I Do 500 After Training At Home And 500 In The Morning.

Anyone Else Think This Is The Most Important Punch To Master Before Even Thinking Of Pro.


What Training Do You Guys Do Specifically For The Punch? Any Routines Just For This?


And Special Ways You Throw It.... I Just Think This Punch Is So Great And It Opens Up Everything... If You Can Have A Better Jab And Its Nice Snappy And A Good Speed ... You Could Probably Beat Anyone....




Thoughts?

well i always shadowbox every single day and throw hundreds of each type of punch. What i've been practicing lately is working with my jab footwork and i've been getting good at jabbing and moving... i've been practicing the triple jab, juking over with each jab, and sometimes following up with a straight right to the body. Jabbing and moving in any direction will confuse the **** out of most am fighters.

edit: the only time i've ever not done well in sparring is when i don't at least double up on the jab.

Get it right and practice practice practice and practice...

well i always shadowbox every single day and throw hundreds of each type of punch. What i've been practicing lately is working with my jab footwork and i've been getting good at jabbing and moving... i've been practicing the triple jab, juking over with each jab, and sometimes following up with a straight right to the body. Jabbing and moving in any direction will confuse the **** out of most am fighters.

edit: the only time i've ever not done well in sparring is when i don't at least double up on the jab.

YEA TO BE HONEST.... I DON'T SEE THE JAB USED OFTEN...

GOOD MOVEMENT AND A POWERFUL JAB WOULD BE DEADLY ON ANY LEVEL...

i find that jabbing and then shifting my weight to the back foot just opens up beautiful counter counter right-hands for me. Thats how I land my right hands at least, my left hooks are usually landed by hooking off the jab.

Look at how devastating the fighters are who have a really good jab. That punch alone wins fights. It keeps your opponent away, Measures for you right hand and basically opens up for everything else you would want to throw. I think it is easily the most important punch to master.

thats good for me because i constantly get told by trainers that i have a really hard jab. you really have to double up to use it to good effect. a great one i use is double jab and then a straight right to the body. theyre so busy protecting the head that they often leave it open.

i love my straight right jab to head straight left to body. it almost always gets through for me and its a killer.

i do train my jab as often as possible but i try to train my left arm more than only my jab, for example i like to train with the double end bag throwing combinations with only my left hand, it really helps me pick up speed to all my punches plus gives me better balance when sparring, like throwing jab, double left hook , or jab left upper.

But yeah sometimes i do just jabs to get used to the movement and get some power behind it, but as i have mentioned before i am not tall so i am more of a body puncher thats why in spar/fights i am the kind of guys that tries to close the distance so jabs cannot be really used, not the kind of guys that takes distance to use his own jab

It depends on what kind of fighter you are, Mike Tyson didn't use the jab alot.

It depends on what kind of fighter you are, Mike Tyson didn't use the jab alot.

Translates as "mike tyson never knocked anyone out with a jab"

If Mike read this statement i think he'd roll in his grave.

I love the jab.. Best punch by far. Im still working on it, but it feels so good when you almost master it....Not saying I mastered it, but my jab has gotten really good, and just throwing a following right hand after it makes the jab deadly.

i do train my jab as often as possible but i try to train my left arm more than only my jab, for example i like to train with the double end bag throwing combinations with only my left hand, it really helps me pick up speed to all my punches plus gives me better balance when sparring, like throwing jab, double left hook , or jab left upper.

But yeah sometimes i do just jabs to get used to the movement and get some power behind it, but as i have mentioned before i am not tall so i am more of a body puncher thats why in spar/fights i am the kind of guys that tries to close the distance so jabs cannot be really used, not the kind of guys that takes distance to use his own jab

man your arms are ****ing huge... what cycle are you on?

yea the jab is good just make sure u double or triple it when u throw it or else a good counter puncher will just throw his over hand right to catch you while you're open..just switch things up and keep moving in the ring...also footwork is really important to master have quick legs to move outta the way

Most definitely the all important punch in the fighters arsenal. It is really the only punch that can win you a fight if you've got nothing else. Also, if you master the jab the other punches quite truly run off the mastery of that jab and from there it is a small step to getting everything up and happening.

