A Boxing Moral Dilemma

[Bomp]

Thanks for the reply Bomp.
My problem is that i seem to be developing two totally contrasting styles.

I'm not sure if two different styles is necesarily a bad thing, someone with more 'hands on' experience with boxers would be much better to comment than me.

Having a plan B is good, but it may be detrimental if you have doubt in your preferred plan A and you don't go all out with it. Some examples off the top my head (which may be irrelevant) are Hagler/ Hearns, Benn/ Mcclellan and recently Cotto/ Mosely, where both guys at the start of the fight (wether pre-meditated or not) go after each other. Eventually, one of the guys reverts to boxing after being a little unsuccesful, and in each example, the guy who doubted his ability to win by pressure eventually lost. However there are probably other examples where this is not the case.

[donnydarkoIRL]

I'm not so sure. I see big problems coming If i don't train as I fight, but at the moment it's working I guess.

[Sharla]

I'm unsure of this myself. Let me know if you have any further thoughts on this subject.

I find I play down my aggressiveness to spar bigger people safely and I think it effects my ability to turn it on quickly at the beginning of a bout. Or even to throw combos as often as I should. If I don't though it'll be me that gets hurt eventually.

Last night I was sparring my coach and since he's 6 foot 6 i usually try to get him on the ropes and then attack. Had him on the ropes - was landing a jab with my arm fully extended and he parried hitting my elbow with his hand. My elbow won't straighten today he was just trying to defend himself but because my distance is so much shorter than his and my pace still quickish sometimes stupid things like that happen when we're not even going hard!

Maybe if I trained more with that in mind though - visualized the bout when being aggressive on the bags etc it wouldn't be an issue.

A light heavyweight we used to have in the gym was more powerful and explosive than most of the other guys in the gym. he said himself that sparring was never at the same intensity as fighting for him. He would KO people in training if it was because that's how he won some of his bouts.

He did however still manage to have some success - as you have. He loved intensive burn rounds on the bag.

[Trainer Monkey]

This is probably not the awnser you want,but its a bit of both
You set up your bombs by manuevering the guy to where you want him,and then you drop the cannon
Ill use Bhop here,his work rate isnt that high lately,but against both Trinidad,and Tarver,he constantly manipulated his opponent,and when he had him where he wanted,he brought the hammer down,and brought it down hard

[donnydarkoIRL]

So combine both#?

[Trainer Monkey]

So combine both#?

Yeppers,if your constantly dropping bombs against an oponnent with good defense,your just going to gas yourself out
Youve got to time your bombs out,find their rythm and work to it,most fighters get in a groove,your job is to break it up and time it.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Yeah I get ya.
It's not that I'm a devastating puncher or anything, but I'm the type of puncher that when I hit, swelling and cutting starts and when I hit the right places they go over.