How do fighters beat counter punchers in boxing matches?

GGG is another fighter that excels against counterpunchers. He ate up Wade, Stevens, Murray, Monroe and beat Jacobs clearly in a competitive fight. He also handled Canelo in the 1st fight (but was robbed) & argubly beat him the 2nd time. Even in the 3rd fight at 40, he had some success in the latter rounds.

 

Awesome topic. A lot of different ways. Make them go first is #1 priority. Stink them out and just pick and prod with them. Jab the jabber. See if their gameplan is solid in their mind. This is almost a requirement to at least try once in my opinion.

Counter the counter is #2, trying to bait a counter out and punish them with your shots, a common one is to throw a jab knowing they are looking to right hand over but throwing the jab just to position yourself to defend and counter their right hand counter.

#3 is synchronistic timing, if you know when the counter is coming or what they're trying to key off on, try to hit them at the same time they hit you and create a little brawl of chaos off of that. A good example of this is if they are countering your jab, throw two shots when they are expecting only one. A lot of times you can land on eachother at the same time. Use that exchange to try and create dysfunction and chaos. A counter fighter's ideal is to make order out of chaos, and a brawler the opposite.

And last, and worstly because it plays right into their gameplan is the bulldozer, #4, go right at them and land your stuff through force of will. Try to break them down but with defense. Always moving the head and creating angles of attack. I think awkward shots are amazing to complete this strategy with and the best bulldozers are able to create power from awkward angles e.g. Foreman and Frazier. Foreman had a little more game on him, with his jab, but would often rely on strange angle power to just crush a counter fighter.

 

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