[Oraeon1224]

I think instead of reducing stamina for running what they really need to do is penalize judging. The fighter who is always on their heels even if they hit a few jabs is going to generally loose a round. I fought a guy last night who would only exchange punches while running and never advanced or reclosed and used only jab. I tagged him plenty with big shots and he wasn't really hurting me but when the scorecard came up I was down the first three rounds. Then I did the same move of stick 1-3 punches and sit. We sat for almost every round with no exchange.

I lost by 1 decision in the end. If I had realized that was how this game
worked I could have won since I wouldn't have lost the first 3 rounds.

What they need to do is judge who is retreating and unless they are landing substantial punches they need to lose the round. Problem solved. In real boxing you aren't allowed to run away after 2 punches and hide on the ropes for every round (people do dodge when they are up heavily on the scorecards to avoid a knockdown and that is part of boxing; but they do lose the round).