Lighter weight fighters whose styles resemble heavyweights..

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  1. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I'll list some classic heavyweight champions and your job is to select a fighter from the lighter divisions whose styles were the closest.



    Muhammad Ali
    Mike Tyson
    Joe Louis
    Larry Holmes
    Lennox Lewis


    Could be interesting
     
  2. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    I've heard Terry McGovern and a young Manny Pacquiao compared to Mike Tyson.
     
  3. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    best i got!
     
  4. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    Sot Chitalada when he started to lose his reflexes and legs fought like Lewis at times.

    Steward Lewis and Monzon can be quite similar in approach
     
  5. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Some very good calls.



    Jack Dempsey - The Lightweight Roberto Duran.
     
  6. mr. magoo

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  7. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Is similar to whom ?
     
  8. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    LOL.. I didn't really think of anyone specific. Just figured that his style would still work well for him if he were a 215 lb man. Sorry. Not exactly on topic :D
     
  9. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I'll try to think of a heavyweight version of him :D
     
  10. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Cool :)
     
  11. Baclava

    Baclava Active Member Full Member

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    Gene Tunney fought similar to Ali.
    Jeff Fenech and Aaron Pryor fought similar to Tyson.
    Carl Froch fights similar as Vitali Klitschko.
     
  12. WhyYouLittle

    WhyYouLittle Stand Still Full Member

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    You might see some glimpses of Tyson in Beau Jack. Maybe mixed with a little Frazier I think.

    And yeah Tunney and Ali are close enough. Not sure about Pryor and Tyson though. Argüello-Louis is a good call too in terms of strategy and pace.
     
  13. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Two fighters who I think were similar to Ali, are Jimmy Slatterey and Dixie Kid.
     
  14. Vockerman

    Vockerman LightJunior SuperFlyweigt Full Member

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    Lupe Pintor was a highly aggressive swarmer with a big active hook that was almost always in top shape for his preferred wars of attrition - I see a little Joe Frazier in that....
     
  15. bigtime-skills

    bigtime-skills Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I always thought Lennox Lewis fought similar to Thomas Hearns.
    I also believe Alexis Arguello and Felix Trinidad fought with the same approach as Joe Louis. ..