How do you define a "One-dimensional boxer"??

[VatoMulatto]

Wladamir Klitschko?

No way!! He had some tools in his toolbox.

[kiDynamite92]

No way!! He had some tools in his toolbox.

Dude that was creepy. I posted that 3 years ago and no one bumped up this thread until you.

[bojangles1987]

No way!! He had some tools in his toolbox.

He jabbed, clinched, and waited to wear you down to land the right hand. Wlad was a great fighter but he was pretty one-dimensional. He couldn't fight inside at all and did basically the same thing against everyone.

[GrandpaBernard]

Paulie

Amir Khan

[GrandpaBernard]

Deontay Wilder?

[Combat Talk Radio]

I remember Hopkins said a couple of years ago that Roy Jones jr was one-dimensional. Out of all the things you could say about Roy Jones, one-dimensional is certainly not one that comes to mind IMO. Lennox Lewis said Mike Tyson was a one-dimensional fighter, do you agreee with that?

To me Felix "Tito" Trinidad was a great one-dimensional fighter.

It seems like a lot of people (fans and fighters) have different opinions when it comes to how to define a one dimensional fighter.

How do you define it and name some fighters that are one-dimensional in your opinion.

Jones was one-dimensional. He counted on speed. But what do you have left if you don't have speed? Power, skill.

Power was not there without speed. Skill was somewhat there, but lacking without speed. Roy Jones counted on speed. He banked on it. When he met Tarver, we saw how one-dimensional Jones really was.

Chris Eubank (Senior) will openly tell you he was "one dimenthional" - he relied on power and accuracy, period. Anyone faster than him made him look ordinary.

Lemieux is one-dimensional. He relies on brute force power.

Saunders is one-dimensional. He relies on being elusive.

Loma is one-dimensional. He relies on staying away from you and picking you apart.

Jeff Horn is one-dimensional. He relies on bully tactics, inside work and shortened range, same as Porter.

Danny 'Swift' is one-dimensional. He relies on counters.

I would argue that Julian Jackson was one-dimensional. Upstairs power was his only way to win a fight, anyone who could work the body took him out.

One-dimensional isn't a bad thing. You lock on to what works until it doesn't and cash out.

[BoloShot]

Jones was one-dimensional. He counted on speed. But what do you have left if you don't have speed? Power, skill.

Power was not there without speed. Skill was somewhat there, but lacking without speed. Roy Jones counted on speed. He banked on it. When he met Tarver, we saw how one-dimensional Jones really was.

Chris Eubank (Senior) will openly tell you he was "one dimenthional" - he relied on power and accuracy, period. Anyone faster than him made him look ordinary.

Lemieux is one-dimensional. He relies on brute force power.

Saunders is one-dimensional. He relies on being elusive.

Loma is one-dimensional. He relies on staying away from you and picking you apart.

Jeff Horn is one-dimensional. He relies on bully tactics, inside work and shortened range, same as Porter.

Danny 'Swift' is one-dimensional. He relies on counters.

I would argue that Julian Jackson was one-dimensional. Upstairs power was his only way to win a fight, anyone who could work the body took him out.

One-dimensional isn't a bad thing. You lock on to what works until it doesn't and cash out.

Loma is one dimensional? No. He adjusts in fight to everyone he fights, his skill is his adaptability. Just because his style is to adapt, that doesn't make him one dimensional. If so then so is Floyd.

[asgarth]

There are different kinds of one-dimensionality.

Boxing on the frontfoot is overall easier to learn and requires less athleticism and coordination than boxing on the backfoot. However, you can also be one-dimensional if you are exclusively rely on movement and distance control.
Whenever those guys face a decent pressure fighter who can wear you down to the body and slow you down, they have no back up plans as soon as they can't move around the ring anymore and are forced to fight on the inside or off the ropes.

Pressure fighters who are relying more on their size than actual offensive skills are also one dimensional and you would be able to see it as soon as they start to move up in weight.

The size advantage won't be there anymore and technical flaws become more apparent. They can't just rely on bullying their way in, tanking punches and to wear down their opponents.
Jaime Munguia, Julio Cesar Chavez and Brandon Rios fall under that category.

[GrandpaBernard]

I think of a fighter as 1D if he can only fight good from one range

Outside/Backwards
Mid-range
Inside

[Thraxox]

Lara and similar fighters.
They lack inside skills.

Lare fought Jarred Hurd on the inside and showed the blueprint to Julian Williams on how to beat him, except that the sheer massive size advantage and Lara's age came to play.

It displayed the skills of Lara when push comes to shove.