different countries, different styles.

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  1. twoohands

    twoohands Active Member Full Member

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    Can someone explain to me the difference in styles between america, mexico, europe, asia, australia etc.
    I always hear people say about certain fighters they have a european style, or a mexican style and so on............
    Is it the difference in the stance, standing up taller, or crouching. Im interested to know.

    cheers :good
     
  2. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    european - a tall up right boxer, good straight punches, slightly robotic EG Wladimir Klitschko
    mexican - aggresive, good chinned, body puncher, relentless EG Antonio margarito
    Classical British - Lots of movement behind a stiff jab, mostly lead ahnd work EG Ken Buchanan

    thats the only 3 styles i know about, its aload of balls IMO though for the most part nowadays
     
  3. znaak

    znaak Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Cuban - Mix of all the styles, good foot movement, very technical. They have something of everything.
     
  4. Goose

    Goose Russian oligarch Full Member

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    Colombian power punchers
     
  5. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Europeans tend to have the slightly lower guards, and keep their arms more extended out a bit. Throw mostly straight punches, but also work in the hooks/uppercuts from time to time. The Klitschko brothers are the perfect example of a European style.

    Most spanish countries have a tight, high guard stance and go to the body a lot. Most of their fighters have good chins, take a lot of shots, but many of them are not 100% clean, many glancing blows.

    The United States has a wide variety of styles due to the wide variety of cultures, so you can't really pick 1 average style for the US.
     
  6. dee-z-r

    dee-z-r Active Member Full Member

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    all seem to be slick e.g. rigondueax n mario kinderland