HW Brawlers or Boxers . Pick your Poison!?

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  1. TheSouthpaw

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    Brawler's suck as.....
    Tyson
    Foreman
    Marciano
    Dempsey
    Liston
    Boxers........
    Louis
    Holmes
    Ali
    Lewis
    Holyfield

    And others..

    Add all you want
     
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  2. Shake

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    Liston is a brawler?
     
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  3. janitor

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    I would class them thus:

    Tyson - boxer puncher
    Foreman - slugger
    Marciano - swarmer
    Liston - boxer puncher
    Louis - boxer puncher
    Holmes - boxer
    Ali - boxer
    Lewis - boxer puncher
    Holyfield - boxer puncher

    A, lot of people question my clasification of Tyson and Dempsey,and perhaps others.
     
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  4. TheSouthpaw

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    I think you called it right with Tyson, so how do you classify Dempsey!
     
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  5. TheSouthpaw

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    Yes! And a very good one too, but he could brawl when need be!
     
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  6. janitor

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    Again, I think he fits the mould of a boxer puncher more than a swarmer or slugger.
     
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  14. Ali Frazier

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    I wouldn't say Marciano was just a Swarmer, I'd class it as "Educated Brawling" He had ring smarts and used his attributes into a style that worked.
     
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