Which Fighters Often Imitated, Never Duplicated?

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  1. RJJFan

    RJJFan Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Which fighters do you see as being often imitated but never duplicated?

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    RJJFan, Oct 18, 2012
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    FMJ, more and more! Broner and Rigondeaux comes to mind.
     
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  3. DrMo

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    :rofl Terrible comparison

    Tyson is the most frequently copied but no-one can replicate it.
     
    DrMo, Oct 18, 2012
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    Rjj?


    ooops the pictures didn't load for me haha
     
    uraharakisuke, Oct 18, 2012
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  5. Chappy112

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    Khan was imitating Pacquiao against Garcia, didn't quite have it down though. :-(
     
    Chappy112, Oct 18, 2012
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  6. RJJFan

    RJJFan Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Really? I don't think many fighters attempt to copy it because they just aren't as gifted as Tyson was.
     
    RJJFan, Oct 18, 2012
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    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    Naseem Hamed (most imitations turn out ridiculous)
     
    Robney, Oct 18, 2012
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    Roy Jones.
    So many people try to fight like him and absolutely fail at it.
     
    SweetHome_Bama, Oct 18, 2012
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    I'd have to go with Mayweather and Toney. Not their entire style, but rather their shell-like defense or shoulder roll. I see so many fighters using these types of defenses, even De La Hoya towards the end of his career, adapted the shoulder roll once May SR. taught him. However, I've yet to see anyone as effective with it as Mayweather and Toney.
     
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  10. RJJFan

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    Good ones, added to the OP.
     
    RJJFan, Oct 18, 2012
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  11. tliang1000

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    Donaire tries to fight like RJs a lot.
     
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  12. dyna

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    Jack Dempsey?
     
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  13. SweetHome_Bama

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    Shoulder roll and shell defenses are bigger than anyone fighter, especially the mayweathers and toney.

    Sorry but that is ridiculous.
     
    SweetHome_Bama, Oct 18, 2012
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  14. Momus

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    Ali spawned generations of hands-down lean-backing jab-flicking feet-shuffling imitators.

    Ruben Olivares set the mould for hook-happy Mexican warriors.
     
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    Tua seems to had an effective shoulder roll
    Ali is partly responsible that body punching has become a lost art.
    People copied Ali, so they also "forgot" about body punching.

    Though Ali is a small factor.
     
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