Fighters with the most "pleasing"/fluid/entertaining styles?

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  1. Contro

    Contro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Preferably not crude hittable guys or pillowfisted guys, im allergic to those

    Tyson for me has got to be nr 1 all time in this way. even watching him hit the bag or mitts was exciting but very fluid and elegant at the same time. Especially pre prison.

    Cotto has a really elegant style especially the last 10 years.

    JMM and Holyfield were very exciting fighters.

    Gatti was extremely exciting but got hit too much and looked very crude at times so i dont really count him in this category.

    James toney is a joy to watch. even though he wasnt a huge puncher i still love watching him.

    Tommy hearns was exciting and a great great fighter.

    Roy Jones very exciting in spots but not consistently entertaining the way a tyson was.

    Duran sometimes very entertaining and brilliant(palomino leonard barkley moore dejesus 2& 3 etc), sometimes dissappointing and fat.
     
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  2. 2piece

    2piece Well-Known Member Full Member

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    James Toney, Wilfred Benitez, and Jose Napoles are some of my favorites.
     
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    Salvador Sanchez, Floyd Mayweather, both Sugar Rays, were all very smooth and fluid in their movements. Like you watch them and think "that's an artist in the ring".
     
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  4. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Azumah Nelson, Salvador Sanchez, Alexis Arguello, jersey Joe Walcott, Napoles pop into mind instantly
     
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    Vince Voltage Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Pryor
     
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  6. Brixton Bomber

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    Toney
    Nunn
    Floyd
    SRL
    Duran
    Camacho
     
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  7. PeterD

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    I have always enjoyed watching Thomas Hearns, imo he had a great style.
     
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  8. Neebur

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    Duran, Napoles, Laguna, Buchanan, Sanchez, Pep, both Leonards, Benitez, Lomachenko, Jofre, Steele. etc
     
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  9. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Good shout out for Laguna!
    And Lomachenko is my favorite to watch of the current batch
     
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    Sugar Ray Robinson was the one that best combined aggression, power punching and elegance inside the ring.
    Everything he did inside the ring seemed fluid and natural.
     
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  11. zadfrak

    zadfrak Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    A couple not mentioned are Ricardo Lopez.And another guy seldom mentioned anywhere is Nazarov===he was something to watch as well.
     
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  12. 88Chris05

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    Shout out for Happy Lora. Had such a great and natural fluidity to his boxing - he really did flow like water when he hit the groove. Made 'aggressive defensive' boxing look so easy, particularly when he drew that error, evaded the incoming shot with that waist movement and landed that counter uppercut.
     
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  13. BundiniBlack

    BundiniBlack Well-Known Member Full Member

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    My favorite style to watch is the basic 1-2 style but who can change angles and speeds like Ali
     
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  14. Bokaj

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    The two Sugar Ray's would be in my top I think. Especially the original one.

    Other than that:

    Lopez, Duran, JMM, Hearns, Patterson, Toney, Ali, McCallum, Benitez, and probably many other that I don't come to think of right now...
     
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  15. jyeahfosho

    jyeahfosho mrtechnicalboxer Full Member

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    I personally think Larry Holmes is beautiful to watch.
     
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