The Art of Swarming

[GrandpaBernard]

Manny in his last 3 or 4 fights have become a swarmer. Dude is fearless.

He's taking a lot more steps back than he used to because he can't physically bully his opponents any more. He used to be a swarmer, no doubt about it. But now, he likes to use the ring and land a lot of low-damage counter punches. Anyway, as to "artistic" swarming, it's been pretty lost. Castillo was pretty good at it, and Chavez was fantastic, but on the whole, you won't find too many. More guys are taking the Margarito/Rios/Hatton approach of blitzing their opponents and not worrying about what's coming back. But if they have the chin for it, what's to stop them?

Are guys like manny really a "swarmer"? He never really had an inside game. Mike Tyson didn't either, but people also call him a swarmer. Is it the overwhelming quality or doing their best work on the inside that makes a swarmer?

[SplitSecond]

glencoffe johnson

best swarmer today maybe

that is if i have the right idea of what a swarming fighter is meant to be like

[BigStereotype]

Are guys like manny really a "swarmer"? He never really had an inside game. Mike Tyson didn't either, but people also call him a swarmer. Is it the overwhelming quality or doing their best work on the inside that makes a swarmer?

It's funny, Manny showed some pretty skilled inside work for the first time in his career against Margarito...when he was retreating the whole fight. A little ironic that he finally abandons swarming and only then learns how to fight on the inside. But if you think about it, it's the volume and pressure that makes a swarmer - the true, Castillo/Chavez style inside fighter is only a certain kind. And I forgot about Johnson. He's a very skilled swarmer. He has to be, he's got slow(ish) hands and isn't a big, one-punch knockout puncher (unless he's fighting Roy Jones hahaha). He's just tough as tree roots and cagey.