Once the basic jab is mastered I think a very under-utilised method of training for the jab are jab combinations and feinting. Most people just think "Jab to the face" without realising just how devastating a great jab to the sternum, heart or body can be. The classic double body jab thrown to the sternum and to the head is such a brilliant combination and can set up a multitude of attack variations and counter possibilities. The fact that it is such a great defensive maneuver while being so effective at slowing an opponent down and setting up counter combo attacks and yet is also so under-used is baffling.

Feinting with the body jab is also a great way to put your opponent out of his rhythm. Having a great jab arsenal is going to open your repertoire to so many possibilities that you would be stunned as to how you ever did without such an arsenal. I love a jab to the body and head in combination as it is also a great defensive set up as the body jab is often countered with a right which would then be blocked by the second jab to the head opening up a hard straight right to the body. Also feinting the body jab then going up to the head is highly effective.

It can be very difficult to actually catch someone that has a solid understanding of jab combo's if they use them to the body as well. It sets up an amazing amount of various attack possibilities that can be very daunting and confusing if faced with such an opponent.

To master the jab and it's defensive and offensive capabilities is to master boxing. What is the best defense for a jab? Block and counter jab. What is the best way to offset an offensive fighter? The jab. What is the best way to get off your attack if you are an offensive minded fighter? The jab. How can you offset a counter puncher? Use the jab to set up combinations and finish with the jab to keep at range. What is the best way to find the range? Jab. What is the best way to bust up your opponents face and deflate their attack? Jab.

If you can really master the jab, you can go a long way in boxing with just that. It really can be the most potent weapon and can offset just about every advantage an opponent has if used smartly. There is nothing better than watching someone who has the mastered the jab. The most important punch in boxing. Still highly under-utilised!

Exactly, when you start to jab to the body they start looking for it, this can set you up for a really nice hard jab to the chin which can really knock their head back. If you feint the jab to the body while in the same crouching position to throw the body jab you can rise it up the meet the chin putting your back leg, back and jab arm all in a straight line and thus a lot of force behind it. Followed behind a combination is perfect.

I see people attacking amateur boxing in here a lot, and I always defend it. One of the things people always claim is that you don't have to throw hard punches, it's a 'pitty pat' style. I find this really ironic, because my main peeve about am boxing is the fact that jabs almost never score points. Even when the other guys head is rocked back, the jab rarely gives you a point.
Regardless of this, the jab remains important to set up your other shots. My personal favorite is throwing jab to the body, followed by a right to the head. Even at high levels, this is a really effective way to get that first scoring shot, that means you're ahead in the fight. I have my boys use this all the time, and I'd say it's at least 80% effective as the first attack in the fight.

The Jab is Great! i love the jab! So does my trainer, makes me do 3 X 2min high intensity rounds on the pads using the jab only -varies it up with ones, twos and threes, body jabs (always start on the head for a body jab) & power jabbing
I havent trained for a couple of months, but **** this used to kill, needless to say after a couple weeks of this you could jab anyones block off

I am very very confused. My trainer says to me when you throw a left you move ur right shoulder downslighty. Is there a difference between a straight left and a jab. Does everyone call it a jab or can it be just called a left. And also I throw this other left which my hands straighten he sed that develops into a hook.

Most definitely the all important punch in the fighters arsenal. It is really the only punch that can win you a fight if you've got nothing else. Also, if you master the jab the other punches quite truly run off the mastery of that jab and from there it is a small step to getting everything up and happening.

Once the basic jab is mastered I think a very under-utilised method of training for the jab are jab combinations and feinting. Most people just think "Jab to the face" without realising just how devastating a great jab to the sternum, heart or body can be. The classic double body jab thrown to the sternum and to the head is such a brilliant combination and can set up a multitude of attack variations and counter possibilities. The fact that it is such a great defensive maneuver while being so effective at slowing an opponent down and setting up counter combo attacks and yet is also so under-used is baffling.

