How to block and counter punch your opponent when they are raining punches on you?

Question

?? im just wondering i seen a couple of my buddies box one of my bois started to go crazy on the other guy and the other guy was helpless..how do u block punches coming from every direction and wat is the best way to counter? thanks!

Answer 1

forearms inward block  redirect the movement turn  the punches and counter and pivot circle out and re establish the lead !

Answer 2

You need to be able to effectively block using your arms and elbows. Also you need to be able to move around and not just stand there and get punched. Also when someone is hitting you a lot with long combinations they can become over-confident and will leave openings for a counter punch. Sometimes even when it looks like one is overpowering the other all it takes to turn the tide is one well placed punch.

Answer 3

Many of the suggestions I've read hear are very helpful.  You would do well to read them carefully and take heed.   It sounds to me like the sparring session you mention is more like two guys just putting on the gloves in the yard or some place.  Is it in a gym?  

It sounds like "Bois #1 is throwing the flurries because he has no regard what so ever for the ability of "Bois#2" to defend himself.  

Flurries, like uppercuts among other things, are not something you just throw.  You throw flurries when you either have the clear speed advantage or your opponent is off guard or just does not have good defense and you can get away with throwing them.  

Flurries burn a lot of energy and can leave you tired and open for a counter.  So if you are actually considering boxing, and wondering how to defend from a flurry you should consider learning a lot more about boxing.  Begin with the basics.  

If this guy is able to so easily just open up with multi punch combinations that seems to mean that the opponent is ill prepared to defend himself.  Some of the move and block methods suggested by other posters here are very useful but it seems that your "Boy" was not prepared to use any of them because his opponent knew he would not be able to stop him.  

It sounds like one guy went crazy because he took a guess that the other would not be able to defend himself.   Boy #1 will always beat Boy #2 unless he learns to defend himself or, more importantly, not allow himself to be put in that situation in the first place.  

In this case, prevention is much easier than solution.  

Good luck

Answer 4

You learn to box. Or learn karate, tae kwondo, kickboxing or some other striking martial art. They will teach you how to block and counter.

Answer 5

Basiclly your asking how to block flurries.

A couple choices to choose from you could put on

your earmuffs basiclly just a high guard hands in front of you from your waist up  just like a wall.

and just let your opponent punch him self out

but you must make sure you move you head.

Also a shoulder roll when yout opponent throws a punch

like a left hook roll in with the punch & counter with your own left

Answer 6

The first thing you have to do is put up a shield.  You've seen it, bury the face behind both gloves.  Of course that leaves the belly open, but try to protect that with your elbows.  Given the choice of head or belly, take the belly shots.  The next thing it to get out of there.  You're probably on the ropes, so shoot out a hard punch, probably with your power hand, right at his nose.  It probably won't land, but it will break his rhythm as you step quickly in the opposite direction, away from your power hand, with which you fire a second shot to cover your retreat.  

If it's the way you describe, you are probably too outmatched to counter.  (The shots I discussed above are not a valid counter unless you get very lucky.) If it's a little less imbalanced, peek out over your glove shield and when you see a break, send your non-power hand into his chest.  If you are right handed, fire the left for the Xyphoid process right in the rib cage opening.  Southpaws like me have the option of aiming the right straight for his heart.  If it works, it slows him down a lot.  Then go for a power-hand shot to the chin.  Take the hook if that's what's open, but if you get real lucky and can land the uppercut, it could be "Goodnight Irene" right there, with your back against the ropes!

Answer 7

I was in a friendly sparring session, when the wife of my opponent said "pretend that he's Marcus."  Marcus was a dude that hit on my opponent's wife.  So now it turns from a friendly sparring session to a fight, with my opponent raining punches at me as if I were this Marcus fellow.  When the swarm came, I went into Ray Leonard mode, the way he fought Hagler.  Circled and moved and circled some more.  He kept swinging, I kept moving.  When he stopped for a second, I drilled him hard.  Made him reconsider that anger displacement strategy.  After the so-called friendly sparring session (there is no such thing, btw) was over, my other sparring partner mentioned how everyone was pretty much ticked off at her prodding his attack.

But anyway, if you've got the room and your opponent rains punches, and if you've got the wheels, move swiftly side to side, make sure you see both his hands and don't stop until your opponent pauses, then hit him as hard as you can and take it from there.

Answer 8

There are different ways to deal with flurries, the most common way is to hold your gloves up and close to your head (basic blocking) and simply hold tight while using your elbows to protect your rib area, I hate using this because it makes it very difficult to counter with out risking getting a jab to the face, the best way is the shoulder roll, which is what Mayweather does to get out of trouble, he raises his shoulder close to his chin and uses one hand to block while keeping the other one low, when someone tries to rush at him he simply moves from side to side using the shoulder and lower hand (he raises the hand he keeps low to block punches) while simultaneously countering with his other hand (the one he keeps up) that's the best way to counter half the time because it allows you to move whenever you are cornered another good way is to keep a very low peek a boo stance and constantly move your head (like dempsey,frazier and tyson did) and counter with hooks and uppercuts....Here are some videos in which mayweather and tyson explain their respective defensive and counter offensive styles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5myL5x-qm...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl_l7P5T8...

good luck.