In today’s boxing, Pacquaio and Hatton are two popular off-rhythm boxers, they like to slip from side to side at waist level and have extremely high energy. If your child is older (18 months +), instead of saying “peek a boo” you could try asking a question, e.g. “where am I?” while holding a blanket over your head.

Social skills are often the greatest area of concern for children with social communication difficulties such as autism. If you cover a favorite toy with a blanket or hide it in a box, will your baby look for it? If the answer is yes, then object permanence is developing. Due to the squared position, you are in a much better position to cut off the ring and since you’re not in a particular stance, you can land punches from both hands. You might have seen Tyson moving against the punches by stepping outside instead of rolling with the punches.However, look at Mike and Floyd Patterson or even off-rhythm boxers such as Pacquiao and Hatton, you’ll see that they take risks and often it isn’t worth it. Last but not least, the biggest advantage of Peek-a-boo style is it helps you stay alert all the time. Especially, if you’re a fighter with short height, this style is a great way to make your opponent scared and hesitant.

Here’s where the modern criticism of the peek-a-boo style creeps in. And in all fairness, you have to give it its due consideration because there’s hardly any boxer who completely relies on peek-a-boo as Tyson did. Here are a few reasons why they don’t prefer it as an entire game plan:It works against the general movement of boxers. Metaphorically, it can be compared to Southpaw and Orthodox stance. However, that’s not the case with off-rhythm. In off-rhythm, the movement isn’t predictable since the punching speed varies along with the overall movement. As adults we must know how to take turns, whether it be taking turns in a conversation or taking turns doing a presentation at work.