Feinting with the body jab is also a great way to put your opponent out of his rhythm. Having a great jab arsenal is going to open your repertoire to so many possibilities that you would be stunned as to how you ever did without such an arsenal. I love a jab to the body and head in combination as it is also a great defensive set up as the body jab is often countered with a right which would then be blocked by the second jab to the head opening up a hard straight right to the body. Also feinting the body jab then going up to the head is highly effective.

It can be very difficult to actually catch someone that has a solid understanding of jab combo's if they use them to the body as well. It sets up an amazing amount of various attack possibilities that can be very daunting and confusing if faced with such an opponent.

To master the jab and it's defensive and offensive capabilities is to master boxing. What is the best defense for a jab? Block and counter jab. What is the best way to offset an offensive fighter? The jab. What is the best way to get off your attack if you are an offensive minded fighter? The jab. How can you offset a counter puncher? Use the jab to set up combinations and finish with the jab to keep at range. What is the best way to find the range? Jab. What is the best way to bust up your opponents face and deflate their attack? Jab.

If you can really master the jab, you can go a long way in boxing with just that. It really can be the most potent weapon and can offset just about every advantage an opponent has if used smartly. There is nothing better than watching someone who has the mastered the jab. The most important punch in boxing. Still highly under-utilised!


Finally someone who sorta thinks liek me...

its not all about the Right hand or hook.

the jab is very VERY important!

if your fighting a big puncher; you jab to keep him away and under control
if your fighting a speed puncher; you jab to slow him down

if your fighting a textbook boxer you jab to throw him off

it is such a versatile punch

unfortunately most boxers dont throw it with power which is a huge shame.

My "secret" to a good jab is to think of the jab as not complete until it has returned to my guard. I think of the impact as the halfway point, and try to get it back into my guard as quickly as I can. I use the emphasis on the pull-back to snap it, and this makes it harder for someone to counter over the top.

Finally someone who sorta thinks liek me...

its not all about the Right hand or hook.

its always more fun to land a big right hand though!

My "secret" to a good jab is to think of the jab as not complete until it has returned to my guard. I think of the impact as the halfway point, and try to get it back into my guard as quickly as I can. I use the emphasis on the pull-back to snap it, and this makes it harder for someone to counter over the top.




damn i do the exact same thing.

da1catas im guna knock u out with a single jab u lil *****, 1 single jab i promise u

I Started A Really Good Jab Routine... Works So Well For Me.....

The Guys I Always Spar Can't Even Touch Me Now.

My "secret" to a good jab is to think of the jab as not complete until it has returned to my guard. I think of the impact as the halfway point, and try to get it back into my guard as quickly as I can. I use the emphasis on the pull-back to snap it, and this makes it harder for someone to counter over the top.

i tried that but i found i was sacrificing alot of power for a little more speed.

I Started A Really Good Jab Routine... Works So Well For Me.....

The Guys I Always Spar Can't Even Touch Me Now.

Yeah I saw that in your video quick sharp and you can do three in a row with the same power and speed while keeping your form, nice.

My "secret" to a good jab is to think of the jab as not complete until it has returned to my guard. I think of the impact as the halfway point, and try to get it back into my guard as quickly as I can. I use the emphasis on the pull-back to snap it, and this makes it harder for someone to counter over the top.


Yes, the overhand right is always a potential threat, but good technique reduces the possibility of getting hit. Do you remember Jimmy Thunder, from down under? About 10 years ago, on Friday Night Fights I think it was, he knocked out a guy with one punch, and it was the only punch he threw! His victim was prone to a lazy jab, and Jimmy Thunder timed a perfect overhand right. That was an easy win.

I'm all in favor of a GOOD quality jab, as you have pointed out. Degrade the quality and Jimmy Thunder might punish you for it.

Yes, the overhand right is always a potential threat, but good technique reduces the possibility of getting hit. Do you remember Jimmy Thunder, from down under? About 10 years ago, on Friday Night Fights I think it was, he knocked out a guy with one punch, and it was the only punch he threw! His victim was prone to a lazy jab, and Jimmy Thunder timed a perfect overhand right. That was an easy win.

