Roberto Duran. You have to watch some oh his tapes to understand the finesse brutality in his style. Difficult not to love watching him box, really.
Gvozdyk's my current favourite style wise. He's precise and agile in his movements, especially his quick attack off that beautiful pivoting that disrupts the opponents rhythm and balance. He's the elusive mover who doesn't run or spoil, instead coming forward with his own sharp attack. He's like one of those quick whack a moles that are hard to catch, popping in and out from everywhere ready to attack. Ruiz Jr. is my second. Super fast, adept at combination punching, come forward, not afraid to mix it up and show these bigger and seemingly more athletic dudes how it's done.
Alltime Cassius clay Ray Robinson Bhop Toney McCallum Byrd Marc too sharp Sweet pete Spinks jinx Today Plant Sims Jr Terry crawford
Boxing allows me to witness a variation of styles, some-days I want to watch the sweet science displayed by both combatants: DLH vs Mosley I Leonard vs Benitez Whitaker vs JCC JMM vs Pac PBF vs Cotto Sanchez vs Nelson Some days I want to witness a clinic, one sided masterful performance Hopkins vs Trinidad Hopkins vs Pavlik Quintana vs WIlliams & Julio. Holy vs Moorer II Some days I prefer to watch all day brawls Hagler vs Mugabi Holy vs Bowe I Sanchez vs Gomez Mercer vs Bowe Lamotta vs Hayes Armstrong vs Arizmendi PBF vs Corley Hopkins vs Echols II Tapia vs Ayala Cobb vs Shavers Some days when Im a bit upset I could watch one-sided beat downs all day. When I'm ticked? These fights are really aesthetically pleasing! Bowe vs Gonzalez Mosley vs Margarito Toney vs Barkley RJJ vs Brannon Some days I really prefer to watch inside fights, those who go inside and stay there until one succumbs Toney vs Jirov Marquez vs Vazquez JCC vs Rosario And sometimes, I like to watch a bonanza of non stop 1 punch end em fights. Hopkins vs Lipsey Tua vs Ruiz, Moorer Julian Jackson (pick one!) SRR vs Fulmer RJJ vs Griffin I even have a section of fights labeled as nonstop action fights. Different in brawls in that I have fights like Dorin vs Spadafora these 2 threw the sink at each other but had little pop to their punch. Even power, they delivered all night. Samsitchiwal vs Monshipour Ward vs Augustus Haven't made a DVD on fights in some years since Utube got so many, but when I did I had a Table Of Contents categorizing based on style of fights, not so much career DVDs. About 700 gig of fights on my laptop all based on which style is aesthetically pleasing! There are more, but these came to mind right away.
Bump Inoue, Bam, Chocolatito, Loma, Gallo, Shakur, Ortiz Jr, and Boots are guys that I think have a very pleasant style.
Duran is one of those fighters that could be easily be classified in the same group as guys like Marciano. Sadly, very few know (especially critics of his) that he was one of of the most technical fighters of all time; scientific street fighting in the purest form.
RJJ ODLH Young Floyd Terry Norris Leonard/Hagler/Hearns/Duran/Benitez Crawford Inoue GGG There are some names I'm forgetting among active fighters and it's killing me.
Roy Jones - best P4P athlete I've ever seen in boxing Generally, my favorite fighters are the best athletes with reflexes, coordination, balance and combos.