This needs to be discussed after another fighter in recent boxing news on Saturday night got tagged far too much again on Paramount Plus.
Only this weekend gone again another fighter in pro boxing Callum walsh got tagged far too easy again in a high level card.
Boxing is flying and returning to the masses again in popularity due to exciting fights often among the best boxers on Earth in their respective weight divisions.
Attacking, often called offensive boxing, in technical terms in the sweet science, is on fire at the moment and has never been more popular.
That is also part of the reason the sport continues to do so good and return to so much popularity.
But defensive boxing, the art of hitting and not getting hit, is crucial and just as important.
Callum of the Ireland on Saturday night just gone got the victory but had to get up from the deck and his defense proved far too leaky, sloppy, poor standard and not enough focus on it.
Not long ago in recent times Jaron Ennis in the US at 147 pounds also got hit far too often in a recent victory he had also.
Sure, Shakur Stevenson in the US at the moment is a pound for pound star in the sport and is known for his outstanding defensive capabilities.
Terence Crawford of the US not long before him, since retired as a former pound for pound one from Omaha, Nebraska, also had an outstanding defense.
But if you look at some of the best pound for pound boxers on the globe at the moment, Usyk, Inoue, Benavidez, Ennis and others, they are all getting hit far too often.
The likes of Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson and of course in more recent times Floyd Mayweather, all tried to get hit in their primes as less as possible.
Ali neglected this as he got older though, obviously the Foreman fight he had the rope a dope, but if you look at the early days of Ali he got hit very little and had a real focus on head movement, foot movement, slipping and parrying shots — slapping an oncoming punch down via his glove, different from a standard defensive block move.
Even up at heavyweight.
There is a big focus on knockouts these days and that is important and great, but not at the expense of neglecting defense, there must be a balance.
Usyk got hit far too often against a kickboxing champion Rico in his last bout, Inoue has been on the deck many times and the likes of Benavidez has little to no defense at times.
Same in Ryan Garcia at 147 pounds of the US at times also, he rushes on and lets his hands go too care free at times.
In a time of Instagram videos and coaches focusing on pad work in their boxing training of pro boxers, trainers need to remember that pads do not hit back.
Maybe boxing trainers need to be more focused in their fighters training a little on defensive boxing also.
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