Best of the 3 main styles

[DondiNeverLeft]

Best heavyweight boxer, swarmer and slugger

Boxer: Muhamad Ali
Swarmer: Mike Tyson
Slugger: George foreman

cant see it any other way

Tiger Style!...Crane Technique!...Shaolin Munk...HMM!

[SBleeder]

The challenge this thread presents is to classify fighters into three basic categories of styles. On a P4P basis and by default, Duran was assigned to the slugger category. His versatility makes it very difficult to pigeon-hole, as he's exibited all three categories in one fight or another - vs Moore (boxer), vs Leonard (Swarmer/brawler) vs Cuevas (slugger) - to name a few.

He was a classic boxer-puncher throughout his lightweight years, which are the years any classification should be based on. There's no basis on which to call Duran a brawler or a slugger.

[The Surgeon]

just shows you how great that era was to have 3 of the best at that time. I would still consider tyson more of a swarmer tho, so i would have him just above frazier but frazier is definitly the better example of a swarmer. I think the heavier the weight the clearer these styles are

Exactly, what an Era! I wasnt sure what to class Mike as and Joe was the purest swarmer i could think of and brilliant too so he got the nod....

For the record as much of a Frazier fan as i am i think Tyson merks him early.