Fighting as an amateur.

It comes with experience and comfort in the ring. Have you had many fights?

 

Sometimes having unorthodox things you do can be quite useful. Not everything is always textbook, part of it is body mechanics.

 

Well in the amatuers (in the uk anyways) they score it using computers counting how many punches you land. 3 judges have to press a button within a second of each other for it to count or something

 

Your trainer makes a good point though. What Kolya says applies to someone who has had a few bouts and feels good in the ring. When you're starting out, I feel its best to get the textbook basics down properly. Then as you start getting more experienced, you can start experimenting and finding your own style. Not doing stuff properly at the outset can cause big problems for you down the line. You get guys who became open class boxers based on natural attributes, while not fixing up serious flaws in their boxing. Then when they go up against open class fighters, they end up dropping their left or something and getting sparked. And the problem is, once you've done it long enough, bad habits are very difficult to unlearn, and even then they may come through when the going gets tough. For example, I developed a bad habit of bouncing around while throwing my left hook instead of planting my feet, which took out all the power, and didn't correct it during my few first bouts. It later took me AGES to get out of that habit, and start hurting them.

 

Only in semis and finals. They usually use clickers.

 

Unfortunately the amateurs and the pros are two completely different games. Pros are scored by who dominates a round while the amateurs are scored by who lands the most clean punches. Because of this, a high work rate usually gets the decision an the amateurs.