Your Boxing Training Guide to Sequences of Punches , Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 12:55 AM, in

For the purpose of this boxing training guide suffice it to say that I believe that once the young boxer has mastered the fundamentals, he should be guided in his practice of sequences of punches.
One-Two-Three to the Chin
The first sequence of punches is the one-two-three to the chin or, in other words, the left jab, the right cross, and the left hook.
Starting from the on-guard position the puncher throws the left jab. The blocker, for convenience in practicing, drops his left hand, and catches the jab with his right hand.
The puncher throws the right cross straight and sharp, inside, and has his left hand back in position, ready to let loose with the left hook. The left hand is carried high, around his face, both for protection and to be in the proper position to throw a fast hook without "telegraphing" it.






The puncher zips over the left hook to the chin (Number Three punch) loose and fast and in a half-arc movement. The blocker shifts his right hand from the left side of his chin, which was the place where he blocked punches One and Two, to the right side of his jaw to block the hook, and his head is moved in, not out.
When giving the information from this boxing training guide, stress the fact that blocking is just as important as punching. The puncher brings his right glove back while his left hook is out, thereby protecting his own chin in the event of a counter. Boxers must always remember: when one hand is out punching, the other hand should be back blocking, and in position to deliver another blow.
These steps should be taken slowly at first until the boys get the rhythm and timing. Then the tempo should be increased into the one-two-three timing with no hesitation between punches. No one of the three punches should be stressed above the others. They all must be thrown loosely and sharply to be effective.
One-Two-Three to the Body
After a boxer has thrown a few one-two-threes to the chin, his opponent will likely guard against repetition of the same sequence. Usually the opponent, in his eagerness to block the left hook, will raise his right elbow up high enough to allow a left hook to be thrown to the body, hence for the purpose of this boxing training guide we should study next the one-two-three sequence to the body. The following method should be used in perfecting it.
From the regular on-guard position the puncher throws a left jab, moving into position for the Number Two punch, the right cross. The puncher throws the right cross, drawing his left hand into position in readiness to throw the hook. The left hand is brought back high, just as when the left hook to the chin was thrown. This is necessary for protection.
The puncher throws the left hook to the body, rather than to the chin. Deception is lacking if the left hook is dropped down and then thrown. It must lower to the opponent's body on the way over.






The puncher brings his right hand back to protect his chin against a possible right-hand counter. The danger in throwing a left hook to the body is the same as in delivering the left jab to the body- the boxer's chin is exposed to a sharp right-hand counter.
The average high school, college, or amateur boxer who has mastered the jab to the chin, a fair one-two, with an occasional left hook thrown in for good luck, will come out victorious in the vast majority of his bouts.

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