Most beautiful boxing style you've seen...

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  1. phierl

    phierl Active Member Full Member

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    What's the most aesthetically pleasing boxer you've seen, regardless of resume and achievements?

    In my personal opninion I really like watching Sweet Pea, but I also appreciate how a big guy like Ali could move in his early years, especially in the light of the current heavyweights who look very stationary and boring most of the time.
     
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  2. itrymariti

    itrymariti Cañas! Full Member

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usqNdSTXeJE[/ame]
     
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  3. Thread Stealer

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    I find James Toney's style when he's in the pocket simply beautiful to watch. Rolling with shots, slipping them, countering with terrific combinations.
     
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  4. phierl

    phierl Active Member Full Member

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    Yeah I agree, didn't think of him, but he is really skilled and was a a joy to watch, both his offensive arsenal and his shoulder roll etc...
     
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  5. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Marco Antonio Barrera, with others ones being Orlando Canizales, Alexis Arguello, Muhammad Ali, Pernell Whitaker, etc.

    Peak Marco had the capacity to throw lovely, smooth combinations, about as effortlessly as anyone I've ever seen on film. He very rarely was off balance, and would always fire balance in the event that he got tagged. I like how he can be moving and still firing off shots at the same time, he jabbed and moved brilliantly against Hamed and Tapia. A complete fighter in every sense of the work, had the capacity to do anything he wanted to do at any given moment.
     
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  6. punk

    punk Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I like Ken Buchanans as well.
     
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  7. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Zapata and Rose and Famechon are amazing to watch.
     
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  8. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    thats easy.king ken buchanan,the most beautiful left jab coupled with scottish grit.
     
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  9. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Ezzard Charles, esp. against Joe Louis....MAB vs Hamed, and Willie Pep..in various fights..he WAS poetry in motion, to use such an abused phrase.
     
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  10. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    And I agree with the post previous to mine...Ken Buchanan....he was a pleasure to watch.
     
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  11. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Also can't leave out Willie Pastrano and Harold Johnson...their fight was a dialogue...a physical chess match between two superb ring scientists/artists.
     
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  12. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    While I'm at it, Miguel Canto and of course Nicolino Locche.
     
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  13. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Sugar Ray Robinson
    Muhamad Ali(aka the cassus clay version}
    Ricardo Lopez
     
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  14. Shake

    Shake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tyson deserves a mention.
     
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  15. Squire

    Squire Let's Go Champ Full Member

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    I quite like Larry Holmes' style
     
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