Boxers with styles more unorthodox than Joe "Slappy" Calzaghe?

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  1. SweetSciGuru

    SweetSciGuru Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Joe's success was 90% due to the extreme unorthodox style he fought with.
    Fighters just don't see that stuff in a gym, and if they do, they'd never believe it could work for real in a ring.

    Joe, due to his above average stamina was able to make this style work and befuddle many an opppnent.

    Who else in boxing uses an unorthodox style as unsual as Calzaghe's?
     
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  2. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    You would not have an easy time getting a sparring partner for Vic Darchinyan. The guy telegraphs punches he doesn't even throw and sends the wrong messages. You think you can see it coming a mile away but in your mind while you're reacting to it you're going "Oh, he's gonna throw a straight leftcrossercutterhookercutgatdammitOw!"
     
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  3. SweetSciGuru

    SweetSciGuru Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Maidana would be a good sparring partner for preparing for Vic. He throws those wild and wide looping punches from odd angles also.
     
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  4. Danebrogen

    Danebrogen Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Lucian Bute, he's a southpaw.
     
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  5. weegriffin

    weegriffin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    A welter weight to prepare you for a southpaw featherweight who used to fight at 112 lbs?

    Maidana himself is probably an example of a fighter that would be hard to prepare for.
     
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  6. ArseBandit

    ArseBandit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Froch
    Manny
    Maidana

    No where near as unorthodox as Joe. All hard as **** to prepare for.
     
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  7. SweetSciGuru

    SweetSciGuru Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sure. It's about the style versus the size. Fighters spar with partners of different weight divisions all the time. :yep
     
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