Most Imitated Fighters?

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  1. RJJFan

    RJJFan Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Certain fighters had attributes and skillsets that influenced other fighters: from SRR to Ali to SRL to RJJ.

    What other fighters have basically set the template that other fighters copy from?

    Just from the top of my head:

    Joe Louis
    Sugar Ray Robinson
    Muhammad Ali
    Julio Cesar Chavez Sr
    Not absolutely sure but I believe the shoulder roll style originated with George Benton, I'm sure I'll be corrected.
     
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  2. AbanDaNation

    AbanDaNation ESB's Asshole Full Member

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81non05aKX4&feature=player_embedded[/ame]

    Charley Burley was great at the shoulder defense. Great video here

    and i think the most imitated fighter is Floyd. Im so sick of hearing everyone say "hard work, dedication" haha
     
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  3. AbanDaNation

    AbanDaNation ESB's Asshole Full Member

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    oops here it is...

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81non05aKX4&list=FLFfVZ-EhAgmC3j0V0QzoG7w&index=24&feature=plpp_video[/ame]
     
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  4. AbanDaNation

    AbanDaNation ESB's Asshole Full Member

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    ummmm, im new to this..what does it mean "embedding is disabled by request"?

    did i do something wrong?
     
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  5. garfios

    garfios Dark Lord Full Member

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    Do you know from who Ali got his style?
     
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  6. RJJFan

    RJJFan Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Works fine for me. Yeah, Burley was probably studied by many boxers as well.

    SRR.
     
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  7. garfios

    garfios Dark Lord Full Member

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    No you are wrong, back in the day Dundee (RIP), had a Welterweight Champion named Luis M. Rodriguez, him was the guy that Ali base his style.
     
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  8. Cellz831

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    Floyd
     
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  9. RJJFan

    RJJFan Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Thats interesting!

    From what I've seen of his Olympic bouts, he looked like he had the style early on, before he went with Dundee.
     
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  10. drunkenspaniard

    drunkenspaniard Active Member Full Member

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    In the 1970s film AKA Cassius Clay, Ali says he wanted to emulate SRR.
     
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  11. HeavyweightCP

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    from SRR
     
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  12. megavolt

    megavolt Constantly Shadowboxing Full Member

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    Ali.


    Many greats start off emulating prior greats anyway though.
     
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  13. boxingfanneato

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    Gene tunney right?
     
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  14. Nopporn

    Nopporn Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sergio Martinez coppied Ali's style by letting his hands down while he's stepping backward.
     
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  15. big moose

    big moose Active Member Full Member

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    In the UK, I reckon Herol Graham is the most imitated: all those Ingle fighters with the same loose, hands-low style (Hamed, Kell Brook, Kid Galahad - even heavy's like Towers box in a recognizably Ingle way). Maybe Ingle trained other boxers with the same style before Graham, but he was the first to attract serious notice - I remember kids in the playground imitating him and then Hamed.
     
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