Pure Boxers Have Always Ruled Boxing

[M.I.C.]

African American boxing style is not Pure boxing style. Im African American and I box like one, my coach hates it. Its like comparing ball room dancing to break dancing.

Come on dude, whether your black or not, dont sit here and try to say that the African American Style has not long been associated with Pure boxing. Its the style most closely associated with it in history.

[M.I.C.]

10 pages and this fool has yet to provide or elaborate on examples of his logic. god I love Floyd fans.

Nah, you just cant read.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

Nah, you just cant read.

go the vbPlaza and buy yourself a new name

[jrosales13]

So Calderon is not a pure boxer but Barrera is?

Is that what you're saying?

M.I.C are you going to answer my question?

[M.I.C.]

where's tyson? he was the highest paid most talked about fighter after the ali era. delahoya is a pure boxer? he's got skills but he even is not boxing fundamentally, his lead left jab is his power punch, right hand almost no power and almost does nothing.

and as with 99% of the replies here, you call RJJ a pure boxer?

In the original Post, Tyson is mentioned as an anomaly, go back and read it.

[gqjohnb]

Replace pure boxer with virtuoso fighter and I'll roll with you as that seems to be what your describing. TS. All of the fighters you said were very skilled and had personable styles but to say they are all pure boxers is inaccurate to me.

[DR.ORGYY]

Does the name manny pacquiao ring a bell???????

[The Comedian]

Come on dude, whether your black or not, dont sit here and try to say that the African American Style has not long been associated with Pure boxing. Its the style most closely associated with it in history.

Maybe African American's of yesteryear but fighters like Ali, Tyson, RJJ, especially RJJ, were far from pure boxer's. Thats what got them to be marquee names so quickly in their careers.

[jrosales13]

Come on dude, whether your black or not, dont sit here and try to say that the African American Style has not long been associated with Pure boxing. Its the style most closely associated with it in history.

And, just cuz you African American does not make you a pure boxer by the way.

Example Robinson was not a pure boxer "for the most part" like you mentioned.

Roy was not a pure boxer.

Willie Pep pure boxer

Benny Leonard pure boxer

Henry Armstrong not a pure boxer

Floyd Mayweather Jr pure boxer.

Ivan Calderon pure boxer

Ali not a pure boxer.

[M.I.C.]

M.I.C are you going to answer my question?

I haven't studied Calderon to the extent needed to discuss his style and who said Barrera was a pure boxer....isn't the Mexican style of fighting well defined as not being pure boxing?