If executed properly, sure they should be adequate. The multi-dimensional wing chun person should be able to overcome the one dimensional boxer. However, this is assuming equal size, conditioning, etc., as those things factor in of course. The ideal counter-style for a boxer is operating in ranges he isn't used to, which are at kicking range or in grappling range. When boxers hug they wait for the referee to come in and separate them so they can keep boxing. When a judo person hugs, he throws his opponent for a ride to the concrete. So if the wing chun person is smart enough to work in those ranges (even the wing chun trapping range, which they work quite frequently, would be somewhat new for a boxer) he should be doing well in the fight. However, does the wing chun person spar against folks who are good at boxing? If not, the unfamiliar rhythm of the boxer and his greater experience going against live opponents looking to hurt him may give him the upper hand. As the old saying goes, styles don't fight, fighters fight.

The footwork is more than adequate, but most people practice it in their forms, just to forget them when looking for techniques.

Footwork does not only move forward or in any one direction exclusively.

It turns, shifts, spirals, advance, retreat, separates, comes together.

Why would an art include all these things in their form if they were not important?

Im a little curious, if lets say EG a fight cant be avoided and your fighting an openent on the street. This is a very unlikly senario but it is necessary for my question, so forgive me. Your oponent is a pure boxer meaning that he is very fast and cagey hes great at a sticking and moving and he throws very fast combos off his jab, my question is is the footwork they teach you in wing chun adequate enough to close the distance on the angles the boxer brings to the table, and would the way you hold your gaurd in wing chun be a hindrance or a help to the quick hands of a legitimate boxer?





A side note, if your going to be a ******* prick when you answer then don't answer, ive done my best to ask a polite articulate question, I expect the same.