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3 reasons why you can't land hard punches in the ring. If you punch hard on the heavy bag but can't land anything clean in the ring or in sparring, this video will tell you exactly why. Tony Jeffries, Olympic medalist boxer with 106 fights, breaks down the 3 habits that are killing your punching power and the drills to fix them starting from your very next training session.
Bag power and ring power are two completely different skills and most people are only ever training one of them. Boxers who struggled to transfer their power into the ring are not weak, some of them were the hardest hitters he'd ever seen. The problem was never the power, it was always these three habits.
3 Habits Killing Your Punching Power in the Ring:
-Your body is giving away the punch you're about to throw before it even leaves your shoulder such as shoulder dips slightly, weight shifts back, rhythm changes. Tony says in 106 fights he could see the big punches coming before they left the shoulder, not because he was Floyd Mayweather, but because fighters told him with their body first
-Training at the wrong distance on the bag. You're never that close to your opponent from the start in the ring. Tony shares how Mike from Santa Monica had natural power in both hands but came out of every sparring session frustrated. The fix wasn't more power, it was footwork and distance control
-Always hunting for the knockout. Tony shows two knockouts from his career, one at age 15 against a national champion, one in his 8th pro fight. In both cases he wasn't thinking about hitting hard, it happened in the flow. When you hunt for the big shot, timing suffers, combinations lose rhythm, and you become predictable
The Drills to Fix these 3 bad habits:
Drill 1: 2 rounds, 3 minutes. Normal combinations, normal rhythm then slip one hard punch inside every combo without loading up or changing your shoulder position.
Drill 2: Record yourself and watch it back
Drill 3: Constant movement before and after every single punch on the bag. Build unpredictability as a habit so it transfers automatically into the ring
Chapters:
0:00 3 Reasons Why You Can't Land HARD Punches
0:25 Bag Power vs Ring Power - Not the Same Skill
1:04 Why Even Hard Hitters Can't Land Clean Punches
2:43 Habit 1 - What You're Doing Before You Throw Punches
3:50 Two Quick Fixes for Boxing Mistake No 1
4:27 Habit 2 - The Distance Problem Most People Miss
5:34 Mike From Santa Monica - The Footwork Fix
7:18 Tony's Two Real Knockouts
8:23 Habit 3 - The Truth About Knocking Someone Out
9:47 Drill 1 - Hide the Power Punch
10:41 Drill 2 - Reviewing your Techniques
11:10 Drill 3 - Move to Be Unpredictable
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3 reasons why you can't land hard punches in the ring. If you punch hard on the heavy bag but can't land anything clean in the ring or in sparring, this video will tell you exactly why. Tony Jeffries, Olympic medalist boxer with 106 fights, breaks down the 3 habits that are killing your punching power and the drills to fix them starting from your very next training session.
Bag power and ring power are two completely different skills and most people are only ever training one of them. Boxers who struggled to transfer their power into the ring are not weak, some of them were the hardest hitters he'd ever seen. The problem was never the power, it was always these three habits.
3 Habits Killing Your Punching Power in the Ring:
-Your body is giving away the punch you're about to throw before it even leaves your shoulder such as shoulder dips slightly, weight shifts back, rhythm changes. Tony says in 106 fights he could see the big punches coming before they left the shoulder, not because he was Floyd Mayweather, but because fighters told him with their body first
-Training at the wrong distance on the bag. You're never that close to your opponent from the start in the ring. Tony shares how Mike from Santa Monica had natural power in both hands but came out of every sparring session frustrated. The fix wasn't more power, it was footwork and distance control
-Always hunting for the knockout. Tony shows two knockouts from his career, one at age 15 against a national champion, one in his 8th pro fight. In both cases he wasn't thinking about hitting hard, it happened in the flow. When you hunt for the big shot, timing suffers, combinations lose rhythm, and you become predictable
The Drills to Fix these 3 bad habits:
Drill 1: 2 rounds, 3 minutes. Normal combinations, normal rhythm then slip one hard punch inside every combo without loading up or changing your shoulder position.
Drill 2: Record yourself and watch it back
Drill 3: Constant movement before and after every single punch on the bag. Build unpredictability as a habit so it transfers automatically into the ring
Chapters:
0:00 3 Reasons Why You Can't Land HARD Punches
0:25 Bag Power vs Ring Power - Not the Same Skill
1:04 Why Even Hard Hitters Can't Land Clean Punches
2:43 Habit 1 - What You're Doing Before You Throw Punches
3:50 Two Quick Fixes for Boxing Mistake No 1
4:27 Habit 2 - The Distance Problem Most People Miss
5:34 Mike From Santa Monica - The Footwork Fix
7:18 Tony's Two Real Knockouts
8:23 Habit 3 - The Truth About Knocking Someone Out
9:47 Drill 1 - Hide the Power Punch
10:41 Drill 2 - Reviewing your Techniques
11:10 Drill 3 - Move to Be Unpredictable
MY SOCIAL MEDIA:
Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/tony_jeffries
Subscribe to my YouTube channel: youtube.com/tonyjeffries1?sub_confirmation=1
Business Email: Tonyjeffries@gmail.com
My name is Tony Jeffries, Olympic Bronze medallist & former undefeated pro boxer.
I’m the owner of Master Boxing where I take your boxing to the next level
#boxing #boxingtraining #BoxingTips #PunchingPower #HeavyBagTraining #BoxingSparring #TonyJeffries #HowToBox
