If a boxer is moving around the ring in order to completely avoid any kind of engagement, without looking for any scoring opportunities of his own, I think it’s fair to call it “running.”
Im with it. Running is when you’re tossing your stance and scoring opportunities away just to be distant from your opponent. This content is protected Ali and Tunney were evasive on the outside. But if you gave them an inch, they’d take a mile.
It’s more sophisticated than that. I think it’s well within smart strategy to move to minimize the number of engagements and then win those engagements. So you’re reducing a 3-minute round to, say, three 30-second exchanges and trying to win those. There’s also the fact that — and I looked this up — the opponent IS apparently allowed to cut off the ring and force the mover to fight. Just like the chant: Fun-DA-men-TALs (clap clap clap-clap-clap).
I don’t disagree with any of that though. Running can be a smart tactic when used as part of an effective overall strategy.
True, but remember to change up the rhythm in which you counter. Sometimes you might want to hit them only once they are starting to get back into their stance, which is different from hitting them right after they throw the punch or right as they throw the punch.