As a bit of a control freak myself, I think that it's definitely a personal decision as to whether or not an owner feels that a dog should be completely under control on a walk.
While I don't appreciate my dogs pulling on the lead, I don't keep them in constant military heel position either. Usually, our leisure walks are taken on flexi-leads, at which point, pulling is also not allowed, but most times a non-issue just because they're given freedom to nose around, play and sniff the squirrel trails. Having said that, they are also expected to heel and behave on a regular lead if we need to go somewhere and get there fast.
We do have a very large problem in the states of people not keeping their dogs under control, which worries me because of things like breed specific legislation. Interestingly enough, however, most of the "issues" that I've observed with out of control dogs tend to come from smaller breeds in which individuals usually don't feel that training is an issue. :roll:
In cases like these, I do think that Cesar's training methods can at least help instill a sense that training and some control over a dog is important, and I do try to keep in mind that during his TV program, he's usually expected to fix an issue in one or two sittings that normally takes a trainer weeks, if not months to fix. Pulling on the lead is an especially tough habit to break, especially if the dog has been allowed to do it for an extended period of time.
On the aside, I think that the word biddable is pretty subjective, however, I do think that boxers are a very biddable breed, *if* training is handled correctly. In fact, the UK boxer standard describes the boxer temperament as:
Equable, biddable, fearless, self-assured.
http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/45
One of the things that I love about our breed is that while biddable, they're also very intellegent and independent thinkers. Part of getting them to do what you want them to do entails making them think that it's their idea.
