Styles DON'T make fights

[shawn_]

I think Tyson changed styles as his career progressed. Cus built him to be a swarmer, and that is where he had most of his success, his demise against Buster Douglas can been seen as the completion of his change from a swarmer to a slugger.

[BrooklynBomber]

In his prime days Tyson was an unorthodox version of a boxer puncher, he had a slick bobbing defense which helped him not to get hit and work his style from countering.

[Fox McCloud]

No takers on defining Barrera's style?

I guess that proves your point kayjay.

[Orange Sneakers]

No takers on defining Barrera's style?

I guess that proves your point kayjay.

He changed from Swarmer to boxer-puncher (for Hamed and beyond)

[BrooklynBomber]

No takers on defining Barrera's style?

I guess that proves your point kayjay.

Some fighters are just versatile enough to fight in different styles.

[Fox McCloud]

Some fighters are just versatile enough to fight in different styles.

EXACTLY, so you can't write fighters off because of a certain style. He is the best at switching styles, but almost all boxers can change a bit.

[Fox McCloud]

He changed from Swarmer to boxer-puncher (for Hamed and beyond)

And he occasionally changes back right? Because he sure as **** didn't box-punch against Morales or Pacquiao.

[BrooklynBomber]

EXACTLY, so you can't write fighters off because of a certain style. He is the best at switching styles, but almost all boxers can change a bit.

Let me put it this way, all top fighters know how to do an every trick in the book, it just does not mean that they will be succesful with it(especially in the midst of a fight when most of the fight, when everything is so fast that your "boxing" comes to you by the way of reflexes)Just some fighters are so good they can actually be succesful with a magnitude of things. But that is rare.

[Steak]

usually the kind of stuff you hear is stuff like
"The Mike Tyson that showed up in the Spinks fight would have crushed any form of Imbragimov"
or the like. I think that is legitimate enough, because youre compairing how fighters are on a specific night.

I dont like catagorizing fighters either though. one Brawler can fight completely different from another brawler, and so on and so forth. NO two styles are the same, although sometimes they resemble each other or are alike in ways.
Also fighters change a LOT inbetween fights, depending on training, physical condition, mood, anything.

but who cares...nobody actually completely knows whos going to win or lose. its speculation. I think its kind of fun to debate about who beats who based on their performances though, so I dont see why people cant do that...
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[Krucial]

styles do make fights
it depends on what style u have and what style your accustom to fighting
also depends if u have more than 1 style
those r usually the winners
look at pretty boy.....he has it all,besides serious power