It's impossible to block if you are aiming at a mob with less than 2 blocks from you.
To reproduce:
1 Equip a shield
2 Get close to a mob (less than 2 blocks)
3 Aim at the mob and press the block button
While creating this issue also found that if you have a shield in your left hand and no item in your right hand and try to block while aiming at a Fence you also won't block.
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We're actually already tracking this issue in MC-160901, so I resolved and linked this ticket as a duplicate.
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