Who is your favorite fighter to study?

[mconstantine]

List them in this thread right here, right now. Go!

For me

- Rigondeaux
- James Toney
- Floyd Mayweather
- Andre Ward
- Mike Tyson

[SBleeder]

Ricardo Lopez.

[_original_]

We study most of the same fighters.

As my sig indicates, the Marvelous one, although in all honesty I view his fights more for pleasure.
Lately I've been binge studying Rigo, truly a master, so many subtle moves.
James Toney and Floyd are guys I've always studied.
Lara, especially his fight against Trout. I'm not a southpaw but I find myself watching a lot of southpaw fighters.
Finito Lopez - textbook perfection. Juan Manuel Marquez as well.
Kostya Tszyu is another good one I often watch.

[SplitSecond]

roy jones
bernard hopkins
floyd mayweather
gennady golovkin

can't believe i forgot about ricardo lopez

[MayThird]

I used to watch a lot of James Toney

This was me(Red) quite some time ago now

[Weltschmerz]

The almighty Klitschko brothers.

[Madan]

Rigondeaux, pacquiao, roy jones jr, erislandy lara, hopkins, canelo alvarez

[mconstantine]

I used to watch a lot of James Toney

This was me(Red) quite some time ago now

You're not too shabby with the roll.

[ColdBlooded]

In terms of current fighters, I like to study guys like Mikey Garcia, Gennady Golovkin, Andre Ward, and Floyd Mayweather.

[mconstantine]

Let's go deeper...what do you learn or have stolen from each of these fighters?

Rigondeaux - I box southpaw, so I watch Rigo a lot. I have tried to apply his counter left upper cut to the body. I've taken the straight left to the body as well. The "show/feint the left hand to set up the right hook"...tried that a few times lol. His movement. I learned a ton from Rigo.

James Toney - I study how he rolls punches and counters off those rolls. Haven't really had a chance to apply much of this though. Harder to apply as a southpaw unless I'm boxing another southpaw. I also study how he creates angles.

Floyd Mayweather - His shoulder roll defense. I sometimes switch to this guard. I study how he sets up his offense in different ways. Check hook.

Andre Ward - Two words. DISTANCE CONTROL! He's always either too close, smothering offense or too far. I study his Rodriguez fight for his use of the jab.

Mike Tyson - My stature says I should aim to fight like Tyson but I prefer to box even though my height (lack of) makes it difficult. But I incorporate some of Tyson's moves like slipping WHILE punching, head movement on the way in and throwing punches that flow from defense (bobbing and weaving) while stepping in. Very difficult style to do.

Manny Pacquiao - I've used his lead left, step/escape out to the right many times. Love that move as a south paw. His "in and out" style, coming in and out on angles.

GGG - I've studied GGG looking to learn how to pressure/stalk an opponent, cut off the ring while maintaining balance and always being in a position to punch with authority. It's tricky to have to walk a guy down in the ring where you have to constantly move your feet and stay in position to punch. GGG is great at it. He stalks his opponent but he uses subtle movements on the way in to not get hit as much and he's always balanced ready to sit down on his punches.