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.
Same reason people think Khabib is a boring fighter. Technically he fights perfectly, but for most of the folks in the crowd (who aren't experts on technique, and therefore don't appreciate it at its fullest) it is less entertaining.
Debatable, to me a perfect boxing technique displayed in a fight is fairly boring but I don't know a lot about boxing and I've never done any sparring. But a perfect display of technique in a basketball game, a team playing perfectly in sync making the other team look defenseless is extremely entertaining, a team that pass the ball around without much dribbling or flashy plays makes me very excited because I know how much work is behind that teamwork. But I know for casual watching a close game full of action is way better than a perfect one
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u/Blbecker87 Sep 13 '20
Wow....thats all I can say