Setting traps.

Well,

Someone had to do it, isnt it?

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Setting a trap is essentially when one fighter manipulates their opponent into a specific position/part of the ring/course of action and further tricks them into what seems to be favorable for the fighter walking into the trap but usually ends up being a stick up in the ring with counter punches.

 

Only time I've ever been stone cold knocked out I walked right into a trap. It was against a fighter about four inches shorter than me and he kept getting me to trail him and he was going backwards and making sharp 90-degree angle pivots and I got lazy and as I followed him (one of the first rules you learn in boxing is don't follow a boxer) I had been getting gassed and as I took one step forward, i took a deep breath with my mouth open and my hands were more down to my side than protecting my face and at that exact moment he exploded off his pivot and threw a picture perfect overhand. It was basically the perfect storm of events. They say it's the shots you don't see coming that hurt you/knock you out. Well I saw this coming as it happened like it was in slow-mo and I knew he had me from the second he threw it and I watched for what seemed like a minute this bomb flying perfectly at my unprotected and open jaw. Boom. I learned quite a few lessons that day.

 

award for response post of the season goes to.....

 

One of the key reasons for it is distance control. Boxing is really all about distance, one opponent prefers to be at a certain distance over the other and whoever can control that distance usually wins.

Say you take 1 step forward, your opponent takes 1 step back, you’re back at square 1. In the case of Loma or morales for example they would lean forward, the opponent sees an opening, goes for a shot or counter and in the case of Morales, he’ll counter that jab with his overhand right. With Loma, he’ll slip and counter with a combo, same as Pac.

It’s a bit different from counterpunching, it’s more trying to bait an opponent into doing something they think they’re taking advantage of and then you take advantage of that fact.

Similar to a chess game where 1 guy thinks 1-2 moves ahead and you thought 3-4 moves ahead, the first 1-2 moves are to lure them in into a confident move they perceived to be advantageous.

 

Throw jab right, watch response
Do it again, and again. Etc

If you can predict what your opponent will do next time you throw that jab assuming you're going to throw that right, well the jab is the trap to set up said counter.

 

Why? What other traps are you associated with?

 

Theres a good video on youtube called the Tao of Roberto Duran, that has some good stuff on there. Baiting with the jab etc.

Also a Mayweather one, usually on the linked videos. Theres a clip in that one that shows when he fought Cotto (I think) and he leans forward so it looks like hes in punching range, cotto swings, falls short and gets countered.

Both worth a watch.

 

Setting a trap. Making them expect something and then for something else to happen.

Recent fan boy example - GGG-Lemmy. Strong jab...strong jab...strong jab...stayed in the same position to line up a jab but threw the lead hand to the body and back up top again. Lemmy was expecting the jab, thus fell into a trap

 

Johnny Gonzales ktfo Abner Mares precisely this way. Pay close attention to the Flicky jab he throws just before the lethal left hook.
He had been doing this the entire 1st round before unloading that bomb.
Nacho Berstain a G-enius!

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although ive never been ko'd ive been hurt and in that position where you can see it coming but can't do anything about it

 

Feints are the most commonly used traps, especially in the early rounds before a boxer learns to read them better....

 

He is a master at putting extra strong mouse traps in gloves!!

 

crawford and canelo are good at it

 

Good post as always my friend.