Re: Do You Have More Than One Boxing Style ??
All these things, styles, tactics, and strategy can be trained.
I think when it comes down to training you ought to rehearse all the situations, moves, counter moves in your mind. How to fight on the inside, off the ropes, setting them up. This can be applied in sparring, bagwork, and shadow boxing. Different styles can cause different problems, and it's a good idea to spends some time going over them so that you have a pretty good idea what to expect when you have a serious opponent infront of you whose looking to win.
Tommy Loughran, whom was a very clever fighter back in his the day said he could sucker a guy into about anything when it came to boxing. When he trained and especially when he shadowboxed he was very meticulous and observant in what he was doing. He'd shadowbox in a mirror with the idea that from that he would know exactly what he looked like to his opponent. So he because of this meticulous training of his and the body awareness that came if it he knew exactly his opponent saw. He really was able to put to his advantage.
A mirror is great for a lot of reasons such as I just mentioned. This is a great reference tool especially if you're trying out something new, you can see the moves for yourself and that feedback will help you make the changes necessary and benificial to what you have in mind. You can practice anything, the various shifts, and moves. Work to have a reason behind what you're doing so that once your mind kicks into autopilot mode you'll be doing all the right moves for the right reasons. Same applies for all your training, whether it is the speedbag, heavybag or w/e. You can pit yourself against any imaginary opponent and play all their moves and tendencies in your mind, are they punching between your combinations, how are they jabbing, and upon studying your own shifts and sleights in front of a mirror and putting thought into it you maybe able to recognise them in your opponents and use that insight to your advantage.
Now if you want to set your opponent up you put yourself in situations that lead to those situations.
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