Which Modern Fighter has given us the most different looks stylistically?

On a career arc i'd have to agree that DLH and SRL are the archetypes for this.

As regards a fighter who could switch it up during fights though my vote would have to go to Lennox Lewis. Was always a pleasure watching him figure his opponent out. Ok, 9 times out of 10 the equation resulted in working off his jab maintaining distance for the 1-2 but he could and would switch up between/during rounds with apparent ease.

Would be interested to hear opinions on Sugar Ray Robinson and any stylistic changes he showed throughout his career.

Great thread :good

 

I'd go with Lennox, time and time again he showed he could adapt stylistically to who he was up against.

 

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Lennox could wear his hat a few different ways (brim forward, hanging off the side, popping a wheelie on his 'locks, spun backward...) but he didn't really wear different hats.

He was pretty much always a tall jabster in the Steward mold, and only detoured from that road as long as needed before getting right back on the on-ramp.

 

:rofl

 

How do you think Oscar would have switched it up had he stay with one or two trainers throughout his career instead of 5-6?

 

He trained with very different trainers through his career, that wanted him to focus on different things. I've changed my opinion of it effecting him a negative way at times, to it being positive on the whole. I think what you really see is those trainers managing his rise in weight, and matching it to his strengths. Towards the end of his career, post Mosley II, you see them factor in his inactivity. I think each trainer would of course tried to leave their own imprint, but I think the dominance of age and weight jumping are what would effect his training the most.

Once again great post Bogo. Thorough to the point of leaving little room for others to mention anything new.

 

Great thread Bogo. Obvious ones are Gatti, Barrera, Hopkins. The Klits fight alot more defense to pick their spots. Froch boxed maybe not beautifully but effectively vs Abraham. At the moment I would have to say probably Bradley. After him Gamboa then Chavez Jr.

 

David Haye - He can brawl and slug it out, counter punch and dance, classic boxer also with the jab. He can do it all.

 

With Dlh I also agree to a certaiin degree he did develop a right hand like Barrera late in his career as both didnt use it much, but he might of had a stronger case had he learned how to infight which he never did.

 

Leonard.

 

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barrera IMO

 

Hopkins for me. he started off as a young brawler, became a boxer puncher, became more of a pure boxer, then became a dirty fighter, and then a strictly counter punch fighter as his attributes faded, and then more of a risk taker as further erosion of his attributes forced him to take more risks as his defense became more penetrable.

 

There is only one obvious answer, but if anyone says it, they'll instantly be called a *****. But go as far back as '96 leading up to the present day and you see a fighter that has changed from a slick boxer, then a combination puncher and eventually a counter-puncher, then a defensive fighter, an in-the-pocket pot shot artist and now a slow-paced, defensive-minded technician. And in 42 fights, only one was close.