Footwork.

[VG_Addict]

What is good footwork? What are some footwork mistakes that beginners make?

[Yuzo]

What is good footwork? What are some footwork mistakes that beginners make?

floyd mayweather said in the post fight press conference for the andre berto fight that most of these fighters don't have a pivot. what i take that to mean is that fighters don't transfer body weight from leg to leg. on a see-saw the thing at its center, its pivot point, is its fulcrum. in boxing your leg is your fulcrum and your body weight pivots over it. when you throw a right hand you transfer your body weight over your front leg, your fulcrum, your pivot point that moves your body weight over and into what you are hitting. when you throw a left hook you transfer your body weight over your back leg and your back leg is now your fulcrum.

when you punch what you are throwing is your body weight not your hand. when you start boxing you don't know this, and when you shadowbox, when you hit bags, you are just throwing your hand and your style starts to form around doing just this. you may get a wide stance to try to get more set with your feet when you punch because you don't transfer your body weight from leg to leg to absorb your momentum for you. you have a wide stance and are more set and now you can't move around in the ring. you are throwing arm punches and you can't move. you are now andre berto.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

What is good footwork? What are some footwork mistakes that beginners make?

Anything that is deliberate, that is purely about positing. Whether it is deceptive or perceptive. Whether it's about recovery or disruption. Keeping yourself on balance and keeping your opponent off balance. Again, it has to be deliberate in my opinion.