Best way to block right cross (orthodox)

[New England]

don't block it. right hands are hard. slip or roll it.

the best way to do it is to get to the left and let it go by you. you have great angles for your own right hand, and you're ready to throw the hook now that your weight is on your left foot. james toney mixed this in very well with rolling the right hand.


next, you can roll / weave under it. don't stay bending over at the waist, or you're just in range for another right hand. get under the punch and get back in position immediately. miguel cotto does this very well. the idea is that you want to get to your left when you're in that close and you slip the right. if you stay to the right and duck, you stay in range for the right hand.


finally, you can roll it. mayweather, james toney, roberto duran.



i'd especially look at tjames toney. he didnt' ahve insane footspeed, so he had to get out of the way of a lot of punches. he was a great, great defender, and one of the best fighers you will ever see against the right hand. he'd take the right hand away with defense and counterpunching. sometimes, the opponents would be best suited to stop throwing it, and they did.

[IboxSouthpaw]

Catch it with the left or parry it ... if set up with a jab then catch jab and slide slightly out of the crosses range ... it really all depends on alot of variables i.e. set up, power , speed , distance ,angle ect
. With it being a right slipping is always a great option

[Box-Office]

Try to take it on the shoulder.

[SouthpawAli93]

Catch it with the left or parry it ... if set up with a jab then catch jab and slide slightly out of the crosses range ... it really all depends on alot of variables i.e. set up, power , speed , distance ,angle ect
. With it being a right slipping is always a great option

Sometimes, I switch to normal stance (orthodox)...to bait the right cross.

I usually put up my left shoulder a bit, and block with my right hand by holding the glove next to my left shoulder.

Make sure to angle off properly.....It's not exactly a shoulder roll, but the punch lands on your left shoulder with your right glove pinned up to make sure its blocked


I would not advise blocking if you can roll it or slip it.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Slipping the punch would be ideal because it will put u in position for a nice counter shot..

But if you have to block it, I would prefer to slide my right hand to the left side of my chin and catch it, and then maybe step in with a counter left hook over the top

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Another good tactic is to roll with it, and then as his right is coming back to him, spring back at the waist from the roll, and take about a half step forward at the same time and throw your own straight right.. You will catch a lot of guys if you get that move down.. I always had good success with it.. It's a move I stole from James toney... Just watch the first peter fight and toney lands it a lot

[LoadedWraps]

Is it better to meet the right hand with your right palm (kinda like blocking the jab) or should you put your hand very high and take the punch with your forearm?

Please find your way to the freaking training section of the website......

[Redd Foxx]

There's numerous options, depending how you want to follow up but you certainly don't want to be catching a straight right on your palm. A strong puncher will be sending the back of your hand right into your face. Traditional block is to put up a double forearm guard without blocking your vision completely.

[noStylez]

Parry with the left while moving to the left, will get you good position but with boxing, always about timing, so easy to give advice but putting it to work is something else.

[Ilves]

i'd especially look at tjames toney. he didnt' ahve insane footspeed, so he had to get out of the way of a lot of punches. he was a great, great defender, and one of the best fighers you will ever see against the right hand. he'd take the right hand away with defense and counterpunching. sometimes, the opponents would be best suited to stop throwing it, and they did.

I know I sound like a noob, but if Toney was such a defensive genius (which he was) why does he have one of the worst brain damages in boxing?

Please find your way to the freaking training section of the website......

Hi, I have written there too but I assumed it's more about conditioning and then actual training drills, not as much about what techniques are the best.
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