Why are some fighters flat footed? Is it genetic like speed?

[YOUNG_BRICC]

Broner's black and he's flat footed as hell.

first of all dont brince race into this there is nothing that indicitaes that at all so sit ur ass down with that nonsenes,

broner fights flat footed by choice,as does ward and a few other gifted athletes that choose to fight that way because of the way they thrown punches,u gotta watch real closely,mosley for inetence often wouldnt give the apperence that he was flat footed but watch when he throws combinations and look at his feets

[LoadedWraps]

Guys like Canelo and Broner have fast hands but they fight like their feet are stuck in mud. Seriously look at the Canelo Floyd fight then compare how much lighter Maidana is and how quick he is compared to Saul at cutting the ring off.

Do the more bouncy fighters have more arched feet?

This s red k worthy booty dew, to be honest.

Flat footed in boxing isn't the same as teh medical condition it's meant to describe a fighter who is slow on his feet. Broner isn't flat footed as far as his literal arch, (or maybe he is, the point is that that's not the point.) he is flat footed because he moves like he has his feet in cement, it's a metaphore.

Thus, flat footed as we use it in fighting terminology isn't genetic, it depends on the fighter and trainer.

flat footed when it comes to actual arches is different. I am technically mildly flat footed in that regard, but you sure can't tell in the ring or with shoes on, I move quickly. Apples and oranges.

[jsmith_tsu]

its just goes by how you grew up, if you was athletic since a kid then you be that as an adult, but if you was more of a calm person you gonna be heavy on your feets.

I dont agree temperament has anything to do with how someone moves in the ring

[CTC JOHNNY]

Flat footed by choice for some fighters!!!

[Biolink]

I don't understand either how some dudes are so slow and flat-footed. Like no matter how fast a guy is he can only be "so fast" to an extent because the dimensions of the ring only allow you to be so fast. Margarito is slower than a turtle on purple drank. Even with genetics and training I just don't understand how that happens.

[GrandpaBernard]

I don't understand either how some dudes are so slow and flat-footed. Like no matter how fast a guy is he can only be "so fast" to an extent because the dimensions of the ring only allow you to be so fast. Margarito is slower than a turtle on purple drank. Even with genetics and training I just don't understand how that happens.

they train to be that way. alvarez for example is stationary on the heavy bag

[Killer_of_Sheep]

From what you've wrote. You're not talking about flat-footness, you're talking about foot speed.

Like Roberto Duran, who fought flat footed but had very fast feet, he could close the distance in a blink of an eye, pivot very fast in angles while on the inside, etc etc.

I think its genetic, but you can train for footspeed, Canelo has ****in' slow feet.