Fighters copy the Shoulder Roll but how many can copy the Peek-a-Boo?!

Floyd Patterson, also a D'amato trainee, was one of the first to use the peek-a-boo. Winky Wright also used it often.

 

The shoulder roll is a fast-track to brain damage

 

Peek-a-boo style has solid defense integrated into it when used correctly, but it's still an offensive style made for getting into range. Obviously it has to be defensively sound if you don't want to get butchered while moving in but it's not defensive per se.

 

I think shoulder roll defense is an essential part of boxing and should be learned by anyone. Whether you actually use it in a fight is your choice but you have to know the basics of it just like you have to be comfortable with high guard, fencing guard, inside fighting etc. whatever your primary style is.

There are so many advantages to fighting with your lead hand down both offensively and defensively. As you said, it's a sign of a confident fighter, someone who is comfortable in the ring. Defensively, when you train to fight in this way you improve your judgement of distance and range, footwork, head movement and upper body movement. You're also able to see the punches coming at you much better as well as openings for counters.

Offensively, keeping your lead hand down gives you the opportunity to shoot punches with your lead hand from a variety of awkward angles and while your opponent is constantly busy and worried about your lowered lead hand you can surprise him and shoot with your rear hand instead.

Not so relevant for boxing as a sport but fighting this way is better for the street too. You don't have big boxing gloves to block punches in a real fight so high guard becomes pretty useless.

 

I see a lot of posters mistaking a high guard with the peek a boo...

For example arthur arbraham doesnt use the peek a boo at all...in fact nobody does

 

Yes in my youth it was perfect when p1ss heads would swing wild hooks at me for spilling their drinks looking at them or their girlfriends etc etc.

 

Comparing the shoulder roll to the peek a boo lmfao

 

^ How so???