do enough damage to make them realise they aren't totally safe...or swing it from the knees...they'll never see it coming >_>

 

Maybe not an uppercut, but nutsac to the chin should persuade them to halt.

 

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we get taught in the ams its ok to duck low but you cant stay down there,

 

Ward does it all the time and turns his back while he does it

 

Sweet Pea is an awesome fighter, but man, he spammed the hell out of ducking low

 

I was reading the WBC, WBA, and WBO rules recently. I saw a no ducking under the belt line rule in one of them. I figure if someone does it, their opponent should be allowed to rabbit punch them in the back of the head. Sort of like I figure if you clinch a lot, your opponent should get away with holding and hitting.

 

You guys act like this was invented yesterday ... but it wasn't.

There are plenty of examples out there of how to handle an opponent who ducks his head low:

Watch Muhammad Ali against Archie Moore -- uppercuts and throwing short, arcing punches from either side that land on the sides of the head. If you want to say that's just Ali being young against an old Moore, fair enough, but look at other fights where people had success against Moore, who dipped low more often than anyone you'll probably ever see.

Look at Whitaker against Azumah Nelson, who comes in with his head low. As noted, Sweet Pea could get low, too, and what he does is bend his knees and fights short so he's on the same level with Nelson.

Or how about Holyfield against Qawi, Sugar Ray Robinson against LaMotta, the masterclass performance of Joe Walcott against Marciano in their first fight (before Rock landed the bomb), or Foreman against Frazier.

It's all about changing your punching axis and timing -- no one ever fights with their head below the belt 100 percent of the time, round after round ... what goes down must come up, so the opponent needs to position himself to time his shots when the "ducker" brings his head back up, because then he's vulnerable.

Every opponent's style presents a challenge. The problem is today's fighters tend to want to rely on athleticism rather than skill ... if you look at how all-time greats handled opponents who came in low, you can learn the skills necessary to deal with it.

It's like complaining about "running" -- which is lateral movement -- rather than learning how to cut off the ring, or complaining about clinching when the guy getting "clinched" constantly throws one of his hands in the space between the other guy's arm and his torso ... allowing himself to be tied up, rather than keeping his own arms and gloves tight so he's hard to grab -- when you put your arm inside the other guy's elbow, it's impossible for him not to clinch you unless you throw your arms up in the air and leave yourself vulnerable.

The job of Boxer A is not to cooperate with Boxer B and make his night easier. It's up to Boxer B to solve the puzzle.

If your knowledge of boxing is such that you can't see a way to hit a guy ducking low without rabbit punching him, or your imagination is so limited that you can't find a way to deal with a tactic, you should watch the masters and learn the marvels of the Sweet Science.

 

I think some Maidana style launch a knee up the middle should be allowed when someone ducks low like that. :yep
Try ducking low on the street like that and see what happens...