Stereotyping the American Boxing Style

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  • GrandpaBernard
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    Stereotyping the American Boxing Style

    How would you describe American boxing style

    For me In one word: athletic

    Nearly every elite American fighter has fast hands whether they fight aggressively like Tyson or carefully like Mayweather
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    I wouldn’t stereotype anyone in boxing. People fight how they fight and mostly it’s a combination of what they are taught and what they learn on their own and determines your fighting style, and this happens worldwide. Just because no one teaches boxers in Thailand how to do the philly shell and the shoulder roll dosnt mean that they aren’t capable of doing it. It’s just a matter of time

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    • Smash
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      #3
      ive got one word, crybaby lol just joking

      white american: missing
      black: slick
      latino: grind

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        #4
        Originally posted by Smash
        ive got one word, crybaby lol just joking

        white american: missing
        black: slick
        latino: grind
        Missing cold blooded you

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        • Ritz Kola
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          #5
          America doesn't have one set style: it's dependent upon the culture (not I didn't say race there's a distinction) you belong to here usually: not always though.
          Afro-Americans are generally thought of as Slick fighters.
          White-Americans are generally thought of as UFC contenders.
          Mex-Americans are generally thought of as Phone Booth bullies. (Fighting In the phone booth is a boxing term)

          While genetics do play apart here just being honest, yes anyone can learn a different style but it usually has to be at a young age. The biggest influencers in each culture are typically the ones "responsible" for the styles of the newer generations. Henry Armstrong, SRR, Ali, SRL, Sweet Pea, Floyd Mayweather all had the after effect of AA/Black (two different things) youth wanting to fight a certain way.
          I'd say JCC had the largest effect on Mexican youth. Rightfully so.
          I'd say...well Marciano and Gatti had the greatest effects on white youth here.

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            #6
            Originally posted by GrandpaBernard
            Missing cold blooded you
            yeah that was cruel, white americans got so many sports to choose from, why get punched for a living

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            • RJJ-94-02=GOAT
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              #7
              Originally posted by GrandpaBernard
              How would you describe American boxing style

              For me In one word: athletic

              Nearly every elite American fighter has fast hands whether they fight aggressively like Tyson or carefully like Mayweather
              Tbf man, essentially all elite fighters have fast hands.

              I think it’s difficult to define the American boxing style purely because America is so multicultural.

              Being as general as possible, I’d say American fighters tend to fight at medium to long range, and tend to value clean punches over volume. There are obviously notable exceptions though.

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                Originally posted by RJJ-94-02=GOAT
                Tbf man, essentially all elite fighters have fast hands.

                I think it’s difficult to define the American boxing style purely because America is so multicultural.

                Being as general as possible, I’d say American fighters tend to fight at medium to long range, and tend to value clean punches over volume. There are obviously notable exceptions though.
                Ex Elite American Handspeed much quicker than Elite Mexican Handspeed or Elite Euro

                Mexicans who are very Americanized like Oscar and Ryan Garcia pack blazing Handspeed compared to their brothers south of the border

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                  In a word: Cowardly

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by GrandpaBernard
                    Ex Elite American Handspeed much quicker than Elite Mexican Handspeed or Elite Euro

                    Mexicans who are very Americanized like Oscar and Ryan Garcia pack blazing Handspeed compared to their brothers south of the border
                    I’m not so sure tbh man, I see hand speed as more of natural talent, I don’t really think it can be coached.

                    For example Amir Khan and Carl Froch both came through the same amateur system, as did Gary Russell Jr and Dominic Brezeale. I don’t really think hand speed is something you pick up stylistically, it’s just something you have, or you don’t.

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