Will the next generation of fighters all be technical minded?

[Foreign Soil]

there will be plenty of brandon rios' of the world but the more technical guys will remain top p4p

"Technical guys" are only top p4p because they cherry pick slow opponents. When's the last time you've seen two techical boxers actually face each other? It never happens because they'd look like crap against fellow technicians.

[edgarg]

With Floyd Mayweather at the absolute pinnacle of our sport for a good 6-7 years now, he's been around for far longer, true.. but he IS the main man as far as boxing goes now and his whole style is based on technical skills and defence.

Much like after Barcelona's dominance in football since 2009, will everyone try and copy Floyd and his defence? You could argue that Broner is already one of the many to follow.

Yes, they'll have chromium alloy legs, leaden feet and "Steel Hammers" in their "Iron Fists". The Klitschko brothers have already shown them the way.

Their minds won't change, they'll still consist of sawdust with a little heavy timber to keep their ears apart.. And as an extra modern touch, their ears will be streamlined to look like bat-wings, even occasionally flapping....

I can just see them now........

[edgarg]

Being serious for a moment, a technically gifted fighter can't display much virtuosity unless he has an opponent whose style will help him display it.

[Bretty Poy32]

nba, boxing, the longer it exists, the more it becomes soft... full of cowards...

[B-Bomber]

Not at all,

but there will be fighters emulating Floyd's style or persona, it's already happening.

Berto probably thought that a philly shell and shoulder roll would make him better and cooler. And he got beaten (by Guerrero) while trying to emulate Mayweather.

Broner instead is "recilying" the "Money May" persona, and already managed to annoy half of the boxing fans in the world. He also uses a philly shell, but not in the way Floyd does.

It's always been so, SRL did the Ali-shuffle a few times, Holmes tried to "dance" like Ali , failing.

Mike Tyson used to help his opponents up like his idol Dempsey and had the same haircut. Ali himself emulated SRR at the beginning of his carreer.