Josue Vargas and Rolly Romero’s wide stances

[-Kev-]

Is how you fight when you’re 12 years old or you’re an untrained street fighter. You are prone to vicious KO losses when you fight like that.

When I first went into a boxing gym and did that wide stance BS, coach told me to knock that off. I was a child though. Not sure why a pro would box like that.

And to the 5 crazy ass posters who said Rolly was stopped prematurely even after he was wobbling all over the place, Josue Vargas was in better shape than Rolly and you saw how the two ringside doctors and Tim Bradley reacted to the incompetent ref allowing an out-on-his-feet Vargas to continue.

It’s ******. I wouldn’t be surprised if that ref posts here as one of those posters who claim every obviously good stoppage was premature.

[_original_]

Does Vargas have an extensive amateur career? I know Rolly doesn’t but curious about JV.

[Boxfan83]

When it comes to boxing there's a 1000 ways to skin a cat. There's been 1000s of champions and they've all had their own stance and style. Mimicking a style of a champion or being trained to fight like some1 they cannot rarely works. Imo it's best to perfect a style and stance that best suits all their physical traits.

Guys like Vargas and Romero put themselves in bad positions with such a wide stance because they lack quick enough feet to be able to lateral move out. Their stance pretty much leaves them in a "u hit me, I hit u" sorta match. A wide stance does generate power though but again if you lack foot speed, a power punch will likely be easily returned.

[-Kev-]

When it comes to boxing there's a 1000 ways to skin a cat. There's been 1000s of champions and they've all had their own stance and style. Mimicking a style of a champion or being trained to fight like some1 they cannot rarely works. Imo it's best to perfect a style and stance that best suits all their physical traits.

Guys like Vargas and Romero put themselves in bad positions with such a wide stance because they lack quick enough feet to be able to lateral move out. Their stance pretty much leaves them in a "u hit me, I hit u" sorta match. A wide stance does generate power though but again if you lack foot speed, a power punch will likely be easily returned.

Yes definitely on the power generation.

When I picked Tank to KO Rolly late (was wrong, happened midway) I said the main reason is because of Rolly’s wide stance. I also acknowledged that the reason I picked late rather than early or mid was because fighters with a wide stance are dangerous because of the power they can generate. So it becomes a fight where the other guy has to adjust and time the wide stance fighter. They are highly dangerous if you go in there to trade with them right away.

Tank did what I predicted but much quicker.

What I found amusing though, was the fans sh/tting on Tank, talking about he took too long to KO him and that he was running around or whatever. That just went to show me who knows boxing and who knows zero about boxing. And I mean about gameplans and how to approach a style.

Not saying you have to be a licensed boxing coach to be a fan. Or become Nostradamus with your picks, you can be wrong half the time and still know boxing. But god damn, if you’re (not you, generally speaking) going to discuss boxing, learn the damn basics of it.