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LATERAL MOVEMENT
Moving toward your jab/lead hand is far more comfortable to execute than it is to move toward your rear hand direction, and to also initiate your offense while heading in that direction.
What a lot of boxing coaches teach as LATERAL MOVEMENT, I don't. A lot of fighters won't move toward their rear hand, and if they do, they do it flat. Which removes all balance, makes yourself a large moving target, and robs yourself of efficient offense. If your opponent has any semblance of position and balance, your odds to win these engagements are drastically reduced.
Your ADVANTAGE comes from understanding where your BALANCE is. Maintain your balance from your HIPS.
Your biggest ADVANTAGE to using this STYLE is maintaining your STANCE. The stance provides instance MOBILITY, DEFENSE, and OFFENSE.
A lot of fighters get tripped up because they throw their balance off when applying their offense.
The OVERHAND RIGHT; most do not understand how long it takes to deliver that shot. But fighter's will still throw it because the number one defense in boxing is BLOCKING. They have to be there in order to accept that shot.
If we take the DEFENSIVE SIGNAL from our head, and do not allow it to be intercepted by anything else, allow it to go straight to our feet, a half-step out of that position nullifies the OVERHAND RIGHT.
To move to your REAR HAND, you'll make a small push off of your LEAD FOOT.
When using the TRUE BOXERS STANCE, if your opponent can see your rear foot that is a sign that you are out of position. To correct this, make a half-step to hide the rear foot and show your hand (jab).
HIDE YOUR FOOT, SHOW YOUR HAND.
Do not allow your opponent to take a HALF-CIRCLE on you.
This is the equivalent to; if you and your opponent are on a TRACK and he takes off before you, you'll lose. He already has a head-start.
CUT-ACROSS THE INFIELD. Your opponent can keep using the track, because he won't realize he's taking the long way around.
That is the thing about the current boxing climate; Everyone believes that when they make a MISTAKE, the way to correct it is to do it FASTER. If they go for a maneuver and get caught, they'll run the same move but just attempt it faster.
That's not the answer.
If you walk into a sliding GLASS DOOR, a running start isn't going to change anything.