A fighter I work with a smaller light heavyweight (6 foot tall but good reach, southpaw); hits hard. He is a natural "in fighter". He moves very well on the outside and is very good a catching and countering inside. The worst part of his game is moving from outside to mid-range (in the pocket but at the end of his punches). He kind of explodes on you, gets inside and then (hopefully) bumps back so he can let his power shots go. Creeping in is just not something he seems to be able to master. We worked on it last fight and he moved great but lost his identity as a fighter. So he can go from outside to close in and from close in to mid range or back outside but is lacking at going from out of range to mid range.
Here are my questions. Does anyone come to mind that fought an outside, inside style but didn't transition well from outside to mid range? Does this have to be overcome to become world class ?(he has a chance to get there). Once he gets inside he needs to avoid getting held, too much work to get there to just get held and have the ref break you up.
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