okay, you've got two types of fighters: there's a boxer and a slugger.

which fighter in your opinion, was the best "boxer"?

also, which fighter in your opinion, was the best "slugger"?

my picks:

boxer: Sugar Ray Robinson

slugger: George Foreman

swarmer: Joe Frazier

I always loved michael spinks style of fighting. Cuz i know he would have bothered tunney, moore and ezzard. He has to have one of the wierdiest styles i have ever seen, but i like it.

boxer:sugar way leonard
slugger:dlh
swarmer:tyson

Each mixed elements of the other style into their games, but since I rate them as the two greatest fighters of all-time, I'm taking Robinson & Langford respectively.

Boxer: Pep
Slugger: Marciano
Swarmer: Frazier

For me it's

boxer: Muhammad Ali

slugger: Sonny Liston

swarmer: Henry Armstrong

For me it's

boxer: Muhammad Ali

slugger: Sonny Liston

swarmer: Henry Armstrong

I'd class Liston as more of a boxer puncher than a slugger.

I'd class Liston as more of a boxer puncher than a slugger.

Which is exactly what makes him a better slugger than let's say Foreman or Baer, because he had skill to go along with his punching abilities, making his slugging more effective.

Which is exactly what makes him a better slugger than let's say Foreman or Baer, because he had skill to go along with his punching abilities, making his slugging more effective.

I thought the purpose of the thread was to sort out the best of individual styles. I wouldn't say that Liston was much of a slugger at all he was a highly skilled boxer who packed an immensly hard punch.

Spinks is much better than norton with the unorthodox style cuz he actually had a chin and ko power. Whenever ken norton would try and put pressure on a big puncher, he was made to look stupid. Foreman pushed him around like a basketball, shavers blasted him and gerry cooney nearly killed the poor dude.

I thought the purpose of the thread was to sort out the best of individual styles. I wouldn't say that Liston was much of a slugger at all he was a highly skilled boxer who packed an immensly hard punch.

He was a boxer-puncher, but he was more of a puncher than a boxer, so if you had to classify him as one thing, it would be puncher IMO.

He was a boxer-puncher, but he was more of a puncher than a boxer, so if you had to classify him as one thing, it would be puncher IMO.


And one of the best at that :)

And one of the best at that :)

Damn skippy!

For me it's

boxer: Muhammad Ali

slugger: Sonny Liston

swarmer: Henry Armstrong

Ok, you got me there. Armstrong was the complete swarmer. Never stopped punching.

Boxer:Willie Pep
Slugger:Rocky Marciano

boxer: Ray Robinson
slugger: Big George
swarmer: Armstrong and Ouma(i just like the guy)

unorthodox: Roy Jones Jr

He was a boxer-puncher, but he was more of a puncher than a boxer, so if you had to classify him as one thing, it would be puncher IMO.

when he got hurt he threw big power shots IMO that makes him a puncher. boxers cover, move or jab their way out of trouble

when he got hurt he threw big power shots IMO that makes him a puncher. boxers cover, move or jab their way out of trouble

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boxer: Ray Robinson
slugger: Big George
swarmer: Armstrong and Ouma(i just like the guy)

unorthodox: Roy Jones Jr

roy jones is hard to pigeon hole isn;t he?

some people group roy ali and both sugar rays together as 'free style' boxers

Everyone knows Hamed was the best slugger. He was primarily a slugger.

roy jones is hard to pigeon hole isn;t he?

some people group roy ali and both sugar rays together as 'free style' boxers

lol, yeah hes kinda hard to classify, but i think ali was a "flashy" boxer not that much of a free style, robinson was just so fast that he looked strange, but he was a boxer that sometimes slugged and he was the best a throwing combinations.

jones is just ****ing strange, he does a lot of thhings wrong but was so damn good he got aay with it, though when he was in against a dangerous opponent, he was a very good boxer counterpuncher, much like his style in the amateurs