Fighting outside, inside and mid range and holding

[Gocougars3]

One other thing, he is a "weight back" fighter but you can't talk me out of that style.

[Scrap]

So is this guy got the expieriance on you . how long you been Boxing.

[Scrap]

Are you Orthadox or Southpaw.

[Gocougars3]

Are you Orthadox or Southpaw.

I don't train him, I manage him. He has had some good training during the past 2 years (including a guy that trained a prominent southpaw); before that he trained hard but his trainers came and went. He was not a big amateur so he is playing catch up.

[Scrap]

Now this is something that works, get a fitball. Pump it halffull then sit on it. Taking the feet of the floor shadow Box, all little movements. At 1st He will fall off, keep doing it, it will get him use to Balanced movement, plus it does wonders for the core and speed of movement, thats a given

[greynotsoold]

I don't think that I am following...In my mind, you are either in or out of punching range, and it is best not to hang around in range. If my understanding is correct, then he is adept at staying out of range, then moving in quickly, punching well, and getting out.That is exactly what you are supposed to do. Hanging around in between is just asking to get pot-shotted.
Now, is he good at closing to the correct distance to punch effectively? Or does he get too close and smother himself? Does he punch from too far away?

[Gocougars3]

I don't think that I am following...In my mind, you are either in or out of punching range, and it is best not to hang around in range. If my understanding is correct, then he is adept at staying out of range, then moving in quickly, punching well, and getting out.That is exactly what you are supposed to do. Hanging around in between is just asking to get pot-shotted.
Now, is he good at closing to the correct distance to punch effectively? Or does he get too close and smother himself? Does he punch from too far away?

You are following and your phrasing helped me think about it a little differently. I think he is not putting his punches together when he is mid range so he is often just getting off a shot or 2 at that distance and and then he gets out pretty quickly. I think he ultimately wants to work from close range, which is where is most comfortable. Some times he is so anxious to get close he does smother himself. He punches his way in, kind of over runs his combinations. He expends a lot of energy in clinches and I think he tends to be a little to easy to grab. He constantly complains when guys hold him in sparring (which everyone of course does).