Rolling punches, also referred to as bobbing and weaving, is an amazing defensive and offensive platform. In terms of the series of boxing tips, rolling punches should be right up there with any boxing tips I’ve given you so far. I consider rolling punches in the way I describe here as an intermediate level individual boxing skill.
Rolling punches makes you a really hard target due to the fact that you are changing your head position on both the vertical and horizontal planes. This means that you defend against straight, hook and uppercut shots all with one skill.
In terms of being a platform for attacking, rolling is perfectly designed to significantly increase the power of both hooks and uppercuts. This is because the way in which you perform the roll (correctly from the legs) generates increased leverage. More leverage=more power.
Joe Frazier, Mike Tyson, Bernard Hopkins and pretty much any Mexican super-fighter you can think of are expert at rolling punches. Offensive or defensive, rolling punches is one of the 90 second boxing tips that you need to really nail.
Please leave any comments or questions below.
Cheers
Fran
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fran: love your teaching, thanks for sharing. wish i lived near your gym!
Thank you Gregory, that’s really kind
Awesome video Fran; thanks for continuing to put out all this amazing free content!!
Thank you Nick, very kind of you to comment.
im trying to learn some boxing and can you help ???
Hi David
Use the videos that I send pal, and if you want to actually compete find a local amateur boxing club and get involved.
Hey Fran,
I remember with slipping you said it’s a technique that you do before the punch as in not to wait for the punch but more or less set up with the slip so I was wondering is it the same concept with the roll cause I notice with the mechanics of the roll if you wait for the punch unless your really fast or see the punch coming it would be to much to do to evade the punch effectively hope my question makes sense please let me know thanks.
Yes, definitely a proactive skill – don’t wait for shots (generally speaking).
Hi Fran, good video, when you lean forward with your head down your weight tends to go forward over your front knee which of course affects your balance and with the eyes down you cant see whats happening, i noticed when you roll you keep your weight behind your front knee keeping your balance eyes on target and as you say staying fight effective, liking the new clobber!
Cheers Mark. Yes I filmed this after I’d done a session myself. Started getting back into shape early December and still plugging away…keeping up with the youngsters 🙂
Hi Fran, great tip. I gave this ago this morning and it’s great to throw hooks with. I tried uppercuts too but that felt really awkward. So would you recommend to roll to the right say and then throw a right uppercut? And to the body or to the head? Cheers.
Yes Bobby. you can use the punches before and after, just mix it up really.
I really like this video and most particularly your hat. Where’d you get it from Fran? Primark?
Haha. My Where’s Wally hat. Better Primark than the LFC shop 😉
No seriously Fran it’s a really cool hat, I want to get one to impress the chicks at the next home game. So you didn’t get it in Primark then – so it must be from the new Poundland Winter Collection?
Yep, that’s it, Poundland. You got half your team from the Southampton branch…obviously except Benteke, he was a Villa reject.
Great video. Thanks Fran. Can I just ask, if I want to weave from side to side like Mike Tyson used to do when moving forward to dodge oncoming punches, would I just do an outside roll followed by an inside roll followed by an outside roll and so on? Or can weaving be a more simple movement i.e. just moving your torso and head repeatedly left to right then right to left. Hope that makes sense. Thank you.
Thanks Bill. I’d opt for the slipping combined with footwork moves. Slipping involves less movement so it’s more efficient and can be strung together more quickly. Here’s a video link. Cheers mate, hope it helps.
Brilliant Fran , that makes alot of sense. So would you ever do an inside roll followed immediately with an outside roll for example?
Hi Fran
Very concise, very easy to understand – excellent.
If I would have been coached like this many years ago I would have been a much better boxer than I was
Pete
Hello Pete
Hope you’re well mate.
Yes, keeping things simple works both for the boxer and the coach. Quick and precise…keeps the attention crisp I think. Thanks for the comment.
wassup Fran,
I remember when you said when slipping that it is actually something you do and setup before the punch so thrown because if you respond after it would be to slow so does th same principle apply with rolling? When I think
Bout the mechanics of the roll
It seems slow so unless you anticipate the punch or are extremely gifted you would have to lead with it please let me know what to do and I hope you understand my question if you respond would be awesome but I know your probably busy.
🙂 As above