Fighters from different parts of the world all seem to have different styles generally speaking ie you have the upright european boxer etc. How much is this down to different coaching philosophys in different regions of the world, in what ways do you believe philosophys differ ie what is the difference between say a US gym and a Uk gym. And finally what would your coaching philosophy be..hopefully this thread turns out to be very interesting.
No 'bum' ('bump' doesn't count), 'overrated', 'ducks', '****', 'KTFO', no hate - so this thread won't last too long in the first page
To be honest, even in the UK there are great differences between each of the main trainers. For instance, Enzo Calzaghe trains his fighters basically to be like Joe - high workrate, good head and body movement with reasonable power, capable fighting on the inside and outside - as opposed to being bangers. This perhaps led to the downfall of Maccarinelli, in that he didn't play to his strengths, most notably his power. Billy Graham fighters (Ricky Hatton, Carl Thompson, Michael Gomez) are generally very well conditioned athletes capable of working relentlessly throughout the duration of the fight, and are generally skilled pressure fighters with a fair bit of pop, especially to the body and with the uppercut. Jabs are almost non-existent. Adam Booth has only trained David Haye, but appears to be very analytical of opponents, and methodical in terms of coming up with a method to be able to break them down. Oliver Harrison tends to have fighters that have good handspeed (Amir Khan) yet are not fully capable of taking a punch (Jamie Moore), but they have good workrate and can pop. Brendan Ingle is perhaps the most difficult to analyse - all his fighters seem to be very nimble athletes (Nelson, Witter, Naseem, Rhodes, Graham, et al) and are often switch hitters employing a 'hit and dont be hit' style which is either great to watch or really boring (Naz vs Kelley or Witter vs Corley). The fighters are rarely chinny (Graham excepted) but are often KD'd when off balance, as a result of their style.
What i mean is how does the styles of the British and European fighters differ from Mexican fighters or American fighters as i believe there must be underlying reasons for this say like why the Italains play football in a different way to the Brazillians eg Italian defence orientated and Brazilians all about flair and attacking football maybe i make no sense. An example is all Mexicans love the left hook to the liver is this say inspired by their icon JCC
