Do you believe that the swarmer/boxer/puncher triad would stand up to statistical scrutiny?

Yes, I do.

You would have to work with non elite fighters, to get the numbers of course.

 

I think usually boxers blur the lines so much it's unclear which of the "triad" they belong to.

 

Have you ever seen/heard any boxing coaches vouch for this generalization though?

 

Right.

 

You must have reversed who would usually win re: boxers & swarmers above.

 

Should I be a pedantic ******* & insist that since you did not hit the wrong keys but instead accidentally expressed things in the wrong order, there is no way it could have been a typo? ;-)

No, unless for fun-you have become part of the very Lifeblood of this place with your highly creative, intellectually rigorous & sometimes deadpan absurdist threads.

You really are a great asset to this place man.

 

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Nobody talks like that in real gyms. None of that terminology is used. I have been wasting my life in gyms since 1974 and I have never heard anybody referred to as a 'slugger' a "swarmer' an "outfighter". NEVER.
See, when you guys talk like that, that is why boxing guys say that you DKSAB, or whatever it is. If you walked into a gym, a real gym, talking like that, somebody would give you a cup of water and find you a place to sit. I know that you "hardcore" fans mock 'casuals'....but how do you think we look at you? Those of us that spend every minute in the gym, or on the phone finding a welterweight to fight 4 in Sacramento next month?
That girl is not "in" boxing. She is writing a book for lames and lops that want to think that they know.
Spend years in the gym sparring. Spend a bunch more teaching. Spend more booking fighters. Nobody ever uses the 'slugger/swarwmer/outfighter' terms. That is internet forum trash and you might as well get "DINGBAT" tattooed above your "Casual But Ignorant" tattoo.

 

I have heard many trainers, fighters, and announcers use terms like "volume puncher" to refer to guys like Pacquiao or Shawn Porter on air which can be interchangeable with terms like "pressure fighter" which I've also heard people say.

Duran is described as being a good inside fighter and this has been used dozens of times on air.

People described Ali as "fighting on the outside" or describing him as a "mover".

Slugger has been used many times to refer to heavy hitters. Even "casuals" use the term.

Cus D Amato called Frazier and Marciano "swarmers".

It's all the same crap, different diaper. The exact wording may different, but I'm not sure how you came to the conclusion that boxers/trainers/etc have no concept of different labels for different boxer styles.

 

This post is on point!!!
As many gyms as I have been in all over the beautiful
State of Florida, and some of those gyms are legendary
like 5th Street in Miami I've never heard ANY trainer pigeon
hole a fighters style, now I've heard them say something
like "Fighter x likes to use the jab and move, or fighter b
is very aggressive and a great puncher, but don't think
I've ever a reputable trainer put a fighters style in a box.
Now what they DID do back in the days is train to the fighters
ability. Tried to see what the individual did best and worked on
that. Unlike today where everyone seems to train fighters to fight like
Mayweather Jr.
I agree, who ever wrote that book knows as much about boxing
as I know about flying the Space Shuttle.