In boxing, what is the difference between a "rugged" and "tough" boxer?

**The Big Dunn** · 10-01-2015, 03:01 PM

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tough is about absorbing punishment while rugged is about the way you apply your offense.

**Sugar Adam Ali** · 10-01-2015, 03:09 PM

Tough is just how much punishment you can take- pauli, margarito, la motta,

Rugged is a physical grinding style- Porter, frazier, Barkley, peter

Margarito is a guy both rugged and tough

**STAX ON DECK** · 10-01-2015, 03:16 PM

rugged meant dirty at leasy thats what floyd was referencing

**Scipio2009** · 10-01-2015, 09:05 PM

Originally posted by punchr

Floyd Mayweather said Marcos Maidana is a rugged boxer.

What exactly does that mean? As a boxing term, what is the definition of rugged?

Orlando Salido is a rugged fighter; he's quite unorthodox, without much of a straight-up style but he's found ways to be effective with what he does.

Bernard Hopkins and Carl Froch, among others, are tough fighters; can get hit with whatever you want to try and hit them with, yet you won't ever see them buckle under the assault.

**Tony Trick-Pony** · 10-01-2015, 11:01 PM

When I think of tough, I picture a fighter as tough as a cheap steak. He can take it and just keep throwing back, ala Timothy Bradley or Juan Manuel Marquez.

Rugged is more like a rough and tumble fighter who comes storming in and they are not boxers but brawlers typically. What they lack technically, they make up for by stepping in and shaking up their opponents. Maidana would be a rugged fighter.

Tough is about being able to take it and come back over and over while rugged would be more about style.

**FeFist** · 10-01-2015, 11:24 PM

Rugged= the rough, crude and unsophisticated side of boxing: simplified to hurting your your opponent.

Tough= how much a fighter can endure.

I think all rugged fighters are tough, but not all tough fighters are rugged. I can't think of a fighter who was crude, effective, but didn't have toughness.

**Sugar Adam Ali** · 10-01-2015, 11:32 PM

Originally posted by FeFist

Rugged= the rough, crude and unsophisticated side of boxing: simplified to hurting your your opponent.

Tough= how much a fighter can endure.

I think all rugged fighters are tough, but not all tough fighters are rugged. I can't think of a fighter who was crude, effective, but didn't have toughness.

seth Mitchell???

**SN!PER** · 10-02-2015, 01:24 AM

Rugged is having a tough mentality.

Tough is having a strong chin and body.

In boxing, what is the difference between a "rugged" and "tough" boxer?