jab to the body

[Danny Gunz]

I never really bother to jab to the body

[Mayorga-Rules]

I do that naturally cause most of the guys i train with are taller than me, and that works. It's very effective. If there is enough snap behind the jab, your opponent lost a second of breath and you can finish with a left hook plus a right up. I tried it and that worked a couple of time.

[Walt Liquor]

I do that naturally cause most of the guys i train with are taller than me, and that works. It's very effective. If there is enough snap behind the jab, your opponent lost a second of breath and you can finish with a left hook plus a right up. I tried it and that worked a couple of time.

There are a couple of things u can do with the jab to the body. 1) it will open up the straight left(I'm lefty) as mentioned and shown by floyd 2) if my opponent is consistently trying to counter my jab with his own jab, I try to duck it and throw a lead hook to the body or head, and 3) my favorite is to throw a quick jab to body then double it up to the head, which almost always scores or throws their counter shot off b/c the double jab is so quick.

[moin126]

extremely effective... you shrug the first few off... but once the 9th and 10th jab to your body comes... you start lowering your guard a little to block.. then BAM straight right to the face...

Floyd does this constantly...

floyd did this vs oscar, then he would switch up and even use a cross hook. instead of a straight right.

But you have to be quick with it.. and not get timed.. or else your walking into a short straigh right hand on your nose.

[mgkirkpatrick]

It's a good punch. An effective counter/point scorer against a guy with a longer jab, and also a lovely set up punch for the over hand right.

[mgkirkpatrick]

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[tomhead69]

what if ur tall like me tho could u still use it like mix it up rather than just jabbin to the head ?

[We want Floyd]

what do u think about jabbin to the body is it effective ?

In all the years that I've boxed. Someone jabbin' to the body has not worked on me.

In fact, I don't even try to block it, I let that **** land, or step back or step to the side a little bit. If a jab to the body is hurting you then maybe you should consider another sport, seriously.

A jab to the body is usually a set up for something up top, that's why when someone jabs to my body, I'm looking at two things, he's either gonna follow it up w/ another jab up top or an overhand/or straight punch, or turn that jab into a lead hook.

So a good rule of thumb is, always look for that second shot, that's why coaches always tell you to keep your eyes open!