Bladen Baird || Performance Coach on Instagram: "Effective defence is central to competitive success in amateur boxing. Notational analyses across national-level amateur competitions in the UK, Europe, and North Africa reveal a clear defensive hierarchy between dynamic and static strategies. Movement-based defence, using footwork, lateral displacement, slipping, and/or ducking, achieves a higher success rate (around 70%) by creating distance, preserving advantageous positioning, and enabling cou