Anyway, every boxer starts with the Peek A Boo guard. Ear muffs are on at all time. As you develop and get more confident you will begin to develop your own style or taste to defense and offense. As far as freezing up it is normal, it took me a good month before I finally developed my style. All I did in the beginning was jab, then I really started to counter punch and use 1,2 combos near the end of my gym days. Remember sparring is to help you, so dont be afraid to experiment.
i don't know why certain people are giving you advice on here when they probably don't know wot they're talking about. i would suggest you experiment with different styles and work out whats best for you. as for using your jab frequently, that's a good thing. practice it on a heavy bag so you get the snap properly if you know what i'm saying. it also wouldn't hurt having a few combinations as well as your jab like; jab jab, cross or lead hand hook, cross. when your sparring partner comes in close, its natural to "freeze up" as you put it. when he comes forward into you, thats when he is most vulnerable. just look at amir khans fight against garcia. when he comes into you fire a jab or a cross right on his nose and that will teach him to stop storming in on you. after a few years you'll learn to use a check hook to keep him off you like mayweather did against ricky hatton or as i said before garcia against khan. just remember the more you spar, the more you'll learn so don't be discouraged if you make mistakes. boxers aren't born, they're made
A lot of guys layed down for Tyson. Larry Holmes deliberately slowed down when he was dancing around Tyson, so Tyson could knock him out.
James Tillis went the full fight with Tyson, because he moved and actually fought back.
Razor Ruddock Fight was stopped Early after Tyson stunned Ruddock, because Ruddock was starting to hurt Tyson.
James Smith could have mopped the floor with Tyson, but he got payed to lose. So he kept holding Tyson rather then standing their taking heavy shots. In the closing seconds of the 12 round he showed have beaten Tyson Down if he wanted.
I recommend you learn to bounce, it saved HolyFeild and Oliver Mcall much brain damage.
Also you need to learn to hit the weak points to the body. Idiots like Tyson just hit at the abs which is the toughest place to hurt a boxer to the body.
Watch Tony Tucker fight Lennox Lewis, Lewis was much more powerful then Tucker, but Tucker moved enough to not get knocked out. Lewis could not handle rhythm. That is why he could not knock out an old Holyfield.
Don't stand there like an idiot flatfooted as Tommy Morrison and Tyson did vs Lewis.
Try to learn how your opponent fights before you get in the ring.
Lennox Lewis got knocked out by Oliver Mcall because Mcall stood tall and traded shots with lewis. Lewis could not fight men well who stood tall. That is why that giant piece of crap Michael Grant got knocked out, because he lowered is head into a devastating uppercut then a right hand. Had Grant stood tall he could have trade shots with Lewis and had a chance to win.
Last do not throw wild punches while your opponent is fresh and moving and do not waist your shots when they are covered up. Wait for the right opening then short controlled jabs followed by a nice hard straight.
Last Mohammed Ali ran backwards and leaned his head back as he ran, so he did not get hit with the full force of punches. Ali never had a great jaw, the fact was no one could land clean shots on him. Wepner could have beaten Ali, but he waisted far to many of his punches.
use it man, if it works, then great! keep sticking to it. if not, then ask for help from a coach to improve your sparring skills
I really lack confidence in the ring whenever I spar, I'm 18 years old and I am 6''1, I usually tend to just throw jabs and every time the guy I am sparring gets in close, I freeze up. I was thinking that if I utilised the whole peek-a-boo boxing method then it would help, bobbing and weaving, swarming on the inside, good head and neck movement, the only problem is my height, Mike Tyson was 5''10 and he was fighting guys who were like 6''5 so obviously it worked perfect for him.
I'm not saying that as soon as I go into a spar and start acting like Tyson, I'm gonna turn into a KO Machine, I'm just thinking that it might work better for me in sparring as opposed to just standing and throwing jabs all the time, it's my own fault for lacking in confidence but please give me some advice guys.
Thanks :)
