How to get inside?

[No-mas-tias]

I have a problem finding my target during sparring and in fights with my hooks and uppercuts. It seems like I can only land my jab and straight right hand and sometime even then my opponent seems to be so far away from my punches that I get frustrated.

Anyone has any advice on how I can close the distance up and get close to my opponent Brandon Rios style to deliver my hooks and uppercuts? It's so frustrating....

[pain=gain]

I have a problem finding my target during sparring and in fights with my hooks and uppercuts. It seems like I can only land my jab and straight right hand and sometime even then my opponent seems to be so far away from my punches that I get frustrated.

Anyone has any advice on how I can close the distance up and get close to my opponent Brandon Rios style to deliver my hooks and uppercuts? It's so frustrating....

There are alot of different things that you need to look at. First is you. what is your fighting style? Normally the jab sets everything up. it helps you find your distance. Use feints. use more than one feint in a combination and land the big one youre looking for. focus on using one of your big shots when your counter punching in your sparring sessions. you know youre not close enough to land it, so something is wrong with your distance <-thats what you need to figure out. whats your stats? are you 6"10 or 5'3"? Are 107 or 270?

[chico 305]

jab then bull doze your head to his chest while u have your ear muffs on haha

[F l i c k e r]

jab then bull doze your head to his chest while u have your ear muffs on haha

I did that before. Just to try it out. I couldn't stop smiling when I did it, cause the guy didn't know what to do to stop me.

It's not my style so I can't speak too much on it but that could work with some jabs thrown before you charge in.

[Rockin']

When I was fighting pro I was transformed from a classic boxer to hungry pitbull. The bell would ring and I was coming straight for you. You move and I'm on ya, you get on your bike and I jump in my SUV coming to run you down. It didn't matter who you were: Bronco, Tarrick, James.... the bell rings and I'm in your face.

It was a power, but one that needed plenty of aspirin to aquire. When you're the pressure fighting you have to make the man react. You have to do it time and time again to train your eyes to the subtle and lightning fast motions of your opponents entire body. I had a few drives home that I don't recall while learning this, but every time I showed up the next day to do it again.

Then one day the ones who were my abusing mentors in my training were suddenly standing on even ground with me as we exchanged pain. Then I started taking ground.

One thing with being a pressure fighter is finding your opponents comfort zone, meaning the distance that he will allow you to approach before reacting. Find that zone, go straight at him and plan it. Use your eyes, make him miss once you know he's going to throw and then make him pay. Not one shot and not two shots, three and four and take a side and dig some more. Feint and draw him out right outside of that comfort zone, then make him pay.

The main thing that you have to remember is keeping your focus/thoughts split 50/50 between the offense and the defense. You can tend to drift into an offensive bombardment and forget to look for the shots coming back at ya, that can get you hurt quick.

To get inside just step in with the slip or duck, just don't step straight forward, you'll want to take small 45' steps taking a side and digging once that front foot lands.

This is pure fact, ANY man that adopts this style has balls the size of boulders and maybe even crazy enough to become the new Evil Kenievil of the new millenium. It's a tough way to roll even when your getting good at it. But the knowledge that you took another fighters heart while between the fight bells is intoxicating. But there is a price to pay for that knowledge/experience................Rockin'

[chico 305]

Brandon Rios for example don't mind taking clean shots if it will benefit him haha


Rockin' >

[Mohammedini]

Never have to do it.
6'2½ ft 80 inch reach
#blessed

[Ray Corso]

This topic has to many variables to answer over the net its about your timing, your steps, your reach and most of all your attitude! The first thing is your not moving your feet forward as you jab, you need to practice a strong push step when you jab and then back that up with double jabs with faster foot work moving in and forward. The bottom line for you as a beginner is to have your right hand and left hook become shorter and shorter so they are more effective and the only way to do that if your opponent isn't cooperating is to "cut the distance" by using an up tempo approach with quicker hands and feet to get close. As I said theres alot involved to teach this on the net but my best offering is to have you increase your steps and punches but at the same time you need to learn that theres counters to your agression that could get you walking into trouble too hahahaha sorry but theres alot to explain and to teach only one way to do this without explaining the counter parts that come with these moves seems irresponsible to me.
Work on double jabs and quick feet with them and don't leave your jab out there to be countered, keep your elbow down an in and think about cutting distance with a double jab.

Man this internet instructing is not easy, my limited vocabulary to explain what would be so easy to illistrate makes this pretty hard to explain. Ray

[barfly12]

There is a great Tyson video

on YouTube explaining how to slip, close in, and punch. Don't know the exact name of it,but search for it on YouTube. Very instructive from a guy who was great at it.

[Left2theliver]

What works for my is, especially against classic boxers, shooting that Jab to find my range, as well as give me a window of opportunity to close the gap. That, along with cutting off the ring and creating angles to get in before throwing that hook. Easier said than done, but once you start getting the hang of it it gets a lot less complicated.