Mastering a certain style of boxing- let's break down the technical factors

I'll do one tomorrow. Does Harada fit the bill?

 

Nice, teeto, good analysis of the Burger King himself! I'm gonna type one out for my avatar:

Alexis Arguello "El Flaco Explosivo"-The Ideal Boxer-Puncher

Arguello is one of those guys, along with Louis who immediately spring to mind when you hear the term "Boxer-Puncher". From a body perspective, Arguello was tall and lanky for the weights he fought in, and that translated very well into his style.

Style
Arguello was a well rounded boxing strategist. Took a stance similar to Louis, hands held high and chin down. He would stalk his opponents with a subtle pressure similar to Louis, stalking his opponent until they opened up or made a mistake, and then he would light them up from the middle range or outside with picture-perfect combinations.

Offensive Weapons
His left jab and powerful right cross formed the basis for a great deal of his offense, as well as a lethal left hook. Arguello would throw them as single shots and even more effectively as combinations, which he would flow into after finding weaknesses in his opponent's boxing. Those combinations were typically the catalyst for many of his KOs, but along with combination punching Arguello could counter and had excellent body work.

Ring Behavior and Rhythm
As mentioned before Arguello typically stalked his opponents around the ring with a subtle pressure driven by his jabs. At lower weights his power was very real and even his single shot straight punches dissuaded a great deal of fighters from bringing the fight to him in sufficient fashion. Arguello began a fight slower, countering and shoulder blocking and jabbing and would gradually open up into a flurry of combinations, eventually devastating his opponents.

Defensive Weapons
Countering, shoulder blocking, jabbing, and crisp, clean fundamentals drove Alexis' defense. His footwork was good enough to get him where he needed to be, and undoubtedly aided in the delivery of a great deal of his knockouts via proper footing. He also possessed a pretty good chin. It took someone like pryor with a lot of volume and power to take him out.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJd2j4LKMU8[/ame]

 

I'd rate Arguello as a pure puncher. I've never seen him out-box anybody.

 

Harada the swarmer/pressure fighter.

To be a great swarmer you've obviously got to have a bit of everything in your arsenal. Harada did!

JAB

Very effective and underestimated jab. Harada used this as his main weapon. He threw it constantly, doubling and trebling it as he looked for an opening for his combinations. Sometimes just throwing it out, keeping his opponenents busy wondering what was coming next.

RANGE/FOOTWORK

I'll put these together cos I think they go hand in hand. He was incredibly light and fast on his feet, always in range or one little bounce away, constantly applying pressure. he Had great balance and was always in a position to throw punches.

PUNCHING

What can you say? He could throw every punch in the book, all coming of that jab. The quick right cross coming from behind a series of jabs was something to look out for because once he'd landed that he was on you. Classic right uppercut and hooked with both hands to head and body when in close.

RING SENSE/GENERALSHIP

This is where he excelled for me, he always had his opponent second guessing and was so fast. Great counter puncher, lazy shots were punished by this fella and like I said before he was constantly applying pressure, forcing mistakes, his opponents couldn't coast. When your watch him it is evident that he is the one controlling the pace, attacking when he wants to, the patient swarmer you could say.
He was so strong and knew how to use it. He'd get in throw his shots and grab, push you away and get more shots off.

DEFENCE

Like they say, a good offence is a could defence. Great head movement and great speed beating his man to the punch. In close he didn't really give his oppnents the room to get their shots off.

His a bit of film of him against my favourite Liverpool fighter.

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Good stuff, as you can probably tell I'm a big fan of arguello and that is a good break down.

Ray Mancini, Cornelius Boza-Edwards, Jim Watt, Jose Luis Ramirez

 

Yes, actually. At least on the outside, when he begins opening up his opponent's defense. If you watch him you'll notice the placement of his shots is perfect- almost always aimed at a vital point, and timing plays a major role in that.

 

You read my mind. :good

 

Boxer-puncher is a term that represents a fairly wide range of styles, and in the case of Arguello it represents a technically minded offensive puncher who can box to a degree.

EDIT: teeto already said it atsch