Questions about boxing

[chicagoboxer]

Hi everyone, I have some questions. I would really appreciate it if someone could answer them!

If all of these questions are answered, this thread would be a great reference for others seeking the same answers.

In boxing, what is more important? Speed, conditioning [endurance and stuff], or strength/power? I know they are all important, but I want to set up a list of priorities.

Is it bad to take creatine before a fight or during training? Would it help?

What vitamins/supplements do you recommend to take during training?

In boxing, is it best to be on the offensive or defensive? Meaning, should I be the one rushing in and attacking or should I be hanging back and waiting for his attacks so that I can counter them?

What are some good places to hit? Mind you, I am an amateur boxer and we wear headgear. My philosophy is: why continue aiming for his head when he has headgear on? Wouldn't body shots be more vital in a situation where headgear is used? If so, precisely where?

Should a boxer use the ropes to his advantage? For example, allowing the opponent to back you up against the ropes, then you bounce off them and attack?

What are some good ways to distract or intimidate your opponent? I am not looking for ways to taunt, but i'm talking about doing some things to do with your hands to distract your opponent (e.g. fake punches)

How can you break/wear down a man's defense? How and how can I make his guard drop so that I can annihilate him?

[TheTruthIs]

So in other words you're too lazy to use the search function.

[ScottDBA]

Hi everyone, I have some questions. I would really appreciate it if someone could answer them!

If all of these questions are answered, this thread would be a great reference for others seeking the same answers.

In boxing, what is more important? Speed, conditioning [endurance and stuff], or strength/power? I know they are all important, but I want to set up a list of priorities.

Conditioning. You can hit as hard as you want, or as fast as you want but if you're exhausted after a minute you're going to lose.

What vitamins/supplements do you recommend to take during training?

I just drink protein shakes.

In boxing, is it best to be on the offensive or defensive? Meaning, should I be the one rushing in and attacking or should I be hanging back and waiting for his attacks so that I can counter them?

You can have success being a counter fighter but it's generally better to be the aggressor. When fights aren't scored using computer scoring, judges favour the guy going forward throwing more punches.

What are some good places to hit? Mind you, I am an amateur boxer and we wear headgear. My philosophy is: why continue aiming for his head when he has headgear on? Wouldn't body shots be more vital in a situation where headgear is used? If so, precisely where?

Body shots are great for amateur boxing because alot of people don't throw them, especially when they are just starting out. My first fight I landed more body shots then head shots. The guy had no idea how to block them. They also hurt more then headshots even when you aren't wearing headgear and their effects last longer.

The liver is the best spot to aim but anywhere is good and will hurt guys and slow them down. Stomach, sternum, ribs, whatever.

The headgear doesn't offer that much protection though and you can still do plenty of damage to the head, especially hitting the chin, or hiting the nose can make his eyes water and distract him.

Should a boxer use the ropes to his advantage? For example, allowing the opponent to back you up against the ropes, then you bounce off them and attack?

Stay off the ropes.

What are some good ways to distract or intimidate your opponent? I am not looking for ways to taunt, but i'm talking about doing some things to do with your hands to distract your opponent (e.g. fake punches)

Those are called feints. Feint a jab to the head and then drop and throw a right to the body. Feint a right straight, come with a left hook. They are used to get your opponent to react to the punch you pretend to throw so he makes an opening for the punch that you actually throw.

How can you break/wear down a man's defense? How and how can I make his guard drop so that I can annihilate him?

Go to the body. It will make him tired so it will be harder to hold his hands up, and it will hurt so he will bring his arms down to protect his ribs more.

[msagrain]

In boxing, what is more important? Speed, conditioning [endurance and stuff], or strength/power? I know they are all important, but I want to set up a list of priorities.

At first, when you start out your technique is most importand and with a good technique comes speed and power. The when you start to box in the amatures you need good conditioning. Some one can be physical stronger than you but you can still beat them because of your technique ans stanima.

Is it bad to take creatine before a fight or during training? Would it help?
What vitamins/supplements do you recommend to take during training?

I, myself don't take any. Just have a good diet of fruite ect... I just drink small amounts of water when training. I try not to drink to much tho as it bloats you up.

In boxing, is it best to be on the offensive or defensive? Meaning, should I be the one rushing in and attacking or should I be hanging back and waiting for his attacks so that I can counter them?

Depends on yours stlye and who you are fighting. You rush against the wrong person your getting knocked out. If you fitness is up to it tho make him work at your pace. When boxing you need to figure the other person out and attack or deffend to your advantage of beating him.

What are some good places to hit? Mind you, I am an amateur boxer and we wear headgear. My philosophy is: why continue aiming for his head when he has headgear on? Wouldn't body shots be more vital in a situation where headgear is used? If so, precisely where?

What you saying is good in theory but once you start kocking his head back and scoring points you'll see the advantages are . You need to do some bag work by the sonds of thing and work out some combinations because if you just go for the body you're going to become quite predictable.

Should a boxer use the ropes to his advantage? For example, allowing the opponent to back you up against the ropes, then you bounce off them and attack?

Bouncing off the ropes can lead to you having points deducted. If someones gets me against the rope I box my way out of it as I don't like boxing of the ropes and I feel, I box better creating space. If you box well at close range then youby all means box on the ropes.

