Pete Taylor Boxing Academy

Pete Taylor Boxing Academy Est by Pete Taylor, Bray Boxing Club is home to Olympic, World and European Boxing Champion Katie Taylor and 2012 Olympic Boxer & Irish Champ Adam Nolan.

17/06/2026

Most boxers are taught to use the jab as a range finder.

That is only one small part of it.

A proper jab can:

* Break an opponent’s rhythm
* Control distance
* Disrupt their balance
* Block their vision
* Create reactions
* Set traps
* Open the body
* Hide the right hand
* Stop an opponent from attacking
* Win rounds without taking unnecessary risks

The jab should not be thrown without purpose.

Sometimes it is fast.
Sometimes it is hard.
Sometimes it is doubled or tripled.
Sometimes it touches the gloves.
Sometimes it targets the chest.
Sometimes it is thrown simply to make the opponent react.

The best jab is not always the hardest jab.

It is the jab that gives the opponent a problem they cannot solve.

16/06/2026

Too many boxing coaches simply repeat what another coach showed them.

“Sit down on the punch.”

“Implode into the punch.”

But have they actually studied the movement?

Have they studied how the body creates and transfers force?

Stop copying coaching phrases and start thinking.

Study throwing actions.

Study ground force.

Study hip rotation.

Study how the trunk transfers power and how the arm finishes the movement.

Once you understand force production, you can work out the mechanics of punching for yourself.

You will teach the movement because you understand it—not because somebody else told you to repeat it.

Stop following coaches blindly.

Study the movement.

Understand the principle.

15/06/2026

Shadow boxing is one of the most misunderstood parts of boxing.

Most boxers treat it like a warm-up.

It is not just a warm-up.

It is where the boxer learns balance, rhythm, shape, defence, footwork, relaxation, angles, timing, and imagination.

When you hit the bag, the bag gives you feedback.

When you hit pads, the coach gives you rhythm.

When you spar, the opponent gives you pressure.

But when you shadow box, there is nothing to hide behind.

That is where the boxer’s real understanding shows.

A good boxer should be able to shadow box with purpose.

Not just throwing punches.

They should see the opponent.

They should defend after attacking.

They should move after punching.

They should create angles.

They should stay balanced.

They should never lose shape.

The bag teaches you to hit.

Pads teach you to react.

Sparring teaches you to fight.

But shadow boxing teaches you how to box.

12/06/2026

Holding pads does not make you a boxing coach

Pad work is only one small part of coaching.

A real coach understands stance, balance, timing, distance, defence, rhythm, tactics, psychology, conditioning, and how to build a fighter over time.

Too many people look good on pads, but they cannot correct a fighter, develop a fighter, or guide a fighter under pressure.

There is a big difference between doing flashy pad work and actually knowing boxing.

A coach develops fighters. A pad man just holds pads.

11/06/2026

How do you recognise a good coach?

Not by who they stand beside on fight night.

By who they have developed.

A lot of coaches get fighters who are already made — already talented, already experienced, already diamonds.

But the real question is:

Did you build them?

Did you teach them from the start?

Did you develop their stance, balance, jab, defence, footwork, timing, ring craft, confidence, and discipline?

Did you guide them through the hard years when nobody was watching?

That is where coaching is proven.

A good coach does not just stand beside a finished fighter.

A good coach develops fighters.

10/06/2026

The Problem

Professional boxing has a serious coaching problem.

Too many people think coaching is pads, shouting instructions, hard training, and standing in a corner.

That is not coaching.

A lot of professional coaches get boxers who are already diamonds.

They already have talent, instinct, timing, rhythm, toughness, speed, awkwardness, or natural intelligence.

The coach’s job is not to destroy that.

The coach’s job is to polish the diamond.

A boxer should not be forced into a style that does not fit him.

The coach must discover what the boxer naturally does well, then build a system around it.

Too many fighters are changed into a so-called “pro style” that takes away what made them special in the first place.

That is not development.

That is bad coaching.

Boxing is not random hard training.

Boxing is a planned teaching system.

A real coach studies the fighter, teaches the fighter, develops the fighter, and protects the fighter.

A fighter’s corner should be earned, not gifted.

Fighters deserve better.

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10/06/2026

Getting ready for Croke Park with Katie.

Pads, timing, rhythm, focus.

This is where real coaching happens — in the work, in the details, and in knowing the fighter.

17/05/2026

Something Big Is Coming Soon.

The Pete Taylor Boxing Academy is almost here.

Learn the same boxing principles used to develop Olympic Gold Medalist and Undisputed World Champion Katie Taylor.

Weekly lessons. Technical breakdowns. Video feedback. Live coaching.

Join anytime. Train like a champion.

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