Old school styles are gone!
There are no trainers around now who have that knowledge to teach it. The main reason is that "inside fighting" is not a style that is favored in the amateurs and that's where young men begin their careers. The last one I remember who tried to make it through national and international tourny's was Mike Tyson. Mike was taught to pressure and bring punches from the outside and under neath he was not your typical lateral mover who through straight shots and looked to "score" instead of "hurt"!
The trainers today are from the amateur programs themselves a perfect example is Canelo Alverez he just fought using an American style utilizing lateral motion as opposed to stepping in and throwing punches off head movement instead of leg movement.
He has a very good chance of beating Golovkin if he pushed him back while working short step overs as he punches in combination.
I believe he knows how to utilize those techniques but his handlers and management prefer that he runs. So he did!
When do you ever see a left hook thrown followed by a head roll under with a right hand punch to the ribs as the roll is half way completed? NEVER! Why? Because you rarely hear a trainer tell his fighter to "punch with" the opponent. They don't want any heavy confrontations any more. Everything is one or two punches then move away. Even when they connect they don't step up to back up they move off! Garbage boxing but young fans have watched Floyd for the last 10 years be successful doing as
little as possible and winning.
I get a kick out of people calling the style Floyd utilizes as "his"! That shows you what these boxing fans know about the sports history.
Pro boxing is close to amateur style these days and I don't see it reversing back to multiple styles ever again.
Ray
There are no trainers around now who have that knowledge to teach it. The main reason is that "inside fighting" is not a style that is favored in the amateurs and that's where young men begin their careers. The last one I remember who tried to make it through national and international tourny's was Mike Tyson. Mike was taught to pressure and bring punches from the outside and under neath he was not your typical lateral mover who through straight shots and looked to "score" instead of "hurt"!
The trainers today are from the amateur programs themselves a perfect example is Canelo Alverez he just fought using an American style utilizing lateral motion as opposed to stepping in and throwing punches off head movement instead of leg movement.
He has a very good chance of beating Golovkin if he pushed him back while working short step overs as he punches in combination.
I believe he knows how to utilize those techniques but his handlers and management prefer that he runs. So he did!
When do you ever see a left hook thrown followed by a head roll under with a right hand punch to the ribs as the roll is half way completed? NEVER! Why? Because you rarely hear a trainer tell his fighter to "punch with" the opponent. They don't want any heavy confrontations any more. Everything is one or two punches then move away. Even when they connect they don't step up to back up they move off! Garbage boxing but young fans have watched Floyd for the last 10 years be successful doing as
little as possible and winning.
I get a kick out of people calling the style Floyd utilizes as "his"! That shows you what these boxing fans know about the sports history.
Pro boxing is close to amateur style these days and I don't see it reversing back to multiple styles ever again.
Ray
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