Why do pros bend by the waist

[dman4093]

This past month I been watching tons of boxing and lots of boxing matches and pro sparring and after watching it closely why do a lot of pros bend at the waist. Instead of ducking with the knees and countering they mostly bend at the waist. It's just something that I don't understand and why do most pros do it.

[nivek535]

i've only been boxing for around 6-7 months, so im not 100% sure, but this is what i feel of it:

bend at waist = upperbody movement = slow
use knees = lowerbody movement = slow

bend at waist and use knees = fast.

another thing is, why expend so much energy to dodge when you cna achieve the same with so little? gotta last twelve rounds in the pro scene. you can't dodge a punch by a meter long each punch. i mean its safer, but you wont last til 12?

bend knees = put weight of everything above knee on your knee.
bend waist = put weight of everything above waist on your waist.

it's all about efficiency.. i guess ._.?

[U_TALKING_2_ME?]

This past month I been watching tons of boxing and lots of boxing matches and pro sparring and after watching it closely why do a lot of pros bend at the waist. Instead of ducking with the knees and countering they mostly bend at the waist. It's just something that I don't understand and why do most pros do it.

The next time you watch a fight pretend that one of the fighters is your adversary and bend at the knees every time you want to counter punch and tell me how your legs feel after a few rounds.

When you bend at the waist it allows you to properly pivot into your punch.

[nivek535]

The next time you watch a fight pretend that one of the fighters is your adversary and bend at the knees every time you want to counter punch and tell me how your legs feel after a few rounds.

When you bend at the waist it allows you to properly pivot into your punch.

oh yea, completely forgot about that point!

[Sugarj]

The next time you watch a fight pretend that one of the fighters is your adversary and bend at the knees every time you want to counter punch and tell me how your legs feel after a few rounds.
When you bend at the waist it allows you to properly pivot into your punch.

Absolutely spot on in bold. Its like doing repeated squats sets in the gym or stair work. A sure recipe for jelly legs......something you really don't need in a fight.

[mconstantine]

i've only been boxing for around 6-7 months, so im not 100% sure, but this is what i feel of it:

bend at waist = upperbody movement = slow
use knees = lowerbody movement = slow

bend at waist and use knees = fast.

another thing is, why expend so much energy to dodge when you cna achieve the same with so little? gotta last twelve rounds in the pro scene. you can't dodge a punch by a meter long each punch. i mean its safer, but you wont last til 12?

bend knees = put weight of everything above knee on your knee.
bend waist = put weight of everything above waist on your waist.

it's all about efficiency.. i guess ._.?

I'm not sure either but I'm going to go with this response. It's a great response.