old style boxing vs new styles

[cameronpaul]

my question is this, if you trained up to fight like the old ways rocky marciano style, do you think it would be an advantage, seeing as everyone trys to fight either standard style eg cotto, or philly styles boxers eg mayweather.

pros, i think the old style fighter can generate more power, especially from the right hand since its ****ed back more and comes from lower position.

the use of switching stance becomes eaiser (walking oppents down litterally) and allows for more angles

cons, now days fighters have neater organised footwork, making them hard to hit, and exellent jabs.

the general speed advantage of modern fighters, moving more economically, orthough they may lack power they do land quicker and more accuratly.

[Rabbit ♠]

Good thread.

The cons outweigh the pros imo. Which is why I find it ridiculous when when people say 'insert ATG historical fighter' would beat 'insert modern fighter from our generation' and base it completely on ATG status without thinking about style.

[NChristo]

Many boxers back then fight like they do now and vice versa.

[TheGreatA]

There was no set style in the "old days" of boxing as there isn't now. Marciano was certainly not seen as the traditional boxer of the 1950's, in fact he was as unorthodox as they come.

[cameronpaul]

Many boxers back then fight like they do now and vice versa.

any names you can throw out of an active fighter who fights like marciano/dempsey

[NChristo]

any names you can throw out of an active fighter who fights like marciano/dempsey

You're basing all old styles off of 2 unorthodox boxers ?.

[MARKBNLV]

Boxing is an artform there are no set styles,people come up with new **** every day.

[cameronpaul]

You're basing all old styles off of 2 unorthodox boxers ?.

ok, im wrong to class them as old styles, when i should reguard them as simply a seperate style. but you know what i mean, they both share the tendency to throw hard looping punches, rather than short sharpe ones, and seem more free to move with either foot and throw with power from either hand as opposed to fighting like a robot.

[Eric Holder]

this Charley Burley video shows some diffrences about old-school
vs new-school styles

[Tiozzo]

this Charley Burley video shows some diffrences about old-school
vs new-school styles

Burley fights a bit like Mayweather...