What are some good ways to distract or intimidate your opponent? I am not looking for ways to taunt, but i'm talking about doing some things to do with your hands to distract your opponent (e.g. fake punches)

Don't show boat, that's for sure because reff's don't like it. Just fake jab every know and again. There is other ways but your coach sould show you. As for intimidate, I don't try to intimidate someone and it's not really worth it.

How can you break/wear down a man's defense? How and how can I make his guard drop so that I can annihilate him?

It's something you need to figure out for yourself when sparring. You having superior fitness helps. He ain't droping his hands tho unless he is a novice or he has no go in the tank.

[Danny_123]

Even though its not my thread, i just wanna thank the previous 2 posters for actually helping this guy out and answering his questions - i havent read your responses in detail but scanning over them they look like the right sort of answers so really there is no need for anyone else to post up now.

But yeah just to say to the thread starter, a lot of what you hear on this forum is purely oppinion when it comes to some of the questions you are asking, so my advice is ask those questions to a boxing coach, if he's a decent coach he should respect you and look quite fondly upon you for asking such technical questions about the science.

[kaspanz]

conditioning is my priority in training, that being said i can guaruntee you that not one pro boxer in good standings today is there simply because they were fitter than all their opponents up untill now, mental apptitude for the sport is essential to success, power is irellevant without speed, you cant hit something hard if you cant hit it in the first place, keep in mind with speed you can still win on a decision from the amount of punches youve landed, with power only its not a hard task for an aponent to avoid you.

With regards to creatine id prefer to let someone else answer that as i dont use it

Green tea will help to loose weight, that being said ive heard of many different ways for foods or medicines to help with this, including powdered sea kelp, and various forms of products that raise your core temperature so that you sweat it off through the use of ****yness

Offensive vs Defensive, personaly im a defensive orientated fighter i prefer to counter attack and use my head rather than rushing in, that being said there is a key to being the aggressive fighter in a bout, allowing you to dictate the fight and put yourself in a position you would prefer to be in, dont let anyone tell you that being an infighter or brawler is for the uninteligent or w/e

while amatuer boxing requires a fighter to wear head gear many judges will not see the impact that strong body punching has on an opponent, specificly your looking at the pit of the stomach, the sides (under the rib cage driving upish) the ribs them selves (crack the **** out of them man) the liver is a big target which you will likely be targeting with your left hook to the body, the solarplexus or the seperation of the ribcage down the centre is very easy to wind someone on impact.

Using the ropes is an essential process to a fighter, however if you dont learn it in the gym dont expect to know it in the ring, practise what you intend to do and then do it in the fight, dont practise all slick at the gym and then become this brawler in a real fight because youve just hindered yourself

Fake punches or slips or rolls can put the opponent in a position where you can get a strike off, not to mention youve got Bolo punches or punching from various angles, eg the position you throw your left uppercut from is probably close to the position you finish (and in this case maybe start) your right cross from, perhaps some trickery??

Through better conditioning you can have better defense compared to your opponent, a tired opponent will drop their hands. The key to offense isint always breaking down their defense but to work around it through angles and counter punching

hope that helped a bit

[Suckmedry]

Hi everyone, I have some questions. I would really appreciate it if someone could answer them!

If all of these questions are answered, this thread would be a great reference for others seeking the same answers.

In boxing, what is more important? Speed, conditioning [endurance and stuff], or strength/power? I know they are all important, but I want to set up a list of priorities.

Technique is the most important thing in boxing, speed and power are honed through technique. That said, conditioning is extremely important as well.

Is it bad to take creatine before a fight or during training? Would it help?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't creatine used to build mass? If so then you generally wouldn't use it in boxing, where you are aiming to be as light as possible while also being strong and fit to fight.

What vitamins/supplements do you recommend to take during training?
I take a multi vitamin and fish oil capsules, and sometimes protein shakes as a meal replacement when I need to lose weight

In boxing, is it best to be on the offensive or defensive? Meaning, should I be the one rushing in and attacking or should I be hanging back and waiting for his attacks so that I can counter them?

Different fighters fight differently, I'm more on defensive side myself, but you need to be able to lead off at times too. It's best to be able to switch between the two, even if you predominantly fight one way.

What are some good places to hit? Mind you, I am an amateur boxer and we wear headgear. My philosophy is: why continue aiming for his head when he has headgear on? Wouldn't body shots be more vital in a situation where headgear is used? If so, precisely where?

You can still hurt a guy with the headgear on, body shots are good but generally won't get scored in amateur boxing. it's best to mix the two up, but predominantly look for the head, as it will score better.

Should a boxer use the ropes to his advantage? For example, allowing the opponent to back you up against the ropes, then you bounce off them and attack?

Stay off the ropes, especially when you are starting out. You aren't Floyd.

What are some good ways to distract or intimidate your opponent? I am not looking for ways to taunt, but i'm talking about doing some things to do with your hands to distract your opponent (e.g. fake punches)

You can use feints to create openings, ie fake the jab to the head and throw the right hand to the body. Trying to intimidate your opponent is usually a waste of time, it might work with a weak minded beginner who doubts himself, but an experienced fighter isn't going to be afraid of you. And trying to intimidate a guy in say your first fight when he is in his first fight too, isn't really going to work, as you will usually be just as nervous as they are. Plus you will look like a ****head.

How can you break/wear down a man's defense? How and how can I make his guard drop so that I can annihilate him?

You need to use feints and angles (which you will learn as you gain experience) to create openings in the amateurs, you don't have 12 rounds to **** away at his arms and break through them, you need to do it the smart way.

Hope that helps