Evander Holyfields Style

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  1. sugarkills

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    Some have called him a boxer-puncher, but I consider him a brawler. What do ya'll think?
     
  2. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He was pretty textbook, in my opinion. He could be classified as a boxer-puncher, I guess, but I wouldn't really classify him as that.
     
  3. Theron

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    I'd say boxer/puncher
    But he could also be a brawler
     
  4. Vic-JofreBRASIL

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  6. dyna

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    Boxer-puncher who liked brawling too much.
     
  7. DrMo

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    Aggressive boxer-puncher who used footwork more than upperbody movement to set up his counters

    Favoured combinations over single shots & was a genuine 2 handed puncher with good balance & variety

    Defensively not too good but blessed with insane toughness & a fierce combative nature

    Not a dirty fighter but he was well versed in boxing's dark arts & couldn't be bullied, if anyone tried to rough up Holy he was able to respond in kind
     
  8. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    When did Holyfield land , let alone threw a right hand?
    I consider him a 1 handed fighter .

    I consider him a brawler 2 , and like almost every other brawler he had some boxing and counter punching ability , but he was a brawler 1st&4most
     
  9. Shake

    Shake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    We try to label boxers in easy categories. Holyfield was Holyfield, a boxer that like any other did some things well and some not so well.
     
  10. tezel8764

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    du u no enyfing bout boxing?
     
  11. DrMo

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    Against d brazylyn Rodriguez Holy knocked him out with a single right hand, d same shot also stopped Qawi & Douglas

    He also landed a peach of a right hand on Tyson in d 10th round of their first fight
     
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  13. Bobo

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    he could do everything.
     
  14. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It woz mach mor of e rayt aperkat vs Douglas
    mor dan u wil ever now
    ujuali i du not . et list wi sin mai top 25 heviw8s , but not yors . granted ol mai lists wer beter dan yors
    vs Douglas it woz mor of e rait aperkat , vs Qawi & Tyson i nid 2 riwoch bat ez far ez i remember de most miningful rait in der fait woz landed bai Tyson
     
  15. Webbiano

    Webbiano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    As ridiculous as it's sounds, a Brawler-Boxer?
    Surely that can't be possible though :conf