Boxing styles in vogue during different decades?

This is a good thread and something I've wondered before.

Now, it's obviously Floyd. Ali was massively inspiring to late 70s/80s Thai's and other notable American fighters.

I wanna' say Tunney had a big influence but I don't really have any specific examples.

 

I think the late nineties and the early 2000s was the era of the hands down, unorthodox style - the Sweet Pea, Roy Jones, Naseem Hamed type fighter. It's still out there but doesn't seem to be as fashionable today. The clear example today is obviously Mayweather.

 

Yes, hands down 'I'm not as athletic as I think I am' was, and still to an extent today (Froch, Sergio, Darchinyan) but I think some of that might be Ali's influence on the Pea/Jones era. I doubt they were watching Samart Payakaroon

 

Martinez and Froch have both said that they admire Roy

 

Dirrell and Pascal too

 

Donaire as well. Who didn't enjoy Roy.

 

Excellent thread. This typically happens in a more pronounced way when fighters come out of the same gym or similar trainers and separated by about less than 1 full era. Fighters definitely try to take on great characteristics from fighters that they look up to. But each fighter lays their own fingerprint on the style and no two styles are ever exactly the same due to their own distinct body anatomy etc (which is what I love studying in boxing). Think Finito Lopez, Juan Manuel Marquez (and his lil bro Rafael Marquez) for example. Styles are definitely shared and passed on, its up to fighters to be wise enough to perfect it. When you got guys like Beristein and Cus dmato putting a particular style on their stable of fighters, you can see how fast fighters pick things up. A lot of Cubans in todays game have a very very similar rhythm of swaying side to side while pawing/reaching with 1 arm to help measure distance and time their attack. Guillermo Rigo does this quite a bit, and Gamboa does similarly out of the orthodox style. Other lesser Cubans attempt this similar thing rhythm.

 

Which backs up my point. Unfortunately their reflexes aren't up to scratch.

 

I think in the future there will be more styles on the go because there is so much more ways available to study individual moves. Either that or it could all simplify itself into a point scorring sport like fencing.

There will always be box punchers, counter punchers, presure fighters but how they hold themselves with stance, footing, being more square or side on will depend on the curent trend as well as the number of punches they use in a combination.

It fascinates me that nothing is entirely new. You will always find more exaggerated impressions or A different take on what has been used before but a lot has to do with what pace will allow. Pace more than style will dictate more to the evelution of boxing.

Also how fights are scored in the amateurs effects how fighters develop.

 

This too. Many amateurs fight with their hands stuck to their faces and opt to shell up like Winky rather than parry, slip or roll with punches due to the current scoring system. Although the scoring is due to change over the next couple of years I believe, with headgear also being removed.

 

Francois Botha cast an immense shadow over the sport. His impact has yet to be fully appreciated.

 

Please, no more John Ruiz and Wladimir Klitschko.
I think Wlad is a very good boxer but if he spawns a generation of Wlad like boxers I'm going to ****ing kill him.