I'm all in favor of a GOOD quality jab, as you have pointed out. Degrade the quality and Jimmy Thunder might punish you for it.

Yeah I just watched that on youtube a few days ago, the guy was on the floor still thinking he was fighting, crazy hit.

Finally someone who sorta thinks liek me...

its not all about the Right hand or hook.

Right on mate! It really does seem there is an over emphasis on power shots more than ever at the moment. The sad thing is, not only does it develop a bad foundation, but, it also takes away the massive amount of offensive and defensive possibilities that knowing the jab inside-out can give a fighter.

The other big problem if someone goes hook or straight power shot crazy is that when they come up against a fighter with a solid arsenal led by a fast, stiff jab is that they will be flat out confused because they are having their attack completely neutralised by what they probably think is a useless weak punch! Not knowing the jab also means that they will basically not be able to offset it with anything they have either!

:fing02:

i tried that but i found i was sacrificing alot of power for a little more speed.

As Fraidy so brilliantly pointed out though, someone who doesn't focus on bringing their jab back to the guard immediately will so very often get KO'd or at least knocked down, staggered or beaten by focusing on power in their jab while forgetting to bring it back.

A big part of having a very good jab is having it shoot out and back to the guard before the opponent knows you've even thrown it. As has so often happened to so many fighters, they get lazy with a jab and viciously countered over the top with the right. It is the most common counter and the easiest to really clock someone with. The moment you come up against someone with a hard counter right and you leave a jab out going for more power but miss, it's lights out baby!!!

One of the best counter rights I've seen is Roberto Durans in his last great fight against Iran Barkley. He's fighting a young, massive, primed middleweight just coming off a huge KO win of Tommy, with a ton of power when he has come up from lightweight and is 37! He very nearly knocks Barkley out in the first round with a perfectly timed counter right over a lazy jab. You can see him setting it up and then getting the opportunity and "POW!", Barkley's just about done! Perfection.

There is no worse mistake than going for power in a jab and letting it turn into a lazy, slow jab. If you can stick your jab out fast into someones face it doesn't need to be powerful. You definitely need to work on getting it crisp and stiff, but, you don't want to go for power as such. You use the jab to set up power shots and openings and break fighters down with it, not as a power punch in itself. If you're sticking a fast, crisp jab in someones face and getting it back before they can think about attacking or countering you've already won nearly as they will start to get hesitant with their own attack and that will set up more openings and combination possibilities.

But, if you then get lazy with a jab trying to put more power on it, any decent fighter will see that, capitalise on it and set you up for a big whopping counter right over it, which you'll really regret the next day.

Tommy Hearns had one of the great jabs but it was also very, very lazy at times and he would often get cracked over the top from leaving it out there. He was lucky that it would often land and keep them at distance though. Check out 'Bazooka' Quartey's jab! Stunning.

As Fraidy so brilliantly pointed out though, someone who doesn't focus on bringing their jab back to the guard immediately will so very often get KO'd or at least knocked down, staggered or beaten by focusing on power in their jab while forgetting to bring it back.

A big part of having a very good jab is having it shoot out and back to the guard before the opponent knows you've even thrown it. As has so often happened to so many fighters, they get lazy with a jab and viciously countered over the top with the right. It is the most common counter and the easiest to really clock someone with. The moment you come up against someone with a hard counter right and you leave a jab out going for more power but miss, it's lights out baby!!!

One of the best counter rights I've seen is Roberto Durans in his last great fight against Iran Barkley. He's fighting a young, massive, primed middleweight just coming off a huge KO win of Tommy, with a ton of power when he has come up from lightweight and is 37! He very nearly knocks Barkley out in the first round with a perfectly timed counter right over a lazy jab. You can see him setting it up and then getting the opportunity and "POW!", Barkley's just about done! Perfection.

