We all know styles make fights, and it makes a boxer as well of course. Does your favorite style match your favorite boxer? I can't imagine someone saying they like JMM just cause he might have heart and all though his style is boring as hell. Similar boxers such as Marco Antonio Barrera is a cool boxer, though for the most part he's a laid back counter puncher who will now and then trade shots or do a brief assault. He's still boring to me. Tyson was a favorite of mine, that keep going forward, no fear, take a shot and deliver many more harder, and Manny is the modern of Tyson IMHO. How about yours?
Frazier , Tyson are fun to watch..but I can't fight like that.
Ali was fun to watch.
Louis and Robinson I like because of their fundamentals and power.
Nowadays my favorite is James Toney hands down. Old school sideways stance and pinpoint counterpunching...that's skill.
My favorite style is something like B-Hop uses. Sure, it isn't very entertaining, but I use a reflex-dependant style as well and never take clean punches, and the result of this will mean an extremely long career in Boxing. That's where all these young cats go wrong, developing this aggressive style thinking they are invincible and whatnot. When you get on that elite level with that style, you'll go through a few wars, then you'll be somewhat scarred, and then you'll have ten years left, maximum, to fight. Whereas a guy looking to counterpunch that never gets punched cleanly, can go on for 20, even 25 years after that first stepup to the elite level. It's all about damage accumulation, and counterpunchers that don't get hit simply stay in the game longer. They get more ring experience because their fights tend to drag out onto the later rounds, and finally, they make the sport look better to intelligent outsiders by being strategic in the ring, rather than putting on a primal, brutal spectacle of destruction.
ps- and fighters who get punched less look better in interviews, "spinal."
I pretty much like it all (except for the 'huggers'!!). Really just depends on my mood; sometimes I wanna see a slugger and an exciting ko..sometimes theres nothing like watching a true technician ply his craft. So, I'll take some of all of it I suppose! :D
Personal fav's would be Morales, Gatti, Tszyu, young Holyfield
young tyson invincible and his "killer instict"
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and lewis. if i was a boxer i would be like lewis, he didnt got hit a lot and always dominated. though i want tyson style more but it seem like he his size and reach force him to be in best shape all the time to could dominated. but lewis can be bad trained but still dominated becuase of his size and style.
My favorite styles would probably be
The stalker. Lots of forward movement and everything follows comes off the jab. Sonny Liston and especially Joe Louis were two greats that employed this style.
The swarmer. Joe Frazier, Rocky Marciano, Jake LaMotta. Never a backward step. Defense is mostly crouching, the bob and weave, and rolling with the punches that do hit. Very high, bordering on frenzied, workrate. Wear your opponent down and rob him of his will to fight.
I like the way PoPo fights, minus the quitting. He holds his hands low, dances around laterally and throws serious bombs. He was tagging casamayor to next friday, and I loved that style of boxing. One of the best pure boxer/punchers in the sport. I also like it when the little quitter starts trading.
He So loads up on haymakers. Its cool as fugg.
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I like hopkins as well as Trinidad they are both technically sound and are moving and stuff like that, looking for that one punch, gotta love those styles.
Yeah Marquez really took it to Peden. Won the fight easy and forced a stoppage when Peden started coughing up blood in the corner.
DAAAYYYYMMMMNNNNN!!!!!! Sounds fierce! Hang on Ultimate and let me make sure I dont have it taped...it may still be out of the country :confused: . Thanks for the offer ;)
Hmmmmm, have to check my documents! Cant believe that I cant remember that one off the top of my head :o
Want me to tell you about it? Or you wanna look for it so i dont spoil it for you in case u havent seen it.
;-) i agree,
Did you see JMM vs Peden? JMM was brutal in that fight. :D
Hmmmmm, have to check my documents! Cant believe that I cant remember that one off the top of my head :o
I agree....Marquez didnt bore me at all! I love a true technician, and that he definately is. Nothing wrong with smart boxing....I love a knockout artist as much as anyone, but sometimes theres nothing as satisfying as watching a true technician ply his craft. I love it all pretty much; the hungry, relentless stalking type, and those that define the "sweet science" ;) ONly thing I cant stand is a Ruiz-type hug fest! :(
;-) i agree,
Did you see JMM vs Peden? JMM was brutal in that fight. :D
Favorite Boxing style would have to be Julio Cesar Chavez,
Relentless agression, only step back to evade your shot and come back with a lead right, and dont stop throwing. A real Machine with stamina that seemed unreal.
BTW i personally enjoyed JMM's style against manny. It was awesome it looked like he was trying to see what manny was a bout to do and he would land first.
I agree....Marquez didnt bore me at all! I love a true technician, and that he definately is. Nothing wrong with smart boxing....I love a knockout artist as much as anyone, but sometimes theres nothing as satisfying as watching a true technician ply his craft. I love it all pretty much; the hungry, relentless stalking type, and those that define the "sweet science" ;) ONly thing I cant stand is a Ruiz-type hug fest! :(
I like the swarmer style with various angle movements that can keep the opponent off track. Getting swarmed by a fighter who hits you at different angles...very tough.