Victor Ellard

Ellard’s early notes show a boxer inclined to chase a retreating opponent. Later entries describe a more patient use of the centre. The change is evident in the results without requiring a dramatic account of its cause. He learned to distinguish an opponent’s retreat from an invitation to overreach. The distinction was not always easy to preserve in a noisy room. Later accounts describe a boxer more willing to stop his own advance, recover his balance and make the next approach answer a clearer purpose than merely following movement. The later record gives that patience a more prominent place than haste.

Recorded style: Pressure fighter.