Coolest boxer/boxing style you've ever seen?

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by Mandela2039, Nov 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM.


  1. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I was always partial to the relaxed style. And 3 welterweights from the same era embodied the relaxed style. That was Harold Weston, Angel Espada and Hedgemon Lewis. I just loved the way they would expend energy when needed but also be content to lay in the weeds and poke around to find that opening.
     
  2. Mandela2039

    Mandela2039 OFFICIAL THREAD DIDDLER Full Member

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    I'd like to add in myself a recent pick that's been making my eyes water with beautiful violence, Yuri Arbachakov

    seriously underrated flyweight and boxer overall, eye test wise imho he's Russia's GOAT.
     
  3. steve21

    steve21 Well-Known Member

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    Floyd Patterson. Always poised, every move designed to set up the next. He just had that quickness, a true middleweight in a field of heavyweights. Grace and power -

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  4. KO_King

    KO_King Horizontal Heavyweight Full Member

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    Roy Jones for me. Incredible at his best.
     
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  5. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Kid Gavilan
    Pernell Whitaker
    José Napoles
    Wilfredo Gomez
    Roy Jones Jr
    Wilfred Benitez
    Eusebio Pedroza
    Orlando Canizales
    Miguel Lora
    Ernesto Marcel
    Veeraphol Sahaprom
     
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  6. Skins

    Skins Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sugar Ray Leonard for me. Could fight any style he wanted to. Beautiful boxer
     
  7. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Mandela, your mention of Arbachakov reminded me of his contemporary, the Thai Chatchai Sasakul. Such a smooth boxer. I actually had him ahead in both fights with Yuri. I also had him well ahead in his bout with Manny Pacquiao before falling victim to a crashing left haymaker to Manny.
     
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  8. Cobra33

    Cobra33 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I liked that fluid relaxed Panamanian style like the Jose Legra/ Zapata type boxers.
    And alot of Colombian boxers had a very smooth style lie Luis Mendoza and Happy Lora.
     
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