Awkward But Effective

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Gene Fullmer
Gene Fullmer
Gene Fullmer

He is the epitome of "awkward but effective".

 

David Haye

 

Andre Ward. Carlos Maussa.

 

Ruiz
Norton
M. Spinks

 

awkward often = brilliant

Hamed, RJJ, Vitali are good examples.

 

- I can understand Ward - seems to have good defence on the inside and very athletic meaning he can quickly come in with punches and get out.

- Hatton found Maussa with a devastatiog left hook - but can remember Hatton finding it hard to impress until that KO in one of the later rounds.

 

Tim "Tenheads" Bradley

 

Beat me to it.

I can't believe Chris Byrd hasn't been mentioned.

I remember Ike Ibeabuchi being interviewed a few days after stopping him and saying that after a few rounds of not being able to hit him on the chin, he just started throwing punches everywhere - head, arms, shoulder, chest, gut, legs... he thought that eventually he'd land something. And he was right.

 

Pirog, certainly in his match up against Jacobs.

 

Vic Darchinyan aka The Crab

 

VK would probably by my number 1 pick, cause I think VK has the potential to beat an elite level HW, where as I think guys like Froch, whilst being a better fighter than his technical skills would have you believe, is not capable of beating an elite level SMW imo.

Put it this way, I would give VK more of a chance against someone like Tyson, than I would Froch against someone like Jones, Toney.

Hamed was somewhat awkward, but I guess you would have to say his power was a significant part of the fighter he was.

 

:good
Didn't know this nickname

 

Lots of good examples. Not many I'd quibble with. I'll just throw Camacho out there as well.