Gaining Position and circling to the right (counter clockwise)

[Yuzo]

you are basically trying to get around his shoulder the same way that you'd drive a car around a bend in the road. the difference is the bend in the road is always moving around with you too. when you are further away you can skip around his shoulder faster than you can walk there in your stance (but this puts both of your feet in the air and they have to come back down to the ground to punch) and when you are near him you can step around (a hop step) to get around his shoulder more suddenly. step arounds work the best on a guy that is standing still. when you think you got a guy standing still, say, to rest, thats your cue.

you are basically jockeying for position. you won't always be in position, but when you do gain your position back, and you will, put your hook inside his right elbow.

Maybe I am trying to force the angle going right to much if I am having to cover so much distance. Could one hop step from a position facing and orthodox opponent's right side (open side) , all the way to a position facing their left side (closed side)? Or would such a distance and cutting across their center like that in range be a mistake? I noticed in the video, Hatton is performing a step around while starting from a position in the of his opponent center, then moving to either side, while I was trying to find some maneuver from an angle on their right all the way to an angle on their left.

you seem to me to be trying to force your way through instead of just taking what he is giving you and using all of that big open space. my advice is to take the open space. when you get that much room you can basically reset the ring and space everything back out the way you want.

Alternatively, perhaps I should just develop more skill use the angle on their right (open side) instead of trying to force the angle on their left.

a jab circling to your left is a punch that makes boxing very, very easy. should that appeal to you the best advice that i can ever give you is to get really good at throwing that punch.