How do you defend against wild attack

try stepping forward rather than backwards. keep the guard tight and step in not allowing them to catch you with wild swings. use short quick punches on the inside.

Thats what i have always been told to do against a wild, constant puncher.

Anyone any different?

 

try straight shots.

 

Watch some Mike Tyson videos.

 

It depends what you mean, if you mean the type that bum rushes you, swinging wildly, get into a lower body position, tuck the chin to the chest and give them your lead shoulder, effectively put it against their chest.. keep the chin tucked and you take away their ability to throw wide angled shots.


If you feel their weight coming off of your shoulder (i.e they’re about to move away) then fire a tight body swivel right uppercut, just make sure you’ve still got that chin tucked and your left hand is protecting your cheek.

If you feel them pressing against you and in a way, leaning against you, spin away to the right and look to go upstairs with a lead right hand then move out of range to avoid any counter shots.

If they don’t make a movement either way, wrap the left arm around the body and force them to reset – wild swingers tend to get frustrated easily when you do this.

 

Good advice.

I try to step inside their punches. If they are swinging wildly you can usually take a quit step forward and take away their punch by getting so close that they end up hitting your shoulder with their forearm. Then stay there throwing your own short punches as long as you can.

 

Well said, wild attackers normally attack with telegraphed wild hooks, knowing this one can easily position himself and fire back with clean straight shots down the pipe.

 

Straight shots aren't the safest option for a guy without too much experience because you can still wear one of those wide angled hooks, the closer you get, the less chance they have of landing clean - plus you can then go to town with a body attack or like I said above, swivel the body and utilise where they're putting their weight against them.

 

I like letting them hit me on the glove a few times, boosts their confidence and if they're not experienced, gives them reason to keep swinging - weather a minute or two of it and then you've got yourself a big heavy bag for the rest of the round to work over.

But I wouldn't suggest that to a new boxer, too risky, better to as you say, get inside the punches, put the shoulder on their chest and wait for them to make a move.

Boxing much like chess comes down to putting your opponent in a position that you can strike a telling blow.

 

Oh my bad I must have failed to read the thread starters part about his level of experience

hmmm interesting, I thought the closer you are to any target it's easier to hit it? my bad again I guess

So simple straight shots are not the best for a guy with limited experience? but he can all of a sudden

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You box much or just type what you think like you know what you are talking about?

 

I don't care how much experience a boxer has, defending against an inexperienced wild swinger is always difficult. It's much easier to fight someone who has skill and uses it.

 

The best thing you can do is throw hard, fast straight shots. Also, try timing him for an uppercut. If he is that wild, his defense is not that on par, so if you can remain calm under his attack, you will see he pobably is pretty easy to hit

 

If you keep both your hands up to take care of the punches to the face, throw fast straight shots and get that hand right back up to your face, you should be good

 

Pivots will mess up someone who is wildly coming forwards

 

too right
i sent a lad through the ropes in one of my fights by doing it