Originally posted by NJFighter91
If you got long arms you need to develop a super solid jab. a great jab will stop a guy like that in his tracks ,who looks to get in on the inside with big hooks, unless he's extremely adept at the peek a boo, which is a great jabbers' worst nightmare. Once you get that jab strong enough, just think of him as a target getting into your range and pop it off right as he steps in to get close. It will work every time unless he keeps that guard up high and is good at countering, kinda like Curtis Stevens likes to do, Keep that guard up, wait for you to miss then counter with short accurate left /right hook... in that case you want to get low and jab to his body ...Most come forward hook fighters in my gym always leave me an opportunity to land a jab before their looping punch even really begins, that window of opportunity is what the jabber has to exploit to survive.
I spent alot of time developing my jab at home because the pinky of my right hand got cut (the tendon was sliced) effectively disabling up the power line of my right hand which runs from the shoulder to the pinky, so I focused on the left jab which became my best tool.
take care of your hands...i had to learn that the hard way
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