Who had the best style?

[ceboxer15]

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

[brownpimp88]

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.

[Verstyle]

boxer:sugar way leonard
slugger:dlh
swarmer:tyson

[Yogi]

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.

[The Raging Bull]

Boxer: Pep
Slugger: Marciano
Swarmer: Frazier

[butterfly1964]

For me it's

boxer: Muhammad Ali

slugger: Sonny Liston

swarmer: Henry Armstrong

[Southpaw Stinger]

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.

[butterfly1964]

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.

[Southpaw Stinger]

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.

[brownpimp88]

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 ******. Foreman pushed him around like a basketball, shavers blasted him and gerry cooney nearly killed the poor dude.