i do alot of boxing, but find im not as quick as some of my opponents, anybody know how to get quicker?

Answer 1

Maybe boxing just isn't your sport, besides, speed is the first to go on a fighter anyway.

Answer 2

I am going to play devils advocate here. I would worry so much about your speed, more your timing.

Boxers with great speed get exploited all the time by experienced fighters. Speed can usually be negated with a EXCELLENT jab to set up other combos. The jab has to be a sure fire weapon that you can fire from where ever you hand sits and to mulitiple targets...head, chest..stomach...double/tripple pattern jabbing.

Tarver twice and Glen Johnson once defeated a quick boxer in Roy Jones by using his assets against him. It does help to be a fast boxer...but a precise boxer is good as well.

Also, cannot stress enough what learning how to put together REALLY good upstairs to downstairs combos will buy you. Speed only works if the speedster doesnt believe they will not get punished trying to outbox you. If they pay severely for every punch they throw, they have a tendency to stop throwing.

Answer 3

To get quicker, number one, i know it seems obvious, but practice more. If you want your punches to come faster get a sparing partner and work in a still stance and use a set of combos, have another person know the combo and have them time it each trial run. then with the same combo bounce around on your feet and do the same. now if you want to get quicker with your feet i suggest putting a cone course in your work out area and shuffle/sprint from cone to cone. make up new directions each trial and run each trial 5 times. And time yourself after each trial. when you shuffle though try and lean forward and keep your hands up near your head like you are protecting from a jab. This will allow you to have great balane, quickness, and a sense of defensiveness. Also to kick it up a notch. On the cone course have a sparing parner try and get a jab in on you during the trial run, see how you can handle yourself. lemme know if this helps.

Answer 4

I hate to say this, but quickness isn't like speed, you cannot train to acquire it, you must be born with it. You can watch tapes of a young Roy Jones or a Young Pernell Whitaker and try to imitate them all you want, but it won't happen.

It's like a painter trying to paint like Van Gogh or Picasso. Really great painters can make fair copies, but none of them can copy the style of a master artist. It is as unique as their finger prints.

Speed and timing to an extent can be learned, but quickness is a gift from God.

Answer 5

Hit the speed bag (that helped me alot), the double end bag helped me put combinations together wore more speed and accuracy and Focus mitts. Muhammad Ali used to throw punches underwater for speed. Training with wrist weights on will help too.

Answer 6

You can train your muscles specifically for speed. Slow twitch vs fast twitch muscle. Also, speed isn't all about muscle. It is also about reaction time.

Also, slipping / blocking more punches and landing more punches has alot to do with angles and timing.

The quickest fighters combine all three.

Answer 7

Get decent coaching (hope that's not too patronising)

Training with wrist weights is good, yr hands feel lots lighter once they're removed and become faster too.

Shed excess weight, sprint training, skipping (faster feet) be more aggressive

Answer 8

Get a mp3 with the rocky sound track on then and push the shadow boxing harder and stay on your toes. work on your movement and fitness.