Keeping guard up is overrated

[cosmic]

I do chinese boxing which involves kicks, knees and throws also so i need to protect that ribcage in all honesty, one of my coaches was telling me that if I were to have my hand down in a fight against him, he would just wait and ko me right there on the chin, he says it 's coming from experience to keep my hands up but I like to drop them alot because... you know... I'm slick

[Ray Corso]

Ofcourse you are! NEXT!!

[cosmic]

I'll be sure to enter tournament's and I will post here and then you will know...

[TBear]

Whenever I'm doing sparring I tend to drop my left hand and maybe lean my upper body in a bit and I'm fully aware of it however I do it to lure the opponent in and counterpunch or retreat and then get some shots in as I think I've got good reflexes and i'm quite agile however the coach always grabs my arm and says to keep it up, annoying lol, of course I keep my gaurd up most of the time though.

Paul Williams had this opinion before the rematch with Sergio Martinez. Who am I to argue?

[New England]

you could be the slickest ever with your hands down jukin' and jivin', it's all good until the one that you didn't see coming touches you. you go on and play your hands down game, I bet when you're sitting on your ass you'll think of this post. These fighters get really good really quick, your hands down method will be dismissed once you step into the open class......Rockin'

plenty of the best fighters today fight with the lead hand low
and many of the best of the past have done it as well.

they roll with the shoulder if they cant move out of the way and take a step back if they can

[Alx.]

even though i drop it a lot as well because it goes with my style but i know i shouldn't and lately i've been focusing on keeping it up all the time

[Rockin']

plenty of the best fighters today fight with the lead hand low
and many of the best of the past have done it as well.

they roll with the shoulder if they cant move out of the way and take a step back if they can

sure the best fighters in the world do it but this kid is green, an infant in the boxing world still learning to walk. His eyes will not be that sharp at picking things up yet, they won't be any where close to being sharp enough.

I really couldn't care less about what the kid does. He'll either take the advice or dismiss it until he steps in with the boys that have hands quicker than his eyes.

Keep your hand at your waiste and sooner than later somebodies gonna set him on his ass, no skin off of my nose...........Rockin'

[New England]

sure the best fighters in the world do it but this kid is green, an infant in the boxing world still learning to walk. His eyes will not be that sharp at picking things up yet, they won't be any where close to being sharp enough.

I really couldn't care less about what the kid does. He'll either take the advice or dismiss it until he steps in with the boys that have hands quicker than his eyes.

Keep your hand at your waiste and sooner than later somebodies gonna set him on his ass, no skin off of my nose...........Rockin'

on the one end you have the winky wrights and on the other you've got your jermain taylors

[SplitSecond]

hands up midrange(not where you wanna be if you're the one on defense, use your legs and move)
counter punchers game(lead hand down like you want it) at long range

that's how the top boys do it atleast

[DIB42]

Ofcourse you are! NEXT!!

I'm just suprised that since the days preceding the Marquess of Queensberry, no one had ever realised how overrated keeping the guard up is.

So many wasted centuries.