What is the difference between brawling and infighting???

The epitome of inside fighting. Here's Dumbquiao in his toughman competition days, lol A brawler is nothin' but a wild puncher, w/ no regards for defense.

Corrales-Castillo was not in-fighting? WTF? That was one of the best displays of in-fighting. Both of them really knew how to in-fight, which is kind of a lost art nowadays. Look at the way they position themselves on the inside, putting themselves in the right place to get angles on their shots. They were very effective up close with short punches. Love that right hook to the body, left hook to the body, left hook upstairs combination on the inside that Corrales threw.

the term "in fighting" simply denotes the range that the trading is taking place at; "brawling" is for when fights get violent and defense goes out the window, regardless of range (although it usually does take place on the inside.)

That fight was the very definition of infighting. Yes it was...

You don't have to be chest to chest or shoulder to shoulder to brawl.

In fighting is an art and science. Nobody did it better than Julio Caesar Chavez, Joe Frazier, and Mike Tyson ( when he was with Cus and Rooney). The head movement, cutting the ring off, coming in with the jab and working the body and head. Throwing inside combinations. That's in fighting. Brawling is nothing but uncontrolled, roughhousing tactics, not pretty but sometimes it get the job done. The best two fighter I can think of off that were great at it was Jack Dempsey and Rocky Marciano. Great power in both hands, relentless, and just mauled you until you incinerated.

That fight was the very definition of infighting. Hands down my favorite fight in the last 10 years.

Infighters r my favorite kind of fighter.... Watching the vids people posted, just reminded me why

Truthfully, they r the same thing. Infighting is just another, easier way of saying "brawling with skill"... Maidana... Brawler Roberto Duran... Infighter Both work equally well with outside boxers, they both just have their strengths and weaknesses. Brawlers r awkward, and therefore their punches r hard to time properly, which is why they have success despite lack of skill. However, they have poor defense, r usually really slow, and throw their punches so wide a good, fast boxer can land 2 or 3 right up the middle before they can land. Infighters OBVIOUSLY dominate infighting, therefore any ourside boxer will be mostly shut down by them once they let that happen. Their biggest problem is that they aren't awkward enough, and r therefore easier to time and counter.

Brawling: I'd describe brawling as a boxer focused on getting full leverage behind his punches (usually mid-range) while paying little attention to defense. In-fighting: As for in-fighting I would describe it as smothering your opponent's offense while throwing short, compact punches at close range. Even with your example of brawling, that fight had a lot of well placed shots, good combos, both fighters anticipated when to throw their next shot over their opponents. Thing is in boxing at the world class level, even the brawls have a lot of strategy behind them, feints, well placed punches, and positioning. And another good example of some great infighting was Chavez/Taylor

Barkley the brawler. Toney the infighter. ..

Brawling: I'd describe brawling as a boxer focused on getting full leverage behind his punches (usually mid-range) while paying little attention to defense. In-fighting: As for in-fighting I would describe it as smothering your opponent's offense while throwing short, compact punches at close range.

Juan Manuel Marquez vs Michael Katsidis comes to mind as a nice infight.

Castillo Coralles - Brawling That fight was the very definition of infighting.

Castillo Coralles - Brawling No way, that was in-fighting.

Castillo Coralles - Brawling That was infighting. imo They were throwing well placed punches that were technically good. Brawling is much more messy and reckless.

Castillo Coralles - Brawling

Brawler= Mayorga, Margarito, Segura Infighter= Chavez Sr., Prime Tyson

A brawler is someone who steps in and fires punches and depends on having more toughness and energy than his opponent...is willing to get hit for the opportunity of hitting...kind of like wreckless abandonment. The inside fighter is someone who fights well from inside up close as opposed to someone who stands outside of the opponents punching range and looks to move into the sweet-spot (the sweet science where you punch from a position where you can't be hit) or to counter punch ...the inside fighter fights up close and may even bury his head into the other fighter.