How come so many of the top heavyweights these days have no inside game?

[TheIcon]

I don't know if this is just me being stupid but there seems to be so many top heavyweights that just do not know how to fight inside, even some of the shorter guys don't seem that comfortable, people like Eddie Chambers and David Haye despite there shorter size don't really seem to like to be inside. Wlad and Vitali have no real inside game but their size makes up for that and there's really no need to develop the ability to fight inside for them, tomasz adamek doesn't seem the greatest inside fighter and he likes to use the ring and move, Alexander Povetkin looks uncomfortable on the inside whenever I see him.

The only 2 Heavyweights I know that like to fight inside really are Chris Arreola and Derek Chisora

Is this just me being cynical or do you guys agree??

[Light_Speed]

This applies to many fighters in all the weightclasses. Looks like inside fighting is becoming a lost art.

[fight_night]

It's become a lost art throughout all divisons, not just the heavyweights.

[GoogleMe]

As mentioned: it's a lost art in all divisions :'/ Sadly, cause that's the identity of boxing to me.

[Brother Jay]

Originally Posted by Light_Speed

This applies to many fighters in all the weightclasses. Looks like inside fighting is becoming a lost art.

Boxing isn't "becoming" anything.

Throughout history there have been fighters who have been good at certain things and then there have been fighters that many things.

Very seldom do you see fighters who were good at almost everything.

Not every fighter from the Golden Era has a great or even good inside game.

Not every boxer in any era excelled at body punching.

There's never been an era where all boxers, or even the majority of boxers did anything. That would indicate a trend, and technique has always been about which fundamentals a boxer can get to work for him, not what others would like to see.