Boxers with similar style

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  1. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Which boxers do you find use similar technique to each other ?

    I start :
    1. Ezzard Charles , Orlin Norris
    2. Muhammad Ali , Larry Holmes
    3. Wladimir Klitschko , John David Jackson
    4. Michael Spinks (HW) , Pernell Whitaker (LW)
    5. Jersey Joe Walcott , Montell Griffin



    And can anyone describe the differences inside each of these sets :
    1. George Chuvalo , Oscar Bonavena , Jerrry Quarry
    2. Jimmy Young , Chris Byrd
     
  2. good right hand

    good right hand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    i would say julio cesar chavez and jose luis castillo (long time gym partners)

    nacho beristain's fighters all use a similar style (marquez brothers, zaragoza and ricardo lopez)
     
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    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    I see similarities between Fighting Harada and Myung Woo Yuh.
     
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    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    sugar ray robinson had a lot of clones.johnny bratton was the closest to his style
     
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    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Frazier and Marciano ? I know that there were some differences,but when he first started,I can recall Joe being described as the black Marciano.
     
  6. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Shouldn't it has been JCC and Jose Luis Ramirez ?
    And wasn't DLH a Beristain fighter as well ?
     
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    Only ONE "Sugar", T. The rest were artificial sweetener.
     
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    Kid Chocolate and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
     
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    Floyd Mayweather Sr and Floyd Mayweather Jr
     
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    Murray Suthlerland and Mikkell Kessler.

    Winky Wright and Bronco McKart
     
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    Willie Pep, Ralph Dupas, and Willie Pastrano.
     
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    Hopkins and Harold Johnson
    Napoles and Conteh
    Duran and Chang
    Peerless Jem and Benny Leonard
    Pascual Perez and Manuel Ortiz
     
  14. good right hand

    good right hand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    very possible that jose luis ramirez was part of jcc stable, castillo was a long time sparing partner for jcc as well.

    you told me something i dident know if dela hoya was a beristain fighter, his style looks a bit diffrent to beristain's other fighters to me.
     
  15. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    And I didn't know Castillo was Chavez' sparing partner and stablemate .
    When I watched JCC vs. Ramirez the commentators told they were stablemates .
    And if you meant Nacho Beristain I think he either taught or helped to improve DLH's hook to the body .