Right hand left shoulder style

[bluntt]

Some people from my gym keep their right hand by the left side of their face/shoulder and their left hand on the body. Kinda like mayweather but than the right hand on the left side. I use it sometimes aswel and it kinda works, but I havent seen any pros use this style. Does anyone know a Pro that keeps their right hand to the left side? Thx!

[DetroitFast]

meldrick taylor use to do that.....and sometimes he would get caught doing it

[nivek535]

maybe only do that when you know a lead hook isnt coming... or u can see hooks very easily... or u know its gonna be a dedicated/committed jab exchange.. otherwise, this sounds dangerous..?
and im not sure what exactly you're talking about, but do you mean something like froch does when he jabs?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21LCfE90an0 around 22:00++

[bluntt]

uhm yea kinda, Froch did it for a few seconds. Meldrick Taylor did to it alot in his fight against Julio Chavez : www[.]youtube[.]com/watch?v=m9zKwGeHIgM .
It did work for him in that fight. Even tho he lost trough a stoppage in the last 2 seconds of the fight lmao..

[LoadedWraps]

Some people from my gym keep their right hand by the left side of their face/shoulder and their left hand on the body. Kinda like mayweather but than the right hand on the left side. I use it sometimes aswel and it kinda works, but I havent seen any pros use this style. Does anyone know a Pro that keeps their right hand to the left side? Thx!

I use this style at times but I am not a pro, only AM. I alternate between a shell and a peekaboo stance depending on who I am fighting/sparring, and what is going on in the fight. I feel I can throw well all my punches from all my variations but some are more fluid and are a better base for certain combinations than others. I like advancing with a shell and retreating with a peekaboo, the opposite of what many fighters do, on purpose.

So many people think you are going defensive when you shell up, so when I explode from the shell in a vicious combination and push them back, it confuses people with less experience, experience is everything in a fight.

If I see it works, I will abuse you with it until you figure out how to stop it and then change it up, OR, I will save it like a card up my sleeve so if you get me in trouble I know what to pull out to reset your mind and confuse you again.

boxing is chess.

[bluntt]

So thats the name for it, a shell? I also switch my styles up, it does work against some fighters. But indeed experience is everything, if I spar against older people that box longer they just exploit the ''Shell'.

[LoadedWraps]

So thats the name for it, a shell? I also switch my styles up, it does work against some fighters. But indeed experience is everything, if I spar against older people that box longer they just exploit the ''Shell'.

Well its a shell style but there are different versions of the shell and small nuances can havea big impact to your game.

How are they exploiting it?

When I can't roll fast enough I start dropping down with my legs to that lower level like sweet pea and I can work to the body or come up with uppercuts and jabs or maybe use my legs to get distance and make him reset.

If I am getting hit to the body repeatedly I counter, because the body is the easiest for me to protect as a fighter so if I can't protect my body I need to get out of there or start letting my hands go, I have fast hands so when I land a few they tend to cover up and give me time.

If I am getting bullied and roughed up around the shoulders and chest but my head movement is keeping them guessing, I stay inside and just try and outwork them with good combinations upstairs and downstairs and beat them at their own game.

If nothing is working from the shell and I am getting tagged and snapped back because they are either faster or have better timing I have no problems switching to a peekaboo stance and giving them different looks, I usually do that anyway to keep them guessing but if all else fails use the ring to your advantage and move to desirable spots and don't let them set in.