im new to boxing and i want to know the different type of boxers

like brawler and fighter and pucnher give examples

im new to boxing and i want to know the different type of boxers

like brawler and fighter and pucnher give examples

Boxers: are more technical....Floyd Mayweather, Joe Calzaghe, Winky Wright, Oscar De La Hoya are pretty good examples, to say the least. All are technicians and artists of their craft.

Sluggers: rely on sheer unadulterated power and are not Usually as technically skilled as the boxers......Sam Peter, Lamon Brewster, Ricardo Mayorga, Jeff Lacy, Manny Pacquaio have all got much pop in their shots.

Swarmers: rely on activity and wearing down their opponents throus sheer aggression...and that's not to say they are not technically skilled at what they do; they are. The two best, IMO are Jose Luis Castillo & Ricky Hatton.


There are alos counter-punchers, boxer-punchers, and several other variations the way I define styles; but I'm not the authority, by any means. I hope these examples help you out a little.

your post could'nt fail to help k-dogg

sublime as usual

your post could'nt fail to help k-dogg

sublime as usual

Thanks mate. :)


Inciedentally, PriMe, take some time to look up the classics.

Sugar Ray Robinson was about as good as there's ever been from a technical perspective...and he had some power too, to understate.

Swarmer....either Jack Dempsey, Rocky Marciano, or Joe Frazier for heavies...Henry Armstrong for p4p.

Slugger....Earnie Shavers, George Foreman ('70's version), or Max Baer. Lighter weight power punchers....Julian Jackson, Geral McClellan, Thomas Hearns (great boxer too), Pipino Cuevas, Wilfredo Gomez

There are really too many to mention; but they're out there if you look for them.

i have a video of bert sugar and some other guy ( forget his name )
debating who is p4p the best of all time

and it was between sugar ray robinson
ali and armstrong

i have a video of bert sugar and some other guy ( forget his name )
debating who is p4p the best of all time

and it was between sugar ray robinson
ali and armstrong

Those would be the big three, no doubt. It still amazes me that Armstrong was able to win the world title at featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight and hold them at the same time....damn near won the middleweight crown as well, fight ended in a draw, I believe. And, that was at a time when ther were no paper belts. Armstrong was amazing.

Those would be the big three, no doubt. It still amazes me that Armstrong was able to win the world title at featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight and hold them at the same time....damn near won the middleweight crown as well, fight ended in a draw, I believe. And, that was at a time when ther were no paper belts. Armstrong was amazing.

truly amazing fighters like armstrong come along once in a life time

Boxers: are more technical....Floyd Mayweather, Joe Calzaghe, Winky Wright, Oscar De La Hoya are pretty good examples, to say the least. All are technicians and artists of their craft.

Sluggers: rely on sheer unadulterated power and are not Usually as technically skilled as the boxers......Sam Peter, Lamon Brewster, Ricardo Mayorga, Jeff Lacy, Manny Pacquaio have all got much pop in their shots.

Swarmers: rely on activity and wearing down their opponents throus sheer aggression...and that's not to say they are not technically skilled at what they do; they are. The two best, IMO are Jose Luis Castillo & Ricky Hatton.


There are alos counter-punchers, boxer-punchers, and several other variations the way I define styles; but I'm not the authority, by any means. I hope these examples help you out a little.
pacquiao is more boxer puncher, he can box a bit and slugg it out too.

Youve forgotten one type of boxer... The weakling runner.

Youve forgotten one type of boxer... The weakling runner.

yea, ali, tunney, holmes, pep, etc.

Here's few different type of boxers!
A Puncher
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A Defensive Boxer
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A Pressure Boxer
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There are so many styles in boxing and boxers who combined them, in last my post i just gave a example of a few!