Fighters whose styles were totally original...for their time, or all time...

Tell that to Jack Johnson.

 

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CLASSIC!

 

Well Johnson and Winky are differnt in this regard, Winky just holds his gloves up, and that ALONE guards most of the body and arms(See Tito fight)

Johnson had to be more creative to be able to do what he did. He was moving, cliching, and glove/arm blocking.

 

mike watson :think

 

ken norton crab style


james shuler
had a strange mix of winky's/watson's high guard and kenny nortons side on crab style.

youtube it you should find it



loche deserves a shout

 

How he even got through amateur is beyond me, let alone having two pro wins...atsch

 

Perhaps we could include Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom?

 

From what ive seen of Johnson he didnt fight anything like that; parrying and catching mainly in defense; Winky literally blocks everything with the back of his opened gloves. Though I haven't seen a great deal of Johnson, i'm no auhtority.

 

roy jones, willie pep, harry greb, whittaker and robinson spring to mind for me

 

Yo....

Charlie Zelenoff

 

Jack Johnson.

 

Foreman in his second career had pretty unique defense - walking forward with his arms crossed in front of him

 

Nobody else fights like Sven Ottke.

Roy Jones was very unauthodox, everybody wants to be him now ala Carl Froch, David Haye etc.

Naz obviously.

 

He learnt that from one of his trainers.... Archie Moore

 

Jack Dempsey`s bobbing and weaving with that enormous left hook was something special in his time.
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