not exactly a training question, but i think ill get more knowledgeable answers here rather than general boxing forum. obviously there are exceptions to each style, but i am looking for whether i am roughly on the right track. my impression of each is roughly thus: american involves lower hands, shoulder rolls, more footwork and evasion rather than block/parry euro, higher hands more technical, more defense--1-2 combos galore mexican, bodypunches, bodypunches, bodypunches and always moving foreward id guess mayweather, klitschko, and morales are pretty good reps respectively of each style. any corroboration, or am i way off?
That's generally right. You'll always have guys who don't strictly fit the type. Alot of times it's about spotting what guys generally don't do when categorizing boxing styles of countries. Mexicans have traditionally not relied on the jab, Euros have mostly ignored bodypunching. I think it's all changed radically for the better that past 10 years though.
Yeah man i think Mayweather, Klitschko, and Morales represents each school pretty damn good. i also believe that training styles differ quite a bit in each school, well from mine experience.. Im originaly from eastern Europe, and when i came to AU i was surprised on how much different the training methods in boxing was... Back home in boxing gym we never did any weights, and we never did just purely body sparing, most of the time ~ 30 technique 30 sapring 15-20 min. bags. Here in Oz they do concentrate more on physical preparednes and do much more less sparring. Well its just mine experience have tried only few gyms down under...
You can't always catagorize somebody's style by geography. I'm an American but since boxing culture in my area is mainly Mexican, I had more of a Mexican style also I have seen some fighters like Jirov and Ibragimov whose styles are more Mexican-like than that old Russian long guard style. One piece of advice: develop your style around your talents, not your talents around your style. Fight using your strengths.
well right, i wasn't saying that geography is the be all end all to style, i was ust generally looking for characterization. obviously no one would call ricky hatton a classic euro boxer or winky wright an average american stylist, just looking for generalizations.
I think there are WAY too many exceptions to generalize a fighter's style based on where they're from. Certain trainers/gyms incorporate specific traits onto their fighters by stressing them in training (Tyson with D'mato's Peek-a-boo is an excellent example), but that doesn't have anything to do with where they live. The gym down the street could stress something totally opposite. Just my opinion, for what its worth
