I'm trying to compile a footage of smooth stylist boxers for "studying", I've browed around the old threads on boxing forums and this is the list I've constructed: Alberto Davila Antonio Cervantes Benny Leonard Carlos Zarate Cristian Mijares Dmitry Pirog Donald Curry Emiliano Villa Enrique Pinder Ernesto Marcel Esteban De Jesus Eusebio Pedroza Gerry Penelosa Harold Johnson Herol Graham Hilario Zapata Howard Winstone Ike Williams Ismael Laguna Jiro Watanabe Joey Archer Joey Gardello John Conteh Johnny Famechon Jose Napoles Ken Buchanan Kid Chocolate Lionel Rose Luis Estaba Luis Rodriguez Miguel Canto Miguel Lora Mike McCallum Muhammad Ali Nicolino Locche Orlando Canizales Rodolfo Gonzalez Ruben Olivares Salvador Sanchez Saoul Mamby Sot Chitalada Sumbu Kalambay Wilfred Benitez Wilfredo Gomez Willie Pastrano Yuri Arbachakov I haven't watched a lot of these guys so maybe they don't fit the criteria or perhaps there's someone major I'm missing (from the more classic boxers that is), or perhaps I covered them all. Any help? Thanks.
A Few More off the top of my Shiny Cranium Howard Davis Pernell Whitaker Virgil Hill Pierre Fourie Joe Old Bones Brown Eddie Cotton Hugo Corro
Billy Graham, Johnny Bratton, Curtis Cokes, Eddie Perkins, Kid Gavilan, Tony Canzoneri, George Benton, depends on what you consider a smooth stylist.
I think it's someone who fights with certain finnesse and fluidity, who can transition from offense into defense and vice versa smoothly and sometimes with a certain rhythm, I mean for me a good example would be someone like Wilfredo Gomez, on the other hand someone like Mayweather although he's a good boxer I don't think of him as a smooth fighter. I hope that makes sense.
Tyrell Biggs.....beautiful movement and co ordination (i know he lacked power before anyone says) Ali at his peak Anthony Joshua for a novice.. lovely balance. 3 extremes of ability/era/experience/ Obviously all heavyweights ( graceful heavyweights are not all that common)