do you guys fall in your opponents range to much?

[Verstyle]

Please share with the rest of the class. . . .

just the obvious,step jab,slow down,and wait til get in.

[fraidycat]

Lesson from last night: Don't try to fight inside on someone shorter than you. I'm so used to fighting taller guys that I just instinctively went inside on a guy who was slightly shorter and about 40 lbs. heavier than me. I got the crap beaten out of me before I even realized why it wasn't working.

I'm still a noob in so many ways. . ..

[Rockin']

I walk right into their range and keep on rollin forward. When I keep coming, they will not be able to hide forever their "comfort zone". In short time Ive read it and its slip and counter, feint-roll and shoot...............Rockin'

[potatoes]

I tend to go in there range alittle to much i've seen,reason why I gotta do so much defense on the inside.I think jabbing outside and they come in with a combo after the jab and getting back out of range is a great idea.

Any of you guys have that same problem,like you cant distance yourself properly? bit habit to break

Don't worry about range, just get inside and hit the bastard!

[Verstyle]

Don't worry about range, just get inside and hit the bastard!

yeah that sounds good. but i need to set myself when punching alot of the times.

[SquareCircle]

when im sparring someone totally new I'll cover up and not throw a single punch until the last 30 second buzzer rings. i usually control range either by advancing with a guard in front of my face and then putting my earmuffs on when I get in close, while moving my head from side to side to avoid uppercuts. ill let em tee off on me if they want, cuz my body is like a rock. you can hit me with body shots and I aint goin anywhere. I honestly love to get hit in the body as weird as that sounds. I will let the best puncher at my gym just tee off on my body while I walk forward on a friday after we do the medicine ball punch resistance exercises. I figure, this guy's just helping me get solid lookin' abs, so **** it. I give up my body and defend my face, take a few body shots.

when that last 30 second buzzer comes, I throw as hard as I can muster. because the guy is already sort of tired from throwing his best shots and hitting glove, so his power is reduced. plus he's winded at this point. thats when I'm incinuating the clinch, pushing him off, then jumping up to him as he's backing away and unloading with hooks. i might step in with a jab after pushing someone outta a clinch. but I try to land at least 15-20 power shots in the last 30 seconds of a round when I'm sparring a new guy, and I never throw a single blow until that 30 second buzzer comes. as a result my defense has improved dramatically.

[potatoes]

yeah that sounds good. but i need to set myself when punching alot of the times.

Do you think that guy in front of you is just going to stand there and let you find your optimum range? Stick-and-move boxers are going to do just that. What you have to do is cut off the ring, force him into the ropes, get inside and hit him. Sluggers need to be flat-footed at all times so that when you move you are just changing one stable position for the next. All of these things take a fair amount of practise, but then that is what you are training for.