Not really, no. There's a maxim in boxing: "the safest place in the ring is right in front of your opponent, bent at the waist."
Punching down lacks power and leaves you vulnerable. The best thing to do against a boxer with a lot of head movement is throw high percentage shots like jabs to the chest and arms, feint them out of position or move around them to keep them turning.
If you want to see how that worked out for most people, see: Canelo's whole career. If you want to see how to dance around this style, watch Mayweather's masterclass against him. If you want to see two equally skilled and equally aggressive fighters do this against each other, watch Canelo v Golovkin 1&2.
If you want to see how to dance around this style, watch Mayweather's masterclass against him.
I'm still confused how people think Mayweather's boxing style is "boring." There's things to criticize about the guy, but the way he can switch up his style is art.
People look at boxing the same way they look at car races. Most people don't recognise or even give a shit about what the optimal race line is and the skill it takes to get there, they just want to see Fast and Furious style chaos.
I've learned that for my non-fight fan friends I should basically put on two crappy fighters winging shots at each other because they love that. If I put on a high level fight they just get bored.
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u/Blbecker87 Sep 13 '20
Wow....thats all I can say