Im wondering which boxers have been successful by changing their style.?
lets start. how many styles there are?
all i know for now, are that there are: offensive or defensive fighters, their are aggressors or counter punchers, boxer or puncher, inside or outside fighters, textbook style or unorthodox, volume style or precision, head hunter or body puncher, knockout artist or points accumalator?
i understand some fighter need to adjust their style to certain opponents, but lets say for the most part, they stood by a certain style for the long run until eventualy changin it up
i know the most popular answers are:
mayweather : early career, he was knocking guys out, throwing more punches, but later after moving up in weight, he became more counterpuncher boxer type.
pacquio, : early he was very raw, throwing bombs after bombs, middle stage, he threw bombs in combos like grendae uzis, offense is defense type, but later, settled on boxer puncher, more tactful.
any other boxers who evolve their game?
Robert Guerrero. He went from Master Boxer to ****ing brawler. ****ing waste.
Was going to post the same thing, terrible career move listening to his father with that "Fight Like A Man" Toe to Toe BULLSH1T :nonono:
his dad trained him, his dad made that boxer you praise.
The weight slowed him down a tad to the point where he felt he wasn't effective from the outside so he removed that element of danger and got in close. only 1 person have exploited that and it was omar figueroa to a shop worn guerrero. Everyone else beat him by their shere size and power outside of mayweather.
You think? I'm not so sure. you might be right but it was a total extreme change in style, almost opposite. I know weight can affect people in different ways but it's not like he was totally blown up or that slow as a fighter at 147.
Put it this way, if you are right, i don't think i've seen a fighter completely become almost the opposite kind of fighter in such a short space of time.
I know his dad trained him to be a boxer, i'm just saying his dad also seemed to be a big influence on him adopting more of a brawler style and i'm not sure it was always for the best.
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You dumbasses dont realize the jump in weight hurt Guerrero and he had to adjust.
Adjust into a brawler? i'm not sure. It's very rare for someone to change from a boxer into a full on brawler.
I don't see how going up a few divisions at the lower weights forced someone to completely abandon their boxing skills and start going to war.
I always felt his dad's influence was part of it. His dad was always hell bent on people fighting toe to toe.
Robert Guerrero. He went from Master Boxer to ****ing brawler. ****ing waste.
Abner Mares started with a more polished style early on in his career when he was with Nacho. He regressed a bit after he became more aggressive.
In contrast the Edwin Valero that was fighting in Japan vs the one who fought Demarco was like night and day. Probably due to the fact that he would get bonus if he got a 1st rd knockout
Robert Guerrero. He went from Master Boxer to ****ing brawler. ****ing waste.
Never understood that. You would think going up in weight he would have used more of his boxing skills against bigger fighters.
Shaved years of his career.
Calzaghe, he wasn't always a slapper. He was a good puncher earlier in his career and then had a lot of hand issues and relied more on a work rate most couldn't keep up with to win fights after that.
I've seen a slight change in Canelo's style since i first started watching him, but maybe not enough to make it apply to the thread. Since the Floyd fight, i felt Canelo has fancied himself as a bit more of a slick boxer than before, although he did have the ability anyway. Not sure i'd call it a change of style, maybe just improvements.