Switching Stance

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Bit of a rant but I'm all for switching stances. I wish I could see more fighters, doing it more often.

IMO it just seems like a terrible lack of skill that 95% of fighters aren't comfortable with it. It's an incredibly useful component of boxing.

The way I see it, you should be taught from the very start. No excuses. You have to work the angles... angles form different lengths. So many instances where switching, if only briefly, is the next logical step.

Basically, what I'm trying to say is that to me - when you consider what makes boxing, boxing, it belies logic that a fighter won't attempt to switch... But then I guess it's in the same reasoning as to why most fighters won't fight with a low left hand (for example). The 'importance' as well as the constraints of it, just needs to be taught, fully.

Anyway, it would appear that most fighters that come out of the Ingle camp are usually very proficient fighting out of both stances.

Their latest little star Kid Galahad is amazing at it. Not very strong, not very quick but definitely a highly skilled Ingle fighter.