In the ring nothing should be left to hypothesis, you either got it together or you don't. Original thought is all fine and well but in the heat of a bout their isn't much room to turn on your think tank.

This is past book smarts and higher education, it's about taking an unatural system and making natural actions from it. It's more natural to flail away, flinch and leave yourself open than it is to naturally come a proper arm guard position and throw punches precise effective way. Training is polishing out all the natural tendencies that jeopardize a fighter and developing a new coordination and feel for boxing.

There isn't time for a whole lotta thought process to go on in fight night, you either have had the moves drilled into your head, sparred enough to have a feel and insight or you better bring a platter because if the other guy has it together you're done.

Getting back to what Mr. Tabin brought up I think it is possible to make a good fighter, but it's not so much in the trainer's hands as it is the learning fighter. Besides the attitude the fighter has make sense of the pieces of boxing and put it to use in an effective manner.