Fighters with big style changes from one fight to the next?

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  1. mono

    mono Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Who are some boxers that had a big change in fighting style from one fight to the next, and won?

    I was recently thinking of Leo Santa Cruz, and I remembered his performance in the Frampton rematch. He had a very smart game plan and executed it perfectly. Something I didn’t think he was capable of doing, sticking and moving. And as far as I know he had the same corner, too.

    Who are some others?
     
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  2. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace

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    Canelo in the G fights
     
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  3. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    Marco Antonio Barrera, Gennady Golovkin, Ray Leonard.
     
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  4. Pompey Junglist

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    Fury in the second Wilder fight.
     
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    goat fury
     
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  6. LegsAreShaky

    LegsAreShaky Member Full Member

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    Joshua in the Ruiz rematch.
    Leigh Wood in the Lara rematch.

    Bit of a theme in those two.
     
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    KINGWILDER Well-Known Member Full Member

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    GOAT Ngannou
     
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  8. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    Macho Camacho was a heavier puncher at 130 than he was at 135...from the fight with Roque Montoya to the Jose Luis Ramirez one he became more defensive and less aggressive. People say it was the Rosario fight but it was really the Ramirez fight.
     
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  9. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Bernard Hopkins went from an aggressive boxer-puncher to a defensive counterpuncher.
     
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    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing

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  11. miniq

    miniq FURY COMETH 2026 Full Member

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    Regardless of the fighter and their ability to adapt or change style they will revert to type if the going gets tough.
     
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    yotam bing Member Full Member

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    eddie machen and joey giambra were smooth boxers who were told they had to be more entertaining so they started brawling, machen agianst frazier and giambra against fernandez
     
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  13. lordlosh

    lordlosh Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    AJ - Ruiz 2, Fury - Wilder 2, but Fury had a couple of fights between so that may not count.
     
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    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing

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    Rocky Balboa in the Clubber Lang rematch
     
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