style of boxing

a boxer puncher likes to fight at arms length, get off his combinations, slowly but surely get you in his range and let his hands go, keeping his defense relatively tight.

a swarmer will put nonstop pressure. try to get inside your reach. force you to fight when you don't want to fight.

Totally different. Kotsya Tszyu is a boxer-puncher. Ricky Hatton is a swarmer.

 

power and skill are different, but both are important in boxing. Sluggers have some skill as well, often getting their shots off from places where most people would have no idea how to hit the target. They also have some kind of third sense for their opponent's vulnerabilities, and can often take their opponent's confidence. They are usually great finishers as well.

I think the ultimate matchup for the slugger is the pressure fighter, or sometimes against an outboxer, you just know they can pull a win out of the hat..


these molds are not perfect though. You have to adapt a little. But when I bet, I do look at general stylistic tendencies such as these.

For instance I believe a swarmer will beat an outboxer, but will lose to a counterpuncher. I belive a slugger will beat a swarmer. I believe an outboxer or boxer-puncher will give a counterpuncher hell. That a boxer-puncher can take a slugger.

I actually consider boxer-punchers and outboxers as similar styles in terms of how they match up with others.. They like to be given time to pick their shots, and generally like to get off first and then get back to defense.

 

He's kind of a cross between a boxer/puncher, an out-boxer, a slugger, and a counter-puncher. I wouldn't call him a swarmer. Young Pac was a cross between a slugger and a boxer-puncher with basic counterpunching ability.

 

Margarito is a swarmer as well. People say he's one dimensional but he has those two dimensions to him. You know a slugger would be someone like Mayorga, or Urango, or Miranda.

 

Bradley is kind of a cross between an outboxer, a counterpuncher, and a swarmer. He is very versatile like that.

Khan is an outboxer all the way. Very much one-dimensional. (a good fighter though). He is starting to learn to sit on his punches and also counterpunch a little.

 

boxers are not only one style. Most of them are a mix of several styles.