Learned fighter vs. Natural fighter.

Learned = JMM, Floyd

Natural = Pac

 

PBF was both he inherited his fighting genes from his father and his 2 uncles were boxers as well. Boxing was in his blood.

 

Good example. I normally say Wlad was an athlete. Vitali was a fighter.

Natural someone fighter someone like Andre Ward..mayne not a first thoughts but type of fighter who didnt need a trainer in the corner.

Sergio Martinez took up the sport late. Had to come up with his own style to be a success but learned how to be a fighter

 

Floyd was born into a boxing family. There's pictures of him as a baby wearing gloves. He's 100% learned.

Pac randomly walked into a boxing gym with the intent of making some extra money to help out his family, not with dreams of becoming a prize fighter. He discovered that he could fight. He's natural.

 

Natural: Duran dempsey mayorga basically anyone who fought in the street before the gym

Learned: algieri Mitchell washington guys who aren't from tough areas or failed in other sports but have the athletic ability and discipline to make it in boxing

 

Pretty good call.

 

Learned fighter: Canelo Alvarez, a true student of the sport. I've had my doubts about him, and a lot of his wins have an asterisk on them, but damned if he doesn't dedicate himself so fully to boxing. It's artful how much he's improved over the years.

Natural fighter: Gennady Golovkin, raised on the mean streets of war-torn Kazakhstan, tough as nails, heavy-handed to knock people out...naturally. Seems to actually enjoy the blood and guts of boxing (I don't buy the nice guy act). You can't help but admire that war spirit.

 

Hopkins, Holyfield & Toney are natural.

Wilder & AJ learned.

 

Natural,, Frazier ,Duran
Learned, Ali, Mayweather

 

Learned: De La Hoya, Spinks
Natural: Fighters like Pryor, Chavez and Saad Muhammad comes to mind.

 

Wilder didn't learn ****.

 

Naz natural

Mab lerarned

 

Fury, bjs, Pacman, Jones Jr, Leonard, plant- natural
Learned- Loma, usyk, GGG, AJ,
Most top fighters have natural ability, so it's hard to say

 

Of course, there's overlap between the two categories. Canelo is tough and naturally gifted, and GGG is technically so good. However, biting into the generalization, I opine below.

Other learned fighters, showing technical skill through dedication to the craft:
Austin Trout
James Toney
Danny Garcia
Mauricio Herrera (Danny's daddy)
ODLH
Anthony Joshua
Terence Crawford
Viktor Postol
Oleksandr Usyk
George Groves

Other natural fighters, where their natural ability shines through a lot. Or, where they were born to knock you tf out:
Roy Jones Jr.
Amir Khan
Yuriorkis Gamboa
Josesito Lopez
David Lemieux
Tony Bellew
Carl Froch
Erik Morales

Of course there are COUNTLESS others...

Then you have a perfect balance, imo, of raw toughness and boxing skill, like Fernando El Feroz Vargas.