Originally posted by billeau2
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The more obvious reasoning why being that back in the crude days of those guys no boxer was adept at keeping opponents at range. Foreman used his size and strength to achieve it via pushing his opponents off him, with good results. Guys like LEnnox and Wladimir achieved it by keeping them at the end of their jab and using superior timing to skip out of way or step forward and clinch at just the right moment and tie them up, or via counterpunching.
Infighting is of far less importance today because the punches are now so hard that only the thickest, heaviest bull type fighters with very solid chins can work it.
In my opinion the only boxer of modern HW significance who would be devastating using swarming tactics is none other than Mike Tyson. This is a very reasonable opinion. Marciano/Frazier are not.
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