Testing WING CHUN Distance Judgement Against CHAMPION Boxer ● Wing Chun vs Boxing

Wing Chun vs Boxing: Testing Wing Chun Distance Judgement Skills on a PRO Boxer

John McDermott is an English heavyweight boxer from England. He is a two-time challenger for the British Heavyweight title and is the current English Heavyweight title holder.

On 18 April 2008, McDermott won the vacant English heavyweight title, knocking out Pele Reid in the second round. He had fought for the same title once before in 2004 losing on that occasion to Mark Krence.

In September 2007, he had become the mandatory challenger for a second shot at the British title beating Scott Gammer on points over 10 rounds. He had fought for the title once before in December 2005 losing in the 1st round to Matt Skelton.

McDermott lost his English heavyweight title to Tyson Fury in a controversial decision on 11 September. Referee Terry O'Connor, scored the fight 98-92 in favour of Fury. After the referee handed the decision to Fury, Sky Sports commentator Jim Watt asked; "Has he [O'Connor] got the names mixed up?" Jim Watt along with other commentators Glenn McCrory, Johnny Nelson all scored the fight to McDermott, as did David Haye. Fury defeated McDermott in a rematch on 25 June 2010. McDermott won a unanimous points decision against Matt Skelton on 16 March 2013 to regain the English Heavyweight title.

Wing Chun is a great martial art, but here’s what happens when you ignore the universal principles of combat!

As in any fight, you still need to abide by the universal basics of Distance Control, Footwork, and Timing. These attributes have nothing to do with actual Wing Chun techniques, but just fighting.

Surprisingly there are some people outside of the Wing Chun community that have the opinion that Wing Chun does not work a fight. Of course defining a real fight is difficult, as the term can mean different things to different people. This is where the misconceptions about Wing Chun begin.

As in any martial art it is necessary to develop the ability to manage and control distance to the person that is attacking you. This involves the attribute of developing good mobility and footwork.

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[Ricardoromero]

There's so much bullshit wing Chun on YouTube. It's nice to see a channel that's multidisciplinary and open minded. Very good explanations and just beautiful martial arts. Congratulations on your work on this channel, man.

[striplingwarrior]

The light touch sparring is fine. To really make a test of your theory maybe you should put on some heavy gloves and a head guard and have a more robust sparring session. Like Mike Tyson said "everyone has a plan until they get punched in the 🤕 head" (emoji added). What I'd like to say is the wing Chun guy decent foot work and head movement.

[gondwana]

Mark, I've always enjoyed and learned a great deal from your videos. One of the very best on Youtube! I especially enjoy your charming smile after you deliver your most devastating blows.

[DragonWarrior]

Excellent video! I have Subscribed, keep up the fantastic work. These videos are the reason I started Wing Chun.

[VidadiHajiyev]

I woul like to share honestly my personal opinion, and my writing is not to offense you or wing chun. I am just do it for researching true in combat. Wing chun is not for sport game and this concept expressed in wing chun structure and biomechanics. You move as boxer, your bodyframe also as boxer, and you do palm slaps as boxer. Your Distance Judgement based on boxing footwork, there is no wing chun in this video. In this video your footwork, bodywork and palm blocks and parries dont have wing chun structure and all your movements out of wing chun principles. And it is not real sparring with boxer, I just see how boxer providing friendly and indulgent game for you in this reason you demonstrate very suppositive and conditional Distance Judgement. Unfortunatly wing chun cannot do defense against real agressive boxing, becuse wing chun works better only against wing chun when both have same structure of attacks and same fighting tactics, same body frame and same footwork. All winch chun blocks work better against punches same as in wing chun. Unfortunatly you did not solve the problem with wing chun defenselessness against moden boxing and moden boxing based combat sports. It is logical that you did this video only for hype. Please, understand me corectly I am not saying that wing chun is bad in general, it is not good in sport sparring and wing chun is good for street self-defense in general. The logical conclusion of your video is - MOVE AS BOXER IF YOU WANT TO SURVIVE FROM BOXER. I hope my comment help you create some good video with real wing chun vs real boxing. It is not easy job. The only way to do it to fight with boxer - friendly real full contact sparring with medium range boxer using protection gears. I wish you all the best.

[Onion_orbit]

Nice video... Can you do a video on how to use the knees in a fight?

[mikecarterwhiteirishandpue]

I LOVE WING CHUN BUT I MIXED IT UP WITH 52 BLOCKS AND KALI.

[Myrdryhn]

Awesome video. I asked a few videos back about how to open, and your explanation of drawing the lead is extremely helpful. Thank you!

[jamiirali]

A traditional Wing Chun man in a traditional Wing Chun stance would not fare well in my opinion because how do you monitor a Centerline that is not standing straight up and often shifts Bobs and weaves? I have a great deal of respect for Wing Chun but The Wing Chun I was exposed to in JKD fared pretty well in sparring because we were constantly moving in and out of boxing range without over-emphasizing trapping movements but to just go straight up Wing Chun against the boxer is not a good idea...

[silverfox]

So the wing chun guy starts sparring like a boxer? 😂😂😂

[Jameskeith]

AWESOME! Great freaking video! Thanks mate!

[benjones]

The thing is you have a reach and height advantage over most (even if not in this case) which gives you a lot of options others don't have.

[franklan]

Respect. Great video on the mechanics. Keep up the great work.

[integratedfightingarts]

Mr. McDermott actually has an outstanding huen sao!

[alexanderyung]

Good Video! Quick question, how often do you train with boxers?

[Chunda]

It's easy to lose focus on what Sifu Mark is saying here- regardless of what your 'base' is, you have to understand how to judge distance. Where is your head and face in relation to what is coming at you? Are you in position to counter? Can you slip and get in closer? This is not WC versus boxing. Thank Yous to McDermott for helping us train.

[cw]

Certainly useful techniques but I do think that against an equally trained boxer the average wing chun guy is losing 99% of the time. Or against the kickboxer or MMA guy. But there are things here I think we can all learn from. Thank you for the video - it's nice to see and you have great movement.

[whatnext]

I would love to train in
Wing Chun for self defence
but I have never seen any evidence of it being effective against a physicaly fit aggressive attacker .

[Pure_Boxing]

Feeling your way as if you're dancing. Footwork is going to be very very important

[angelocordero]

You can easily see that the boxer is dominating