Switching Stance

[beenKOed]

I've always thought this is for undisciplined boxer/fighters or showing off. It is a cardinal sin IMO. You can get away with doing it against lesser fighter but you are putting yourself in danger and it is only a matter of time a quality opponent proves this to you.

You are wrong, Crawford does it flawlessly. It's a great advantage, to switch up gives your opponent another thing to think about, especially if you are really effective in either stance. Another tool in a fighters toolbox.
Great hand and foot speed, decent power, excellent boxing, and the ability to switch stance is a dynamite combination. In my opinion, of course!

Your opinion doesn't make anybody wrong.

I'm not trying to make you wrong, I'm trying to get you to see the light. I'm trying to change your mind, to get you to take another look.
Last I was watching boxing on FOX Sports 1, Paulie Malignaggi was behind the mic and doing his usual great job. One of the fighters was having a bad time so he started switching stance which made things worse for him. Even his corner was telling him to stop switching because he not effective when he switched.
Paulie being a fighter went right to the heart of the problem when he said something like this, "Anybody can throw effective punches from either stance, but most can't defend as well from either stance." He went on to say switching stance makes you a better fighter, if you can defend well from either stance.
Think about it, sir.

[Julius Rain]

I've always thought this is for undisciplined boxer/fighters or showing off. It is a cardinal sin IMO. You can get away with doing it against lesser fighter but you are putting yourself in danger and it is only a matter of time a quality opponent proves this to you.

You are wrong, Crawford does it flawlessly. It's a great advantage, to switch up gives your opponent another thing to think about, especially if you are really effective in either stance. Another tool in a fighters toolbox.
Great hand and foot speed, decent power, excellent boxing, and the ability to switch stance is a dynamite combination. In my opinion, of course!

Your opinion doesn't make anybody wrong.

I'm not trying to make you wrong, I'm trying to get you to see the light. I'm trying to change your mind, to get you to take another look.
Last I was watching boxing on FOX Sports 1, Paulie Malignaggi was behind the mic and doing his usual great job. One of the fighters was having a bad time so he started switching stance which made things worse for him. Even his corner was telling him to stop switching because he not effective when he switched.
Paulie being a fighter went right to the heart of the problem when he said something like this, "Anybody can throw effective punches from either stance, but most can't defend as well from either stance." He went on to say switching stance makes you a better fighter, if you can defend well from either stance.
Think about it, sir.

Valid point and is actually part of my argument about why switching stance is a bad idea. You can't defend very well in both stances. I think you sacrifice maximizing your effectiveness on both offense and defense when you are not disciplined enough to commit to one stance.

I disagree with Paulie, switching stance doesn't make you a better fighter. It just concedes you were not good enough with your original stance. It is a desperate move. Boxing has always been about maximizing effectiveness. This isn't Kung Fu, where optional stances are glorified as secret weapons.

[Andre]

Nothing is set in stone in boxing and all fighters are different its mind less to put every fighter into a should do or dont do category.

Thats why some fighters who have an extra strong side through what Scrap calls a dominant eye are stuck with their body compensating for it. People are not all the same in make up, their are some rare blessed people who are ambidextrous ad their are some well trained fighters who know when allow it.

There are degrees of switching in boxing there always has been like or not it occurs naturally an when it does you can use it or waste time by getting back into your 'chosen stance".

That situation is when you dont actually switch feet, but your opponent moves from one side of you to the other side of you.

If you dont adjust your feet fully and turn your upper body to follow them from their point of view you have switched without even moving. A great boxer can use that to his advantage by shuffling forward into their center line while they move and it cuts them off faster and catches them dead square as you close on them.

Watch Tyson very close in his prime he did that all the time right on the opponents reaction to being hit or swarmed, he as good as switched feet to cut off the ring and cut off their escape routes he did more than go dead square, watch his feet closer next time.In relation to where the opponent was heading, he would move into someones center line and knock them clean off balance catching them flat footed right at the right time, left foot forward or right forward no care to him at all, the job was getting done when it had to be done.

[beenKOed]

I've always thought this is for undisciplined boxer/fighters or showing off. It is a cardinal sin IMO. You can get away with doing it against lesser fighter but you are putting yourself in danger and it is only a matter of time a quality opponent proves this to you.

You are wrong, Crawford does it flawlessly. It's a great advantage, to switch up gives your opponent another thing to think about, especially if you are really effective in either stance. Another tool in a fighters toolbox.
Great hand and foot speed, decent power, excellent boxing, and the ability to switch stance is a dynamite combination. In my opinion, of course!

Your opinion doesn't make anybody wrong.

I'm not trying to make you wrong, I'm trying to get you to see the light. I'm trying to change your mind, to get you to take another look.
Last I was watching boxing on FOX Sports 1, Paulie Malignaggi was behind the mic and doing his usual great job. One of the fighters was having a bad time so he started switching stance which made things worse for him. Even his corner was telling him to stop switching because he not effective when he switched.
Paulie being a fighter went right to the heart of the problem when he said something like this, "Anybody can throw effective punches from either stance, but most can't defend as well from either stance." He went on to say switching stance makes you a better fighter, if you can defend well from either stance.
Think about it, sir.

Valid point and is actually part of my argument about why switching stance is a bad idea. You can't defend very well in both stances. I think you sacrifice maximizing your effectiveness on both offense and defense when you are not disciplined enough to commit to one stance.

I disagree with Paulie, switching stance doesn't make you a better fighter. It just concedes you were not good enough with your original stance. It is a desperate move. Boxing has always been about maximizing effectiveness. This isn't Kung Fu, where optional stances are glorified as secret weapons.

Have it your way. By the way, you are almost as hardheaded as I am. In my opinion, of course. Lol

[Julius Rain]

I've always thought this is for undisciplined boxer/fighters or showing off. It is a cardinal sin IMO. You can get away with doing it against lesser fighter but you are putting yourself in danger and it is only a matter of time a quality opponent proves this to you.

You are wrong, Crawford does it flawlessly. It's a great advantage, to switch up gives your opponent another thing to think about, especially if you are really effective in either stance. Another tool in a fighters toolbox.
Great hand and foot speed, decent power, excellent boxing, and the ability to switch stance is a dynamite combination. In my opinion, of course!

Your opinion doesn't make anybody wrong.

I'm not trying to make you wrong, I'm trying to get you to see the light. I'm trying to change your mind, to get you to take another look.
Last I was watching boxing on FOX Sports 1, Paulie Malignaggi was behind the mic and doing his usual great job. One of the fighters was having a bad time so he started switching stance which made things worse for him. Even his corner was telling him to stop switching because he not effective when he switched.
Paulie being a fighter went right to the heart of the problem when he said something like this, "Anybody can throw effective punches from either stance, but most can't defend as well from either stance." He went on to say switching stance makes you a better fighter, if you can defend well from either stance.
Think about it, sir.

Valid point and is actually part of my argument about why switching stance is a bad idea. You can't defend very well in both stances. I think you sacrifice maximizing your effectiveness on both offense and defense when you are not disciplined enough to commit to one stance.

I disagree with Paulie, switching stance doesn't make you a better fighter. It just concedes you were not good enough with your original stance. It is a desperate move. Boxing has always been about maximizing effectiveness. This isn't Kung Fu, where optional stances are glorified as secret weapons.

Have it your way. By the way, you are almost as hardheaded as I am. In my opinion, of course. Lol

I disagree