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Chapter 3
recovery. Punching off balance is ineffective and risks
maximum exposure.
Jabs and straight rights or lefts are delivered directly
from the chin with no preamble (wind-up, dips,
shrugs).
All punches are SNAPPED! Accelerate, SNAP and
recover.This includes sharp delivery and sharp
recovery.A punch that hangs or is not recovered imme-
diately exposes an entire half of a boxer to attack.
Guard up!
Never forget the hand that isn’t punching.While one
hand is attacking the other is in guard position. This is
crucial — yet easy to forget! — when both hands are
busy executing combinations of punches.
Intent on delivering his right hand, he nevertheless has his left
hand in guard position — like it’s glued there.
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