Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question but if an opponent keep's on backing away from you, even if you're cutting off the ring, e.g. De La Hoya in the last few rounds of the Trinidad fight, yet you're still trying to fight, is the round scored in your favour? I had someone do this to me the other night but because I wasn't landing anything on him I thought I'd lose the round, as a result, I literally RAN at him, throwing Hooks and ended up on the floor!
ya, u will probably win the round if he is the one running the whole time. i have even seen fights where the judges score it in favor of the guy pursuing the other one even though the "runner" was landing more effective punches, stupid, but i've seen it.
Most likely, just don't chase him down. Cut off the ring and try to catch him on the ropes, if you can't get him make him come to you
If this is an amateur bout, just throw more punches and you win. The judges in the amateurs love activity; whether it is effective or not, the rounds usually go to the more active fighter. Actually, this type of scoring is even finding its way into a lot of pro fights lately.
Chances are that if you go running after him whilst throwing lots, you will win the round based on activity, BUT, there is a chance that you will get dropped, or badly hurt as you throw caution to the wind - you obviously learned this lesson already! The key to winning rounds against this type of opponent is to apply 'educated' pressure. Look to some of the early Cotto fights, or even his beatdown of Alfonso Gomez for a masterclass in how to apply 'educated' pressure. Don't get flustered or over enthusiastic - stay disciplined, composed and stalk your opponent. When you do get him cornered, make your punches count. For a perfect example of what happens when you apply too much pressure to a runner, go and watch Hatton - Mayweather. As Hatton got more anxious, he applied more pressure, throwing caution to the wind as he went in chin first, and the so called runner timed him to perfection on the way in.
Just start running away from him too. Thats one way of pissing him off and making him look like a right chicken.
In amateur boxing you get warnings if you just run away and don't punch. Just see last years Olympics. One thing you could've tried was to just take your stand in the middle of the ring, and maybe he had to come to you eventually. What I like to do when I fight a guy running, is to cut off the ring, let him punch his punch, keep a tight guard and let it land there, and then go straight back at him with a punch. Mainly straight 1's and 2's.
I love it when I'm fighting a fighter who runs. I'm more of an inside fighter anyway, but against a runner I can take my time and cut off the ring and throw body punches (Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto like). My advice is just take your time and stalk him down and soon you will wear him down.
Cutting off the ring or letting him come to you in the middle of the ring like znaak said will work. Moving backwards and letting him come forward may also work, you can trick him into coming too close by moving forward yourself again. Not sure if that made sense the way I said it.