Fighters copy the Shoulder Roll but how many can copy the Peek-a-Boo?!

In terms of pros? Rakhim Chakhkiev had a Tyson-esque style. I mean you could tell he was fanboying him big time.

 

George Arias (the young one) kind of employs something similar too.

 

Lomachenko does a little peek-a-boo

 

Who is the last elite fighter that used it consistently? Like, for most of the duration of the majority of their bouts?

Winky?

 

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...or, I suppose if you consider Josh Clottey elite. :conf

 

Just think of the short guys for their divisions, there's bound to be more.

 

Floyd used it against Mosley.

 

You're comparing apples and oranges here. Shoulder roll is a defensive technique, peek-a-boo is a boxing style of its own.

Should roll could be used by any boxer regardless of his height/reach relative to his weight while peek-a-boo is a specific boxing style for shorter fighters.

Peek-a-boo is used to get inside someone's range, it's an offensive aggressive fighting strategy.

It worked for Mike Tyson because he had specific physical attributes, he was an explosive fighter, a very short heavyweight with short reach and powerful punches. He also had powerful legs which is important too because if you want to perform peek-a-boo correctly you need to squat a lot to bob and weave. It can be taxing for one's knees and it can wear you down quickly.

To give an extreme example, a boxer like say Wilder simply can't use the peek-a-boo style.

 

Both are techniques and both can be the centerpieces of a style.

 

Amir Mansour?

I don't really like the fighting style. I feel it can only have consistent success if the boxer has devastating power, but if the fighter using the peek-a-boo style faces someone who can take the punch and boxes fairly well, then they'll be at a big disadvantage.

 

I don't want to argue about definitions but shoulder roll is a very basic and natural technique in boxing, it can be incorporated into many styles and can be used by any boxer regardless of his height and reach.

Cus D'Amato's peek-a-boo is much more specific, call it a technique or style or whatever. It only works good for fighters with specific physical attributes.

The problem is that people associate the shoulder roll with Mayweather too much and when they say shoulder roll they in fact mean Mayweather's style, but in reality shoulder roll is a very basic boxing thing and that's why so many fighters employ it.