Great inside fighters,why are they so rare now?

[RubenSonny]

Brandon Rios is a great inside fighter, Omar Figueroa is a great inside fighter, Alfredo Angulo is (or atleast was) a great inside fighter. Provodnikov is a great inside fighter....they're out there...just gotta know who to look for.

None of those guys are even good inside fighters.

[IMDAZED]

None of those guys are even good inside fighters.

I know, right? I'm like...wtf is going on?

[Robbie Barrett]

Clinching has always been a part of effective in-fighting.

Clinching every time opponent gets inside and waiting for the referee to step in has not.

[IMDAZED]

Clinching every time opponent gets inside and waiting for the referee to step in has not.

Of course not. But you said just "clinching" which is different from what you're saying here. Throwback fighters knew how to hook one arm, turn you, create angles, etc. Clinching has always been a part of effective in-fighting.

[DARKSEID]

Because the guy you think about more than women popularized track and field boxing.

The type of boxing where you go backward the entire fight.

Inside fighting occurs when both fighters refuse to go backwards and all they can do is clash.

In the ancient ways, going backwards was a sign of defeat.

[Holywarrior]

Provodnikov, Gonzalez, Golovkin, Ward, Hopkins, Marquez, etc. are all good inside fighters.

Very rarely is there ever a period that is packed full of good inside fighters.

[bojangles1987]

It really is. The amateur system is now set up to flat out ignore, actually discourage, inside fighting.

An inside game today seems to consist of clinching, pushing off and getting the **** out of there. That's an inside game today.

Yep. Which sucks, because a skilled inside fighter is my favorite type of fighter to watch. Instead everyone just clinches, and when they're told to fight out of it they just push away and fall into another clinch.

Maybe if referees ever cracked down on clinching, this could change.

[bojangles1987]

Because the guy you think about more than women popularized track and field boxing.

The type of boxing where you go backward the entire fight.

Inside fighting occurs when both fighters refuse to go backwards and all they can do is clash.

In the ancient ways, going backwards was a sign of defeat.

Floyd can and does fight inside when he has to, though. Even if it's not his preferred style, he has the ability.

[bojangles1987]

Of course not. But you said just "clinching" which is different from what you're saying here. Throwback fighters knew how to hook one arm, turn you, create angles, etc. Clinching has always been a part of effective in-fighting.

Like Ward. I wouldn't call him a great inside fighter, but he does just that inside. He'll clinch, but he'll use the clinch to initiate his offense. He's really good at taking away the free hand and working.

[!! Shawn]

Is the art of inside fighting being taught less and less? i have seen when fights gets close,some fighters seem lost and just clinch instead of fighting on the inside

Most the fighters today come from the Amateurs, and the amateur system penalizes inside fighting, so its skill set most fighters never develop.