Favorite offensive fighters

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  1. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Marco Antonio Barrera - Excelled in combination punching, and his variety of attack was stupendous.

    Alexis Arguello - Nobody threw straighter shots than this guy, and his uppercut to the body was killer. Ask Mancini.

    Michael Carbajal - He had his flaws, but when on the attack he could triple up his shots very well. His right cross and left hook would often put fighters down for the count...and out.


     
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    Marvelous Hagler - switch hitter, with a battering ram for a right hand. Still till this day can't understand why guys refused to circle to their right against this guy.

    Roberto Duran- ferocious inside fighter who had underrated boxing skills and footwork

    Thomas Hearns- do I really need to describe this guys offense.

    Jose Napoles- deadly accurate and his tactics of baiting in his opponents while setting up his own offense was brilliant (though it often almost cost him fights).
     
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    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The man in my avatar.
     
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    lefthook89 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    mike tyson- never has their been a fighter that threw with bad intentions like he did. he would create oppurtunitites by making his opponents miss and capitlalize on it by throwing bombs to the body followed by bombs to the head. a fighter that made brawling into a science

    sonny liston- before there was tyson, there was liston! liston didn't exactly have style, he was just a guy that wanted to hurt you as much as possible. his freakishly long reach for a man his height (6'0, 80 inch reach) made him even more dangerous. he had a jab so strong that it would break through his opponents gaurds and would then follow through with a right that would damn near decapitate them. his punches landed on his opponents so hard that they damn moved their entire bodies.

    gerald mcclellan- the g-mans knockout power is nothing short of devastating. just about every punch he threw at you could be the punch that'll put you to sleep. i personally think there as never been a MW that threw such powerful body punches so quickly. the solar plexus blow was just gut wrenching!!
     
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    Mike Tyson: terrific mix of speed and power, terrific leverage behind his punches, excellent combinations, with of course the right-hook-to-the-body-right-uppercut-to-the-head being his bread and butter.

    Terry Norris: I love his combinations. Very fluid and crisp. He could get a little too offensive and hot-headed for his own good, but at his best he was fun to watch.

    Others: Joe Louis, Alexis Arguello, Felix Trinidad. Beautiful punching technique from all of them, who could do damage from a variety of shots. James Toney is not what one typically thinks of when they say "offensive fighter", but he had just about all the punches in his arsenal. When he got his offense going, he was a joy to watch. The uppercuts against Iran Barkley, the double hooks against Evander Holyfield, the counter rights against Vassily Jirov, the assortment of blows thrown at Mike McCallum. Floyd Mayweather is often too defensive, but when he does assert himself offensively, I find it beautiful to watch and there's very few I enjoy watching more.
     
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    Donald Curry too. His punches were sooo fluid, and accurate.
     
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    Henry Armstrong - All offense, all the time.
     
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    ..jake lamotta

    ricky graziano...nowhere near a great fighter but he was fun to watch on the attack..which is where he usually was

    bob satterfield...while it lasted
     
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    well there are a lot of them but armstrong and duran are most favorit
     
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    El Torito

    Dick Tiger

    Hagler

    Cuevas

    Duran
     
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    Robinson of course. Every punch in the book with whip-like torque, speed and accuracy to both body and head. No matter who you were, you were going to get hit against this bloke. A lot. And hard.
     
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    Tin_Ribs Me Full Member

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    I'd ask Kobayashi myself :D
     
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    Julian Jackson, insomiacs comes to this guy for help
     
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    JCC

    the relentless and patient body braker .....

    one of the most accurate punchers of all time

    and the most letal combination puncher to the head and body!!!!
     
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    Rocky Marciano...strictly in the most literal sense, and the theme of this thread..an offensive fighter, and a purist in that sense.