List boxers who bounce on their toes beautifully like Ali

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  1. GatherInformation101

    GatherInformation101 New Member Full Member

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    This is my first time with this forum website so I hope that I'll get many responses from everybody, let me show you make quick list.

    - Terry Norris
    - Muhammad Ali
    - Larry Donald
    - Tony Tucker
    - Tony Tubbs
    - Larry Holmes
    - Sugar Ray Leonard
    - Howard Davis Jr.
    - Jorge Linares
    - Julian The Hawk Jackson
    - Jimmy Ellis

    I take my style largely from Muhammad Ali so I want to build my skill and study other fighters who have that style. List some boxers you know!
     
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  2. ertwin

    ertwin Active Member banned Full Member

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    bro you are like 40 years to late to fight like ali unless you are a 7 foot giant you will get your ass kicked by the first guy with a decent left hook.
     
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  3. Pakkuman

    Pakkuman I'm not hot. I'm just BIG. banned Full Member

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    Hey. Did your original account get banned?
     
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  4. KernowWarrior

    KernowWarrior Bob Fitzsimmons much bigger brother. Full Member

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    Muhammad Alis style was just that his style, his natural style, trying to copy it i would suggest is not advised.

    Get yourself with a decent boxing trainer, listen and learn, work on principle that was drilled into me, "you have 2 ears and one mouth, use them in that ratio in the gym",

    I sure would not have Jackson in the above list, he moved ok, but ended up putting faith in his power punches without really considering defence, Ali did not do that.
     
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  5. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    When did Julian Jackson bounce on his toes? Not very often.

    Muhammad Ali had an unorthodox style and broke fundamental rules. Not as much as a Roy Jones or Prince Naz, but still unorthodox and not a style you should really want to replicate.
     
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  6. GatherInformation101

    GatherInformation101 New Member Full Member

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    I am never too late to fight like the legendary Muhammad. I will succeed with his style.
     
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    GatherInformation101 New Member Full Member

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    Yeah, Julian moved okay but wasn't the best mover. I can agree on that but sometimes he would move around and stuff like that.
     
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    GatherInformation101 New Member Full Member

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    Jose Legra was basically known as the Pocket Cassius Clay. He fought EXTREMELY similar to Ali.
     
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  9. ertwin

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    No, name one fighter who fights like this today
     
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  10. GatherInformation101

    GatherInformation101 New Member Full Member

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    Tyson Fury and Julio Cesar La Cruz.
     
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    GatherInformation101 New Member Full Member

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    What are you trying to prove dude? I wasn't surprised you disagreed with me anyway because I knew someone would.
     
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  12. Nopporn

    Nopporn Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Billy Joe Saunders is probably another one but he runs too much. I just don't like him.
     
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  13. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I never liked Norris the way he did. He bounced up but not sideways well and pivoted well, but he would move up and jab and he was fast so it worked, but standing in one spot would have had him nailed, and he didn't have the best defense.. The guys like footwork wise? Well moving round Sugar Ray Leonard and Hector Camacho when they were young. Hearns was good, but not in the foot movement way. He had the jab so he incorporated it, but he did not move laterallly the way Ray Leonard did. Hearns would move in and pivot and jab and bounce of the ropes. I like Ray Leonard. Floyd was more economical, but not the mover that Ray was or as fluid.
     
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  14. ertwin

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    La cruz doesnt really fight like ali, he is much more like martinez und fury is 6’9 that is why he gets away with it.
     
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  15. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'm going..
    George Chuvalo
    Oscar Bonavena
    Saad Muhammad
    Carmen Basilio
    Gene Fullmer
    and lastly the King of dancers.. George Foreman... did I interpret this thread correctly :duh
     
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