Are there any general rules as to which way to slip after you attack with a jab or a cross?

“I’ve watched plenty of his clips to know he does slip inside jabs and explodes with follow-up left hooks.” – Thank you for admitting this.

“But I’ve also watched enough boxing footage to know which moves are most adopted by the fans.” – There’s no inductive argument you could make for this because the evidence is stacked against your position. Slipping to the outside wasn’t underutilized by boxers before Mike Tyson and it wasn’t popularized by Mike Tyson. In fact, look at Charles Burley to see just how far back slipping to the outside was. Or Willie Pep. Or basically any defensive wizard before Mike Tyson. The stance was often optimized for this with the weight being distributed toward the back leg slightly.

“Tyson throws jabs too, ya know? But is that really what people are looking to imitate from Tyson?” – Ironically I think that this would be a better example of something that Tyson popularized than outside slipping. Tyson showed that a short man could out jab a taller man.

“I’m speaking on his influence, not making up limitations.” – If you were wanting to speak about his influence, you could have chosen something that actually has some measure of truth to it. The peekaboo stance for example was arguably popularized by Mike Tyson even though Cus had people doing it before him. His method of bumping and doing short quick turns was something people hadn’t seen in a generation. Even his method of slipping at the waist from side to side wasn’t something you saw a great deal of. These would all be better examples of something that he popularized than something as basic as slipping outside a punch. Anecdotally, slipping outside was one of the first things I learned to do as a young boxer right after learning to stand and move.

There are other things about this article that just don’t make any sense.

“Slipping outside uses more energy” – No it doesn’t. You should only be slipping 4-6 inches to either side. Hell one of the examples you gave of James Toney proves this incorrect. He can stay in the pocket and slip to either side, conserving energy. I think you have an assumption that slipping to the outside requires movement which just isn’t true.

“As I’ve already explained, slipping outside always takes you away from them” – That’s not necessarily true, in fact Mike Tyson would slip to the outside sometimes while stepping in toward his opponents. So this is one counter example which means that it isn’t “always” true.

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I’ve watched plenty of his clips to know he does slip inside jabs and explodes with follow-up left hooks. But I’ve also watched enough boxing footage to know which moves are most adopted by the fans. Tyson throws jabs too, ya know? But is that really what people are looking to imitate from Tyson? Nope. I’m speaking on his influence, not making up limitations.

I mean, watch any of his fights and you’ll see him slipping inside all the time. He had a short torso which lends itself well to a Peek A Boo stance and part of that is never slipping to the same side every time. If anything, I think he POPULARIZED slipping inside.

Receipts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_kbC36JESs

All throughout the video you can see him slipping to the inside. He also liked to counter by slipping inside the jab and throwing an uppercut or an angled jab back at taller opponents to nullify the reach advantage.

Now, maybe you mean to say that people rarely slip inside right hands… and on that we agree, but it’s for good reason. It’s not that you can’t do it, it’s just that it’s a low percentage move without much gain. Also, because the right hand isn’t usually thrown straight, it has an arc and makes it trickier to slip inside of. You can make this easier with good positioning but that’s the reason it isn’t taught as much.

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That’s exactly why some coaches don’t teach inside slipping. You have to know that slipping inside is for setting up exchanges so don’t use it unless you’re ready to trade!