Originally posted by Boxing Goat
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To use the example of Fury/Wilder, the super fight -
Wilder is constantly off balance both when he throws punches and when he moves around the ring. The reason it is stressed to you as a beginner that you need to stay in your stance / base at all times and learn how to move and throw without sacrificing your good base is because it is so easy to knock you down when you shift your body weight to one leg or the other. This is magnified when you throw a punch with steam as the momentum you bring you expect to stop/ meet resistance when your fist comes in contact with your opponent. This is even worse if your form isn't good (looking at you Wilder). We also learn (if your trainer is worth a ****, all of the above assumes) to not get ahead of ourselves and get obsessed with speed early, throw as fast as you can manage to maintain both proper form, and stance integrity. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
Fury on the other hand is a technical mastermind and phenom talent wise. Movement in the ring and ring IQ come natural to Fury, and when he is off balance it's a calculated risk, one hes paid for, but one he believes he can get away with and usually does. Fury throws fast stiff crisp jabs and straights and can switch stances seamlessly. Fury punches from many angles, textbook and not, and his philly shell variation adds both fantastic defensive responses and disguises his attacks when he uses his dropped lead hand effectively. His ability to hit and not be hit back continuously and with accurate, hard shots is very dangerous for Wilder, a guy who likes to fight fire with fire.
Fury stands a great chance at not only upsetting Wilder but stopping him because he will have opportunities in just about every round to hit Wilder with crisp, clean shots on the money when Wilder is off balance either when hes throwing at Fury, or trying to move in and out. One punch KO power isn't necessary in those circumstances, not even "cumulative" power, its physics more than anything, and timing. A well placed shot on the money will drop anyone, nevermind who is the power puncher or who had the granite chin. That's catching a clean shot in a solid stance mind you, off balance its that much worse. Wilder is going to bring the fight to Fury and not shell up like Clottey did against Pacmonster, there is no question of will there be opportunities.
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