The first thing a young boxer should learn in my opinion is

[junior gong]

Positioning........because you have to be in the right position to evade a punch and at the same time return a punch.i was working with my son today and he has solid defense but im trying to teach him to not remain in a shell and make his opponent pay for his mistakes........but you have to remain in position to accomplish that..next is timing.you have to time the miss and the punishment.it comes down to science and thats why i love this sport.1 wrong angle,one inch to close or to far and you cant accomplish your goal


please state you opinions on what you think are the important aspects

Thats right Lazzer! Forget stance and how to throw a jab, just get straight to positioning.

You have said some pretty dumb stuff in the past, but that....wowser!

[Alx.]

endurance...stamina is the first and most important in boxing imo

[Ring Leader]

you teach them how to stand and hold up their hands. then the straight punches

[Spacey1991]

Positioning........because you have to be in the right position to evade a punch and at the same time return a punch.i was working with my son today and he has solid defense but im trying to teach him to not remain in a shell and make his opponent pay for his mistakes........but you have to remain in position to accomplish that..next is timing.you have to time the miss and the punishment.it comes down to science and thats why i love this sport.1 wrong angle,one inch to close or to far and you cant accomplish your goal


please state you opinions on what you think are the important aspects

I think the first thing a boxer should be taught when walking in the gym is the stance, the best thing to teach a guy first is the fundamentals and then all of the defences, timing, counterpunching, etc. should come along after.

[Spacey1991]

I can guarantee none of the top boxers today were taught any of the advanced stuff right at the start, they would of all started off learnin the basic fundamentals.

[RL_GMA]

Learn how to take a punch clean imo

That's not something you teach. You either can take a shot or you can't.

[RL_GMA]

Here's one for starters......

How about learning to throw an actual punch lol (which includes your stance).

[UmissUpay]

elbow rowl baby

its the best tool in the world