There is no worse mistake than going for power in a jab and letting it turn into a lazy, slow jab. If you can stick your jab out fast into someones face it doesn't need to be powerful. You definitely need to work on getting it crisp and stiff, but, you don't want to go for power as such. You use the jab to set up power shots and openings and break fighters down with it, not as a power punch in itself. If you're sticking a fast, crisp jab in someones face and getting it back before they can think about attacking or countering you've already won nearly as they will start to get hesitant with their own attack and that will set up more openings and combination possibilities.

But, if you then get lazy with a jab trying to put more power on it, any decent fighter will see that, capitalise on it and set you up for a big whopping counter right over it, which you'll really regret the next day.

Tommy Hearns had one of the great jabs but it was also very, very lazy at times and he would often get cracked over the top from leaving it out there. He was lucky that it would often land and keep them at distance though. Check out 'Bazooka' Quartey's jab! Stunning.

Very true, good post!

i can snap it out and back fast or i can put a ton of power into it, knocking people down with it! :boxing: when sparring i mix it up so people are afraid of my jab even when i put nothing behind it! but i will have to learn to have a quick AND powerful one!

I train with 5 pound ankle weights and it has helped my jab become ALOT more powerful...

I also have some other techniques.... Thanx everyone for replying with so many good responses..

I will try to show my new techn iques in my fights coming up this month and the next. maybe get you guys some sparring this week.

I train with 5 pound ankle weights and it has helped my jab become ALOT more powerful...

I also have some other techniques.... Thanx everyone for replying with so many good responses..

I will try to show my new techn iques in my fights coming up this month and the next. maybe get you guys some sparring this week.

Yeah man I think you'll show a noticable improvement if you utilize your jab, you didn't ever use it too much in the few vids i've seen of you. But man i was thinking, my punches are so damn crisp and fast because EVERY single day i shadowbox A LOT and i throw at least 1000 punches a day and thats at the very least and this has been going on for i think 3 years now. I can throw my right hand quick and straight like a jab two to three times in a row quickly and my jabs are great. I was thinking... Mayweather is really damn good prob partly because he apparantly just punched **** all the time and man I think its the most effective way to gain hand speed. In the next year Da1 you're gonna turn into 10x the fighter you were if you keep up with what you're doing (practicing certain punches a lot every day, im assuming)

Yeah man I think you'll show a noticable improvement if you utilize your jab, you didn't ever use it too much in the few vids i've seen of you. But man i was thinking, my punches are so damn crisp and fast because EVERY single day i shadowbox A LOT and i throw at least 1000 punches a day and thats at the very least and this has been going on for i think 3 years now. I can throw my right hand quick and straight like a jab two to three times in a row quickly and my jabs are great. I was thinking... Mayweather is really damn good prob partly because he apparantly just punched **** all the time and man I think its the most effective way to gain hand speed. In the next year Da1 you're gonna turn into 10x the fighter you were if you keep up with what you're doing (practicing certain punches a lot every day, im assuming)

Man when peoploe support me it just makes me wanna train so much more...

Thanks for what you said. i'm definitely gonna keep doing what I've been doing and hopefully become 10x better and keep increasing as you've said.

Thanx again.

I train my jab way, way more than I train any other punch. There's just so much you can do with it: Find your range, frustrate your opponent, outpoint. I also use it to work behind; that is, it temporary blinds your opponent (if it's accurate) and your opponent can't see what you're doing behind the punch. Experienced boxers already know about all this, and experienced boxers already know why the jab is the most important trick in the bag.

Man when peoploe support me it just makes me wanna train so much more...

Thanks for what you said. i'm definitely gonna keep doing what I've been doing and hopefully become 10x better and keep increasing as you've said.

Thanx again.

It's not even a hopefully man. I remember this one day at the gym my pro sparring partner at the time said: "yo man, you know what the best thing to do to get good at boxin man?" He basically ended up saying that shadowboxing every single day whenever you get the chance will make you excellent...alot of the ATG's punched all the time and couldn't get enough of it. It's not a hopefully, its a fact because you will quickly punch like a much more experienced boxer. Handspeed and proper punching is all from looseness and you're definetely not even close to your full potential.

