Emulating boxers

[{Pito}]

altight so everyone had to first establish a solid foundation from which to build on that is a given, but we all take a page from fighters we look up to, what boxes have you tried emulating or have studied alot because they're style or bits and pieces from their style benefit your own. Please name fighter and elaborate.

[gatorDelux]

i like skilled strong swarmer/boxerpunchers casue it is my natural tendancy to be agressive and my natural athletic ability is strength pwer and stamina

i watch duran, barrera, frazier, tyson, dempsey, constantly

and latley ive been on a qawi kick.

[Mohammedini]

Honestly that **** doesn't work.
Your style depends on your mentality, your body type, on your natural body tension, motor skills, leg to torso ratio etc etc etc.
Everybody is unique in their own way. yes you might have a style that reminiscent of a fighter, but don't try to imitate the fighters style cuz it might not be compatible with your natural style.
For example, try not to be a counter puncher if you don't have the mentality or the natural ability for it. Don't throw a straight right like Muhammed Ali cuz
he wasn't using correct technique in the first place(Ali a notorious arm puncher. Increase the risk of blowing out your shoulders. Ali seemed to have amazingly flexible shoulders and rotator cuffs).
Don't try to do RJJ's leaping left hooks or use his reflex based style.
Don't throw left hooks like Trinidad cuz you will lose your balance(Trinidad has been KD countless times due to his left hooks).
Don't try to emulate Mike Tysons style if you don't have the speed, stamina or the skills for it.
If you go in trying to adopt someone else s style, you will enver develop your own, natural style that fits your skills set and body type.
YOu can improve your style and work on your flaws, but don't try to be Pacman when you are not.

[Jeradon84]

Everybody has tried something that their favorite boxer has tried, even boxers themselves admit this, they developtheir own style but everybody is influenced in some way by someone. To say that it neverhappens or it doesnt work is nonsense. everybody's favorite boxer has a favorite boxer, everyone was influenced in some way. And so many famous boxers mentiom it themselves in interviews

[gatorDelux]

Honestly that **** doesn't work.
Your style depends on your mentality, your body type, on your natural body tension, motor skills, leg to torso ratio etc etc etc.
Everybody is unique in their own way. yes you might have a style that reminiscent of a fighter, but don't try to imitate the fighters style cuz it might not be compatible with your natural style.
For example, try not to be a counter puncher if you don't have the mentality or the natural ability for it. Don't throw a straight right like Muhammed Ali cuz
he wasn't using correct technique in the first place(Ali a notorious arm puncher. Increase the risk of blowing out your shoulders. Ali seemed to have amazingly flexible shoulders and rotator cuffs).
Don't try to do RJJ's leaping left hooks or use his reflex based style.
Don't throw left hooks like Trinidad cuz you will lose your balance(Trinidad has been KD countless times due to his left hooks).
Don't try to emulate Mike Tysons style if you don't have the speed, stamina or the skills for it.
If you go in trying to adopt someone else s style, you will enver develop your own, natural style that fits your skills set and body type.
YOu can improve your style and work on your flaws, but don't try to be Pacman when you are not.

of course u cant completly emulate someone and u dont want to pick up bad habits

but its good to sudy tape and pick up bits and peices that help ur game

[Ringo]

Emulating your favorite fighter (or the fighter you'd most like to replicate in terms of success) isn't a recipe for failure simply because you aren't as fast as Pac or as balanced as FT. To say, "don't emulate anyone because you need to find your own style completely without influence," is akin to saying, "re-invent the wheel."

For me, obviously, the top of my list is Gatti. I like the way he carried himself in the ring, and I like the way he conditioned. I learned very quickly I'm not as fast as I want to be. I just don't have the hand speed for some reason (I played soccer, what can you do?), and I found out the hard way I can take a punch. Gatti was the same way.

When I train, I try to train like someone much faster than myself - someone like Ray Leonard or Roy Jones. Emulating them for the purpose of training helps me focus on what I'm trying to develop. So, I think that who I try to imitate depends on what I'm training on any given day.

Guys I'd like to remind people of, in general - Gatti, Mosley, DLH.

[raf727]

I try to be a little like Spadafora, a little like Toney, and alot like myself