How do you define the term "pure boxer" and "boxer puncher"?

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  1. Leon

    Leon The Artful Dodger Full Member

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    You answered your own question. Pure boxing guys like Floyd and Whitaker also box most of the time, but they would fight on the inside if needed.
     
  2. bballchump11

    bballchump11 2011 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    My Ni99a, where u been
     
  3. Leon

    Leon The Artful Dodger Full Member

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    They temp banned my AZZ for using that word.
     
  4. WatchfortheHook

    WatchfortheHook Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Some of the guys you list as boxer-punchers I consider to be pure boxers or technical boxers that have a lot of power.

    The way I define a boxer puncher is a boxer that has good fundamental offensive skills from the outside but not someone with elite overall skills. Outside offense is their main arsenal, not counter-punching or inside fighting. They also have a tendency to not offer much footwork or movement, my current examples would be Mikkel Kessler and Jermain Taylor.
     
  5. bballchump11

    bballchump11 2011 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    o lol my bad. I use it all the time though
     
  6. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    I don't consider Ali to be a boxer puncher.

    Generally I consider the difference to be one of mobility.Usually you'll see a boxer puncher plant their feet, rely on combinations and accurate strikes aimed at vital points. Pure boxers move around a lot more, they rely on speed clearly above all else, and typically incorporate an element of cleverness, slickness, or unorthodoxy in style.

    There are plenty of hybrids(ray robinson for example, or roy jones) but that's usually what sticks out to me.

    Mayweather has always been and will always be a pure boxer.
     
  7. Leon

    Leon The Artful Dodger Full Member

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    The best way to classify fighters is to start by defining the categories for type of boxers. Next is figuring out which traits your boxer has from each category. Then labeling your fighter after figuring out his strongest and most used traits.
     
  8. Knives7

    Knives7 Boxing Addict banned

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    This should help.

    [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing#Boxing_styles[/url]
     
  9. Leon

    Leon The Artful Dodger Full Member

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    I don't understand why Armstrong is listed as a boxer-puncher instead of swarmer?:huh
     
  10. bballchump11

    bballchump11 2011 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    So Dirrell would be a pure boxer and Ward a boxer puncher
     
  11. DeathB4Dishoner

    DeathB4Dishoner Active Member Full Member

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    montiel pure boxer

    Nonito, boxer puncher
     
  12. CASH_718

    CASH_718 "You ****ed Healy?" Full Member

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    Montiel has KO power.
     
  13. romuald

    romuald Member Full Member

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    well for me there is something wrong with those words..boxer puncher because every boxer punches ..either he hits or not..still he punch. i go for
    an accurate puncher. Now, pure boxer, does it mean he came from a lineage of boxers like a pure breed. This could refer to a breed of dog called boxer:nut
     
  14. Check_Hook

    Check_Hook Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Mallignagi is a great example of a pure boxer.

    I think Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns are good examples of a boxer puncher.
     
  15. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    I dont get what is so difficult about all this, whitaker boxer-hearns boxer puncher= simple