Boxing rule question. I know these are legal in MMA, but I am just curious about boxing rules. Pawing the guard down by tapping it at the fists is legal in boxing. And I find it the most effective dirty legal knowhow. I've used it against a Karate blackbelt (short, 0 muscles, 0 sparring experience, 0 street fighting experience), and his boxing guard immediately went down, followed by my immediate righthand cross at his head. (I wish I made a video of this. I did not have a better set of techniques than him. I was just more experienced in street fights & sparrings, and I could make better use of what I had far more than he could make good use of what he had. And experienced street fighters hit as hard as experienced volleyball players, which is far harder than beginner volleyball players. And bigger experienced volleyball players hit harder than smaller experienced volleyball players, the harder the bigger they are without a limit "if you have this much muscles, more muscles won't give you more spike power". No power ceiling.)

But how about pawing the guard up by tapping it at the elbows? Is that legal in boxing? Assume Philly Shell stance. Left hand pawing up his elbow, followed by a quick liver shot to his right side. I get that punching the elbow up is legal in boxing, but what about pawing the elbow up?

What about dragging the arm to side by pawing at the outside of forearms or upper arms? Aside from the usefulness, I just want to know for the sake of knowledge.