Three you do; three you don’t

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  1. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    Name three indisputable ATGs whose styles you really enjoy and three whose styles you don’t.

    This is not a comment on their merits as fighters - we’re talking ATGs after all - just a question of aesthetics and personal taste.
     
  2. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    Do's: Mike Tyson; Nigel Benn; Roy Jones, Jr.

    Do not's: Floyd Mayweather; Wladimir Klitschko; Jack Johnson.
     
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  3. young griffo

    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Do- Frazier, Hearns, Roy

    Don’t- Monzon, Hopkins, Calzaghe (all undoubted greats but don’t do much for me from an aesthetic standpoint, in fact I’d rather gouge out my own eyes than watch Calzaghe- Hopkins again)
     
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  4. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Don’t: Pea, Ali, Monzon

    Do: JCC, Fenech, Harada
     
  5. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Do: Ruben Olivares, Chucho Castillo, Juan Manuel Marquez
    Do Not: George Foreman, Rocky Marciano, Joey Maxim.
     
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  6. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Do = Sugar Ray Robinson, Jose Napoles, Salvador Sanchez.

    Don't = Wladimir Klitschko, Carlos Monzon, Bernard Hopkins.
     
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  7. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    I absolutely love the styles of:

    Miguel Canto
    Jose Napoles
    Jung Koo Chang

    And I absolutely hate the styles of:

    Wladimir Klitschko
    Old Bernard Hopkins
    Carlos Monzon
     
  8. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Redundant for the "don't" category, but.......

    Do:
    Sanchez
    Yuh
    Saad Muhammad

    Don't:
    Monzon
    Hopkins
    Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
     
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  9. Young Terror

    Young Terror ★ Griselda ★ Full Member

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    Do:
    Roberto Duran
    Pernell Whitaker
    Marco Antonio Barrera

    Donts:
    Sandy Saddler
    Wlad K
    Jack Johnson
     
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  10. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Do: Muhammad Ali,Roberto Duran & Marvin Hagler.
    Don't: Both Klitschkos,& Bernard Hopkins.
     
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  11. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Do s
    Sugar Ray Robinson
    Joe Frazier
    Nigel Benn

    Don't s
    Bernard Hopkins
    Chris Eubank
    Wlad
     
  12. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s Full Member

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    I like all great boxers even Muhammad Ali before anyone says otherwise. They were great for a reason and there are always things to awe at. I am a Emile Griffith fan, Lionel Rose fan and I like Nicolino Locche A LOT conventionally boring fighters are my taste usually.
     
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  13. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    3 I enjoy: Tyson, Hagler, Gatti
    3 I hate: Ali, SRL, Mayweather
     
  14. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s Full Member

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    I don’t think anyone ever has said “Oh Jeez can’t wait to watch Maxim fight, man am I the biggest Maxim fan”
     
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  15. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s Full Member

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    Gatti isn’t great not even close
     
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