Naming Swarmers

Henry Armstrong
Joe Frazier
Billy Petrolle
George Kid Lavigne
Ad Wolgast
Beau Jack
Rocky Marciano
Jack Dempsey
Stanley Ketchel

(just to get the ball rolling)

 

Fighting Harada
Peter "de Aap" Müller
Joe Calzaghe

arguable.

 

damn good call:good

 

Harry Greb [swarmed in, scooted out]
Jackie Kid Berg
Ace Hudkins

 

you beat me to berg:good

 

Rocky Kansas and Baby Arizmendi are two oft-overlooked swarmers. Bob Montgomery had a lot of "swarm" in his game, too. Gene Fullmer.

@Burt- Greb could and did indeed swarm, but his style is too diverse to classify him as a true swarmer in my opinion. An elusive pressure fighter is how I would describe him. A contradiction in terms I know, but Greb's style in the ring was a total contradiction in terms!:smoke

 

Battling Battalino

dwight qawi

 

Surf, I suppose his style cannot be categorized... He was unique as his style was to overwhelm his opponents ,putting them on the defense,and having the great speed and quickness to escape their counter-attacks. Three hundred fights and aside from his ko loss to the bigger and vastly more experienced Joe Chip, in Greb's first few bouts,he was NEVER again kod. And with one eye for the last few years.! Yep, he was truly not a swarmer,he was a Houdini. :good

 

i get shot down every time i bring his name up on these forums, but he was a favourite of mine...khaosai galaxy

 

x2

now we will both get shot down

 

Pryor was swarmer of the highest order. Early Fenech another and people forget how high that guy's stock was at one time.

 

Yup, but rightly so because he was a methodical patient stalker and punchpicker, not a swarmer.He has more in common with Joe Louis or Carlos Zarate than Armstrong, Harada, Frazier etc..

 

Lou Ambers

 

Disagree about Khaosai. He was not a swarmer.