Which is the best type of stance to have in boxing? A wide stance like Wilder`s gives you more power, a narrow stance like Fury`s gives a fighter better mobility but effects the ability to throw a power shot, which one is better and what is a bladed stance? This content is protected
Quality appears to be a product of how well your stance, technique, and strategy match together with your physical and mental strengths. Wilder would get nowhere with a high guard and narrow stance trying to apply quick pressure, Tyson would get nowhere with Wilder's stance.
Whatever works is the answer. You should stand according to what enables you to throw the hardest punches yet remaining relaxed. Height, center of gravity and boxing style will determine how a fighter stands. Boxing is full of guys who break the traditional mold and still reach the highest peaks of the sport. I know the internet is full of technique critiques and discussions of perfect form but in reality there is no simple one stance. You mention Wilder (you would never teach anyway to box that way but he punches super hard and understands exactly his range and what he is as a fighter). There are no points for being pretty, hurt the other guy and earn your respect in the ring, regardless of how you look and where you place your feet. As long as you are not continually off balance what does it matter. Look at Ricardo Mayorga, fights like an octopus with its head down, he was a world champion. Naseem Hamed is another, he would leap at opponents and swap from southpaw to orthodox stance mid combination with very wide feet. These are all boxing sins according to traditional coaching but the results speak for themselves. I once had a coach who told me "being special doesn't make you great, the greats make it look special".
A wide stance doesnt give more power, smooth transition of bodyweight to the opposite foot gives power. I think Joe Louis' stance and style are exceptional
Hmmmm...... it also didn't really help that Naz was living like a party boy, had left Ingle and his hands were blown to bits
Still, it does make me wonder. If it takes a boxer of Barrera's quality to take advantage of those flaws (after Hamed had already won the title and flattened plenty of opponents) it does suggest that technical perfection might be overrated. At least for someone of Hamed's talents. There's also the question of whether Hamed could have gotten as far -- or beaten Barrera -- if Hamed had insisted on being orthodox. There's no way to say that fixing those technical flaws and making Hamed normal would have won him the fight.
