People who DKSAB call it running, if you have never boxed you'll never understand it

[48cantCstraight]

There is a difference between using footwork to put yourself into strategic positions, and straight up running like some fighters. There's no argument that it's effective, but it's extremely boring to some people. Guys like Pep and Sweet Pea were able to use footwork and still be entertaining, but not everyone can pull that off. I laugh at people who make themselves out to be intellectuals because they like a boring fighter or style. You don't have a higher understanding than other people. Boxing is entertainment and people want to have fun when they watch a fight.

[-PBP-]

Running is an excuse when the guy you want to win loses. It's pretty lame.

There's no right or wrong way to win a boxing match. Embrace the styles and respect the fighter that implements his style more effectively.

The great one's are well rounded and can adjust to all styles. The one's that fall short encounter styles that give them fits.

[Spoon23]

When you need to run to the other side of the ring and rely on clinching, that's not boxing nor skills.

Queens-berry rules: Clinching is foul in boxing to those who don't know yet.

[Spoon23]

Footwork is fine to me as long as the person is Fighting! people who run around the ring and jab here and there piss me off. Thats not boxing. throw some combos for crying out loud and yes ive been in the ring and have boxed...

That's amateur boxing. Pro-boxing you need to fight and put the hurt in the hurt biz.

Pot shoting and running around with no bad intentions but to score is amateur boxing in a nutshell.

Pro boxing is a hurt business. We pay to watch a good scrap. Not hugging and seeing forest gump run 12 rounds.

[danceswithfire]

come on man , Floyd runs and it works but to deny he doesn't run is just nuthuggery

[daggum]

Running is an excuse when the guy you want to win loses. It's pretty lame.

There's no right or wrong way to win a boxing match. Embrace the styles and respect the fighter that implements his style more effectively.

The great one's are well rounded and can adjust to all styles. The one's that fall short encounter styles that give them fits.

sure there is. clinching nonstop like wlad, ward, or floyd is wrong but that's if you care about the rules. if you don't then its the greatest thing ever.

[therealpugilist]

Running is an excuse when the guy you want to win loses. It's pretty lame.

There's no right or wrong way to win a boxing match. Embrace the styles and respect the fighter that implements his style more effectively.

The great one's are well rounded and can adjust to all styles. The one's that fall short encounter styles that give them fits.

Exactly...adjust....if your opponent is putting you in an unfavourable position..adapt....not whine....he running doe, He clinching doe, he move to much do nothing....excuses

[LoadedWraps]

I can understand your point but theres to sides to every coin. Lateral movement aka. "running" has and will always be apart of boxing

lateral movement isn't running, that's intelligent economical movement to setup punches and more, you can move laterally and hit your opponent in stride. How is that running?

Running is getting on your bicycle. Running is moving backwards and laterally opposing your opponent and sliding by corners not engaging.

I move laterally offensively all the time. If we look at the ground around you facing your opponent, and your opponent is standing on the 12, I move into 9, 10, 11, 1, 2, 3, all the time offensively and can throw mid stride, even if it misses it usually holds off an attack. You can then pivot or already be mid pivot and continue to throw punches or roll punches if the opponent recovered quickly and began throwing combinations.

Ideally you are always moving, there is no need to sit there unless you are planted and throwing bombs, or planted and slipping and rolling shots inside waiting to counter, weathering the storm. That's why you must be conditioned. If you gas just moving for 3 mins you are out of shape, for a boxer. You need to be able to move, and throw. Your opponent is going to be coming after you, is he is worth a crap, and if he isn't then be decisive and end it swiftly.

You can move forward then take a step to the 7 out of range and force him to reset but you already have the advantage, you can counter there, and pivot in and put him down with a savage shot to the higado, or you can follow up with an uppercut and bully him back with hard shots to the top and bottom taking ground with each throw, staying low and only slipping his return punches.

[therealpugilist]

Would be strange to call Roy a runner. I'm not sure if I've really seen that.

Maybe to you...trust me they were trashing Jones for being boring, moving to much.... ( he wins easy too much)


Whitaker....Ali...pep too

[493dart]

watch a proper boxer called genady if you want to see how to use footwork and the ring.

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