How Do You Perfect A Stance And Practice Footwork In Boxing?
Many people only passingly familiar with the sport don’t realize the intricacies of boxing. Most people who see boxing on TV only ever get to watch the big heavyweight title fights. This provides an erroneous view of boxing. In heavyweight boxing the two competitors are so strong that a single well placed punch may be sufficient to end the fight. But because these punches have all the force of a wrecking ball they tire the athlete very quickly. In this way most people think that strength is the key to boxing, which is not all true. In the late 1800s bare-knuckle boxing, the precursor to modern boxing, involved two competitors standing in front of one another and trading blows. The innovations of a young man, “Gentleman” Jim Corbett, changed boxing into the sport it is now. He was light on his feet, ducking and weaving out of the way of incoming punches, then popping back up to strike his opponent. He also kept an odd stance. Today his stance and emphasis on footwork is the very model o
