Power punchers with no control

**Neo Sigma** · Posted On: 7/25/2010 7:50am

So we have a guy who boxed for a few years, and he just started sparring with us. He has really good hands, but he doesn't seem to have a setting other than "crush skull, liquefy brain" even when we're supposed to be going light. He's not too comfortable with kicks yet, so I usually try to keep him out of range with teeps, work on his legs, and generally just keeping the pressure on him and trying to get inside(like I have to do with everyone, since I'm 5'5") so he doesn't start moving forward and throwing bombs. Is there anything else I can be giving a shot to try and deal with him?

**MMAMickey** · Posted On: 7/25/2010 8:37am

tell him to stop being a dick and knee him in the head.

the former should be attempted before the latter.

**HereBeADragon** · Posted On: 7/25/2010 1:40pm

Also lateral movement when those bombs are launched. Let him over commit and then slam him in the side of the head. Might knock some sense into him.

**MMAMickey** · Posted On: 7/25/2010 3:10pm

if you actually want advice on fighting him rather than telling him to calm it then i'd say a CMD guard to clinch range and kick that leg absolutely to **** when you're on the outside. Don't try to outbox a boxer.. please.

**Kovacs** · Posted On: 7/25/2010 3:32pm

And sweep/trip him to your hearts content. We used to get a lot of heavy handed people with little or no restraint and that always seemed to chill them out.

**Torakaka** · Posted On: 7/25/2010 4:05pm

Originally Posted by Kovacs

And sweep/trip him to your hearts content. We used to get a lot of heavy handed people with little or no restraint and that always seemed to chill them out.

Yeah, typically people that swing for the fences put a lot of weight on their lead leg so timing sweeps are usually pretty easy pickings.