The Rhythm Breakers...who were the best

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  1. Bummy Davis

    Bummy Davis Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The Rhythm breakers. Guys that dont necessarily look like the most skills but have the knack to throw off a good boxers timing and have the ability to catch them with unorthodox punchers and stop their flow. I will name a few.

    who are your favorite rhythm breaker and why




    Harry Greb, speed, movement and timing, Harry knew how to break a fighters Rhythm and was possibly the best


    Marciano, subtle defense, make you reach with the jab and counters with hard awkward counters from off rhythm, off beat angles.

    Ken Norton, good jab followed by crab defense and fast roundhouse type punches, uppercuts and body work. His Jaw betrayed him but Ken had a solid rhythm breaking style

    Vitali Klitschko, I know I will get some laughs here but Vitali is a rhythm breaker of a different type. He boxes from the outside throwing punches against a fighters Rhythm and from very weird angles, foot movement both left, and right and in and out with an odd assortment of punches

    Fritzie Zivic Forget his dirtiness, Fritzie fought and beat some of the best stylists...Fritzie was a Rhythm breaker

    These are a few from different era's there are a few GEMS out there. who are they
     
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  2. Stevie G

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    Oscar Bonavena would qualify,I think. That rugged awkward style of his.
     
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  3. mcvey

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    Juan Domingo Roldan.
    Carmen Basilio.
    The best ?
    Arnold Raymond Cream.
     
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  4. JohnThomas1

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    Monzon.
     
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  5. turpinr

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    :good:goodthose shoulder feints.nobody does it better
     
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  6. zadfrak

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    Good call on Vitali & somehow I had forgotton that about him. He seldom is given credit for very much aside from being big. Funny how people will buy into potential instead though. But when you combine a rhythm beaker along with the ability to throw 60 punches per round and some top notch finishing skills, you end up with a pretty good fighter.
     
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  7. Bummy Davis

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    :goodgood ones
     
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  8. Bummy Davis

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    Monzon did have weird Rhythm and he was hard to time, awkward also
     
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  9. natonic

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    Saoul Mamby
    Michael Spinks (specifically vs Qawi, Holmes)
    Locche
     
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  10. Dempsey1238

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    Fullmer may be other.
     
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  11. Thread Stealer

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    Hopkins, especially as he got older, comes to mind. Doesn't throw a lot of shots, but picks them well. Moves around the ring, picking the right time to strike, and also uses clinching (and dirty tactics) to mess up the rhythm of his opponents.
     
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  12. Bummy Davis

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    Mamby was a rhythm breaking spoiler, a late bloomer I remember how he broke down Dejesus and others

    Spinks had that herky-Jerky style that was effective at Rhythm breaking and beating Holmes in his 1st fight as a heavyweight, impressive but he broke Larry's Rhythm
     
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  13. JohnThomas1

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    He also worked into a sometimes almost extraordinary rhythm of his own as a bout progressed.
     
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  14. Bummy Davis

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    He did and he showed it many times, the Rodrigo Valdez fight being one of note among others
     
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  15. Delroc

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    for some reason i wanna say Lamotta but only for some of his fights. I've never seen the robinson fight but from what i read he won by basicaly throwing him off rhythm.

    i dont really understand the rhythm breaking concept enough to call out fighters who were good at it but Lamotta's bob to slip the jab seems like it fits in here.
     
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