Why don't any boxers use this kind of stance anymore?

[Reloaded]

You never see it these days, do you think someone could bring it back and have success with it?

[SN!PER]

Looks like they're holding invisible guns.

Someone needs to shop some heavy weapons into the photos.

[buge]

[boxinghead530]

You never see it these days, do you think someone could bring it back and have success with it?

Kostya tszyu used to fight with that stance, sort of.

[Eff Pandas]

Running for the touchdown stance?

[Syf]

Kung Fu is sort of like calling boxing "a test of the heart" Its actually "Chinese Boxing" which definitely indicates similarity. Yes the parallels are all there. The mother styles are Bagua (fighting in circles) Hsin Yi (Fighting in straight lines) and Tai Chi perpetual motion. From these mother styles we get the differnt boxing styles and they do have similarities.

The fist is used in the Southern styles, particularly Wing Chun, but not as much a part of the systems as with western boxing. The reasons for this are probably cultural. In the west is a belief that men hit with a closed fist.

There are also similarities to certain old Ju Jutsu systems...look at a Samurai woodcut from almost any period after the 1500's and you will see leg positions that look remarkably like the old fighters...As a matter of fact when boxing first came along the same length called sword length was employed which is the distance of a blade (usually about 3-5 feet)held to a length where it just would miss its mark. So there are a lot of similarities.

I didn't know that about the samurai woodcuts. Good stuff.

I know all about some circle walking though..lol.. studied bagua and tai chi under sifu buckman.. a disciple of Master Park Bok-Nom... did some sessions with the grandmaster as well, but always kept my loyalty to Buckman. There is all kinds of crazy politics in those kung fu federations... disciples mad at other disciples for stealing students ect. It gets pretty divisive I must say.

[Chex31]

That's the white boy style, the white boy don't/didn't know sht about proper mechanics.

It looks like the lean back from everything style the ******ed kids on the street use when fighting. They called it the Limbo.

[Tom Cruise]

I think the reality is that loads of boxers use this stance throughout boxing history, even if it has changed over time to accommodate different glove sizes.

[Weltschmerz]

You never see it these days, do you think someone could bring it back and have success with it?

Boxers were way better back then, doe.

[bklynboy]

That's the white boy style, the white boy don't/didn't know sht about proper mechanics.

It looks like the lean back from everything style the ******ed kids on the street use when fighting. They called it the Limbo.

Another racist fool who doesn't know anything about boxing or LRR (London Ring Rules).