Most beautiful boxing style you've seen...

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  1. MIK1000

    MIK1000 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    De La Hoya also had/has a beautiful style too watch. He was clean, didn't get tied up much and always on balance so he moved in and out and threw lovely fast combinations, mixing it up from head to body. Think I Could watch him all day.
     
    MIK1000, Jan 11, 2010
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  2. thejokerswild

    thejokerswild Guest

    GREAT thread. :D

    My picks are:
    Cassius Clay
    Prime Tyson
    Prime Suger Ray Leonard (although old SRL is good aswell)
    Prime RJJ
    ODLH (Top Class conversion of olympic amatuer style to pro)
    Pernell Whitaker
     
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  3. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    Great selection there.:good
     
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  4. phierl

    phierl Active Member Full Member

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    I also think Cotto's cool, he moves very fluently and when he gets his rythm he's just one flowing motion tearing his opposition apart with vicious hooks to the body etc.

    I wouldn't |call| their style elegant or flashy, but guys like Ken Norton and Marvin Hagler had a way about them like they could always recoup after getting tagged and move forward again and again, relentless and fearless.
     
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  5. ironchamp

    ironchamp Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mike Tyson
    Floyd Patterson
    Jose Torres

    The peekaboo style to me was aesthetically pleasing.
     
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  6. koki_kameda

    koki_kameda Koki Kameda Full Member

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    Koki Kameda
     
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  7. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Great call on Winstone. Read a quote by Angelo Dundee who said he was the closest hes seen to Willie Pep. A family friend sparred Winstone for his 3 world title fights against Salvador and said he was an extraordinarily talented guy who you would have to see in the flesh in the gym to appreciate just how good he was
     
    johnmaff36, Jan 12, 2010
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  8. Mantequilla

    Mantequilla Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Had no snap on his jab at all.
     
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  9. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali in the 60s, specifically 1964-67 was beautiful to watch, so fluid, fast & sharp.
     
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  10. randeris

    randeris Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Joe Louis.

    Honorable mentions: Toney, Jones Jr, Ali, Robinson
     
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  11. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Willie Pep & Ray Robinson too
     
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  12. Raging B(_)LL

    Raging B(_)LL KAPOW!!! Full Member

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    My favourites would be:

    Ralph Dupas
    Lionel Rose
    Willie Pastrano
    Isaac Logart
    Luis Rodriguez
    Jose Stable
    Jose Napoles
    Nicolino Locche

    I can watch these guys all day long, so much skill and finesse on display its a joy to watch. Its just too bad we don`t see the same kind of boxing skills that these men possessed very often nowadays, such a shame really.
     
    Raging B(_)LL, Jan 12, 2010
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  13. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ali v Williams was like watching ballet. Ok williams aint no ATG but to watch ali that night was poetry in motion
     
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  14. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    please forgive my poor spelling
     
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  15. Polymath

    Polymath Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I thought he was ugly to watch. Its a subjective thing I guess.
     
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