Lack of defensive counter hits

I'm curious as to why you can't punch while weaving / leaning / dodging? For example, if I'm holding "LT" to weave, I can't fire off a punch to the body while I'm leaned over. Not being able to do this takes out an entire range of counter punches and also renders inside fighting completely ineffective. That was an extremely odd development decision and I can't come up with any logical explanation for this. Has this been touched on by the devs as an area for improvement?