Getting rocked?

[JayCoe]

I was always taught that we keep our chin tucked in, in order to;

1) Protect the chin from clean shots.

2) Decreases how much your head is rattled when you receive a punch.

3) Protects your throat

4) When you have your guard up it helps reduce open facial target area.

[MikeBrew328]

I was watching fight science, and they were talking about MMA fighters. They are like. They tuck their chin to protect their throat. I was like... thats not why you tuck your chin.

They do that so they don't get choked out....

[cosmichorn]

in martial arts when i was 13 some guy who was probably about 5"10 and 15 (i was a skinny 5"6 then) caught me with a right hook which made made everything go black and a flash of white came, then everything fuzzed bu went back to normal (took about 2 seconds), and thats probably the hardest ive ever been hit really.

[Talon]

right uppercut by a big black guy.

it was like doing nitrous oxide. vision went white, ringing in my ears.. forgot i was even in the ring untill i woke up standing there. the guy was waiting for me to wake up lol

[Superheavy]

I've just started sparring in the last couple of months, just nice and easy. I'm a heavyweight - on sunday I was sparring a cruiser who clipped me with a hook **** on the nose - made my eyes water and I felt slighly disorientated for 5-10 seconds. Funny thing - in the fifth round I did the same to him with a light uppercut and he stopped the session!

A shot to the nose, even a fairly light shot, is always going to hurt and make your eyes water a bit, no? Any advice on how to protect the nose, besides generally maintaining a good defence?

[KostyaTszyu44]

I've just started sparring in the last couple of months, just nice and easy. I'm a heavyweight - on sunday I was sparring a cruiser who clipped me with a hook **** on the nose - made my eyes water and I felt slighly disorientated for 5-10 seconds. Funny thing - in the fifth round I did the same to him with a light uppercut and he stopped the session!

A shot to the nose, even a fairly light shot, is always going to hurt and make your eyes water a bit, no? Any advice on how to protect the nose, besides generally maintaining a good defence?

thats it, head movement and tight guard

[Marlin26]

A couple months ago i was sparring my coach who is about 50 - 60 lbs heavyeir than me (im 5"8 139, he's like 6"1 190) anyway we got in real close and i landed some good shots and then suddenly BAM right hook, everything went black, i could feel my mouthguard leave my mouth and my legs went limp. Somehow i managed to catch myself before hitting the floor and brought my guard up and lasted through the round.

[LetsgetSAVAGE]

Well if your really a boxer, you know youv been rocked.
I was sparing a friend at the gym. He was a golden gloves contender and he is a fast little **** like 5'1 or 2 and like 112, Im 5'9 136 Im tall and lanky. so I was popin my jab and getting a little ****y. I threw it he slipped came under and hit me with an uppercut hook combo. When he hit me everything just stoped and got dark but then in 1-2 seconds I could see again. My head ****ed back from the uppercut then his hook connected with my jaw. I got all squinty and my legs felt weak, but I wasnt gonna go down. bottom line is I got ****ing rocked. but I guess it just makes you better

sorry for the disorderly paragraph. I forgot some parts of it