Boxers Bible of Counterpunching
The Killer Response to Any Attack
Mark Hatmaker
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Copyright 2012 by Mark Hatmaker and Doug Werner
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Publishers Cataloging-in-Publication
Boxers bible of counterpunching : the killer response to any attack / Mark Hatmaker; cover and interior photos by Doug Werner. -- San Diego, Calif. : Tracks Pub., c2012.
p.; cm.
ISBN: 978-1-935937-47-0
Meant to be used in an interlocking synergistic manner with the authors other books in this series: Boxing mastery, and Boxers book of conditioning & drilling.
Includes index.
Summary: Boxing is more about what you do in response to punches than punching prowess itself. This guide is an encyclopedia of counter boxing and includes every effective defense, response and follow-up combination to every attack.-Publisher.
1. Boxing. 2. Boxing--Defense. 3. Boxers (Sports)--Training. I.Werner, Doug, 1950- II. Title.
GV1137.6 .H384 2012
796.83--dc23
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Books are available through major bookstores and booksellers on the Internet.
Dedicated to all the Sweet Scientists out there who have experimented and continue to experiment in the gyms and rings of the world pushing the sport and science ever further.
Acknowledgments
Phyllis Carter
Kylie Hatmaker
Mitch Thomas
Shane Tucker
Joy Werner
Contents
Introduction
Punching v boxing, defensive postures, timing, great counter-punchers, blocking v parrying and the Pareto Principle
Defenses per punch
The most effective ways to defend against each punch
Pragmatic first measures
The most effective first offensive action after each defensive move
Combination menus
The most effective punch combinations following each defensive move
Image information
Muhammad Ali () These photographs were works for hire created prior to 1968 by a staff photographer at New York World-Telegram & Sun. They are part of a collection donated to the Library of Congress. Per the deed of gift, New York World-Telegram & Sun dedicated to the public all rights it held for the photographs in this collection upon its donation to the Library. Thus, there are no known restrictions on the usage of this photograph.
Jack Dempsey () These media files are in the public domain in the United States. This applies to U.S. works where the copyright has expired, often because its first publication occurred prior to January 1, 1923.
Warning label
The fighting arts include contact and can be dangerous. Use proper equipment and train safely. Practice with restraint and respect for your partners. Drill for fun, fitness and to improve skills. Do not fight with the intent to do harm.
Introduction
Boxers get hit; good boxers dont get hit as much. Sugar Ray Leonard
Epigraphs
Epigraphs are those cherry-picked quotations that authors use at the beginning of a book to set the stage for what is to come. I often miss the link between the epigraph and what follows, but if I do say so myself, the following two quotes sum up the mental stance I prescribe in approaching these pages. And keep in mind, these two giants of the game damn well know what theyre talking about.
Boxers get hit; good boxers dont get hit as much.
Sugar Ray Leonard
You can map out a fight plan or a life plan, but when the action starts, it may not go the way you planned, and youre down to your reflexes that means your [preparation].Thats where your roadwork shows. If you cheated on that in the dark of the morning, well, youre going to get found out now, under the bright lights.
Joe Frazier
there is, indeed, a wide gulf between being a puncher and being a boxer.
How to use our boxing manuals
This book and the others in this series (Boxing Mastery and Boxers Book of Conditioning & Drilling) are meant to be used in an interlocking synergistic manner where the sum value of the manuals is greater than the individual parts. What we are striving to do with each manual is to focus on a specific aspect of the sweet science and give thoughtful consideration to the necessary ideas, tactics and strategies pertinent to the facet of focus. We are aware that this piecemeal approach may seem lacking if one consumes only one or two manuals at most, but we are confident that once several manuals have been studied, the overall picture or method will begin to reveal itself.
Since the manuals are interlocking, there is no single manual in the series that is meant to be complete in and of itself; instead, we think of each manual as an individual piece or section of a comprehensive master manual. With this volume, the Boxing Master Manual clocks in at over 600 pages. Although Boxing Mastery is a thorough overview on boxing, it is bolstered with side-by-side study of Boxers Book of Conditioning & Drilling, which details how to train the concepts found in the first book.
The volume you hold in your hands now presumes that you have got the basics down, have honed your conditioning and are ready for the truly fun stuff the actual science of the sweet science.
To our MMA brethren
Mixed Martial Artists you have not been forgotten! You will find much (if not all) of the material contained within of value to your game. Admittedly, we provide only encyclopedic counters for boxing attacks, but by paying attention to how we structure the drills and the tactical explanations of why we approach the drills the way we do, you should have no problem at all extrapolating to the MMA environment.