Man when peoploe support me it just makes me wanna train so much more...

Thanks for what you said. i'm definitely gonna keep doing what I've been doing and hopefully become 10x better and keep increasing as you've said.

Thanx again.

Sounds like you been working ****e loads on o' jab man. That good!

I need to work on using my jab more, i always find myself looking for right hands instead ad getting tapped with the jab loads!

One other thing I noticed is that I breathe out when I snap the jab back -- right at the moment of connection or in fact a nanosecond before -- instead of when I start the punch. It's a difference of maybe a tenth of a second, but I swear it makes my jab quicker and gets it back faster, expelling that energy at the moment of impact instead of when the punch is coming off the shoulder.

Also, the grunt, or hiss, or whatever sound I may make, comes as the punch is landing, which may make the jab seem way the hell faster than my hook and cross, which get a grunt when they're coming out of the cannon.

anybody remember my thread on the different types and the classification of the jab? i've actually expanded on that by now.

def a great and versatile punch. in boxing, the jab is usually the fastest, sneakiest punch, but it is also your closest weapon and your first line of defense.

i like to use three main jabs mostly: the power jab, the bridging jab, and the quick point jab. btw, if you are not familiar with a bridging jab, it is the kind that kostya tszyu would use prior to landing a hard right. when you watch klitschko vs lewis, the whole first round was mostly air bridging and quick touch bridging. it is almost like a probing jab. the bridging jabs purpose is to make contact(bridge) with the opponent. using this jab, i find out a lot of info relatively quickly about my opponent.

we train power jabs a lot. so offensively, they tend to be a favorite of mine. it seems that the power jab has been lost in modern boxing a bit.

anybody remember my thread on the different types and the classification of the jab? i've actually expanded on that by now.

def a great and versatile punch. in boxing, the jab is usually the fastest, sneakiest punch, but it is also your closest weapon and your first line of defense.

i like to use three main jabs mostly: the power jab, the bridging jab, and the quick point jab. btw, if you are not familiar with a bridging jab, it is the kind that kostya tszyu would use prior to landing a hard right. when you watch klitschko vs lewis, the whole first round was mostly air bridging and quick touch bridging. it is almost like a probing jab. the bridging jabs purpose is to make contact(bridge) with the opponent. using this jab, i find out a lot of info relatively quickly about my opponent.

we train power jabs a lot. so offensively, they tend to be a favorite of mine. it seems that the power jab has been lost in modern boxing a bit.

i UNDERSTAND THE BRIDGING BUT POWER? YOU MEAN JUST THROWING YOUR STEP BEHIND IT CORRECT? AND THIS IS RELATIVELY SLOWER CORRECT?

i UNDERSTAND THE BRIDGING BUT POWER? YOU MEAN JUST THROWING YOUR STEP BEHIND IT CORRECT? AND THIS IS RELATIVELY SLOWER CORRECT?
Its where you just kind of stick it out there, kind of just keept it in there face - mainly used as a distraction for a sneaky right - i think?

no, a power jab is explosive. very fast. very sudden. there is no ****ing back involved. you have to be pretty coordinated to be able to do it well. it is like a huge, quick expansion from your legs to your extending arm.

eshays, bridging just means making that connection/contact. i'm sure you've seen fights where both fighters respect each others ability and end up doing what looks like punching each others gloves. what they are doing is gauging reaction, etc. take the first round of klitschko vs lewis. the whole first two minutes or so was mostly just measuring through that hand bridge. in my boxing style, that brief moment of contact, say when a guy throws a punch and you deflect, is a big window of opportunity. you should know where the rest of him is with your eyes closed if you get good enough.

boxing can be very complicated. especially when terms between people are different. you may know what i mean, but maybe you don't call it bridging.

I love the jab, it is indeed the most versatile punch in boxing. Lately I been working a lot at throwing jabs while side stepping(like Lewis, for example) over the arm (if I am side stepping to the left) and inside the guard(when I am side steping to the right) Very good way to keep your distance and set up the right hand(obviously if you are stepping to the left)