charyuop
Black Belt
Look at pro boxers. At Mini-Fly Weight (lightest weight in pro-boxing). They are constantly shifting their feet in and out, widening and shortening their stance. Shitfing up and down, increasing and decreaseing the depth of their stance. They shift their weight placement, increasing the weight on one foot, and then decrease it. They sway from their hips, in whats called "bobbing and weaving". They shift where their hands are.
Now compare that to Super Heavy Weights (the heaviest). Their foot placement remains reletivly constant. As does depth and weight placement. There is a minimum of bobbing and weaving, and the hands dont really move.
Now do you understand what I mean by loose or static?
You are seeing a dichotomy in what is really a continuum. The light boxers moves one way and the heavy boxer moves... well, really in the same way but to a lesser degree, simply as a function of their weight, not a function of philosophy
I think, but here boxers could tell me if I am wrong, the difference you just mentioned is a difference of what you want deliver. Lighter weights want to deliver more hits less powerful, while heavy weight are less mobile because they want to deliver with the punch the whole body weight in it. But that is just a way someone is trained to strike. If you take by instance Kassius Clay, he was a heavy weight, but he decided to deliver strong strikes without the need of using his whole body weight, thus he could keep himself pretty mobile. But watch out, because in a ring there are rules. For example boxers can afford of being more planted because they have to defend front and sides. And opponent cannot use speed to flank them and hit behind, coz in boxing hitting the back of the head is not allowed. The same way the do not need to protect the lower part of the body coz you cannot hit under the belt. Thus a more planted stance in that situation has a different meaning than the same stance where you can be hit all over your body.
Just my 2 cents...