Slick European Style Boxing

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  1. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    Slick European Style Boxing

    As a massive fan of the sport and the amazing styles that come to the table ie the slugger, the shoulder roll, the counter boxer, we could go on, but one style that has been lost in all of this, is the slick European style that has not been countered outside of Europe.
    It appears that the European slickster style only seems to get beat, by Europeans who even if they dont adopt that style, know how to counter it.


    Current European Slicksters -

    G Campillo - Slick European style that has only been decoded by a European boxer
    D Haye - Slick European style that has only been decoded by European boxers
    L Bute - Slick European style that has only been decoded by a European boxer
    Z Erdei - Slick European style that has never really been decoded


    Some future European slicksters to look out for are G Groves and J DeGale.

    What other current European Slicksters can you note?
     
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    Cletis VanDamme Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Dmitry Pirog
    Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam
    Bogdan Dinu
     
  3. MrMagic

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    Bute not only got decoded, but straight up punked by a chicano mummy.
     
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  5. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    Naseem Hamed had a slick European style which wasnt beaten. He later took on an American trainer who although an excellent trainer changed him from the slick European style and then he was beaten.

    J Nelson later adopted the slick European style and when he did, was never beaten and retired as a world champ
     
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    Ottke had the slick European style and was an undefeated unified world champ who was never beaten
     
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    Eubank had the slick European style and ran up a fantastic undefeated run and was only ever beaten by European fighters who knew how to handle that style
     
  8. No Fear

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    Nathan Cleverley immediately springs to mind.
     
  9. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    Good call. I thought of him also. Fantastic undefeated European slickster who shocked America with his style when he defended out there
     
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    S Cunningham has been looking very good using the slick European style with great results.
     
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    Terry Marsh, the former undefeated world light-welterweight champion.
     
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    I remember him and know I watched him, but cant remember how he fought. Its been a few years
     
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    every fighter from the Ingle's wincobank gym.
     
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    Joe Calzaghe had an underrated slickness.
     
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