If you want to know how something works, take it apart. This is as true for boxers as it is for motorcycles, guitars, or just about anything else.
If you want to know how something works, and how you can improve it, take it apart. That includes boxers as well as machines.
On May 1, the conclusion of a mandatory 10 day waiting period, I'll pick up a 1942 Mosin Nagant M91/30 Russian surplus rifle. Once home with it, I'll completely disassemble it, painstakingly clean it, reassemble it, and take it to the rifle range. I'm giddy.
It seems that everything I acquire gets stripped to it's bones and rebuilt. My wife says that's because I buy junk that needs fixing, but there's more to it than that, though I'd be lying if I said she was completely wrong.
Among the things I've torn apart and managed to piece back together: several 1970's era Japanese motorcycles, including the 1978 XS750 I currently have; a few tube-driven guitar amps; at least a dozen electric guitars; a handful of electric basses; and an el cheapo upright bass that I bought new for $400.00 then stripped and refinished to look, and play, more like a European antique. I'm proud of that one.
Taking these things apart uncovers any inherent flaws, reveals how they work, and presents opportunities for improvement.
Good trainers do the same thing with boxers. These trainers watch everything: hands, head, eyes, feet, legs, shoulders, hips, etc., looking for strengths and weaknesses. Then the trainer becomes an engineer and devises the best way to reassemble his fighter so that his strengths are maximized, weaknesses minimized, and proper amendments given to best suit the young man.
Not every boxer will look, or work, the same as others once reassembled. My two Fender Stratocasters don't sound or play alike either. That's the point.
