Sugar Ray Leonard should be in everyone’s go-to video archive for mastering the basic stance.

Описание: When you talk about the perfect stance or a great foundational stance, Sugar Ray Leonard is on the Mount Rushmore. 🥊 He should be in everyone’s go-to video archive for mastering the basic stance. People always talk about styles, but there are core fundamental basics to the boxing stance that apply regardless. Sugar Ray never let his feet get too wide in his stance, allowing him to be both pliable and elusive with his upper body movement while smoothly moving around his opponent—even walking around them. He never had to bring his feet closer together to walk naturally in the ring. Also his entire feet stayed close to the floor, providing great leverage on his punches and balance in his upper body movement. He never made an effort to stay on the balls of his feet—he was as relaxed in the ring as if he were standing in his living room. If you don’t know, you don’t know. Relaxed muscles are more explosive on offense and more adaptable for absorbing the impact of punches and evading them on defense compared to tense contracted muscles. #boxing #footworkmatters #boxingtechnique #sweetscience #boxinglegends #balanceiskey #relaxedpower #goat #boxingcommunity #boxinghistory #ringcraft #worldclassboxinggym #tomyankellosworldclassboxinggym #boxingteacher #teacher #teachers #teaching #teach #teacherlife