if you finish with the left hand it puts you back on balance and back into guard. Im not saying i always do this but my coach tells me to do this aswell.
Actually IMO he would have been better servied wither doing that or bulling in. His problem was he was caught in the middle of trying to do something he'd always done and trying to do something new. Not the place to be when your about to have your toughest fight.
Yep. Although I know very little about boxing technique compared to you I had already figured that bit out. :yep