None aesthetically pleasing boxers who ruled the world?

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  1. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace

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    I don't mean fighters you don't like to watch, I mean those who when you watch them you are let wondering how they aren't just out boxed and countered to death.

    Rocky, Jeffries, Monzon and Saddler come to mind for me. 4 if the greatest champions in history and none look to be the most skilled in their division, in fact they shared a division with men who look a heck of a lot more skilled than they did but somehow they were able to overcome the perceived skill gap and win.

    Any other that come to mind?
     
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    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Foreman, who got by on his prodigious punching power.
     
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    N_ N___ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mayorga and Baer


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    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Baer is probably the best pick, actually.
     
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    Carlos monzon!!!
     
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    Agreed. Foreman was the first name that came to my mind....
     
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    Perry Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Does anyone know what aesthetically means?
     
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    In this context it it mean who look to limited from a technical point of view and therefore should be out boxed.
     
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    Pryor.
     
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    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Basilio and / or Fullmer
     
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    And what does that mean ? :lol:

    "limited from a technical point of view and therefore should be outboxed" ..... ???????
     
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    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    They look s***
     
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    Assuming we're talking about boxers in boxing action and not rating them on having a gorgeous beautiful body :D ....

    "aesthetically pleasing" in a boxing context must mean something like a fighter with a beautiful style or a method of fighting that you find gratifying to watch. Something like that.

    "non-aesthetically pleasing" must be a fighter or style that you find horrible, boring , dull, or in some other way not a pleasure to watch.

    I think most of us hardcore fans can appreciate even the dullest boxers at times, if they are winners, because we learn to appreciate how they do what they do. Winning is winning.

    But I'd nominate the Wladimir Klitschko and Bernard Hopkins as a couple of recent fighters who really did tend to push us to our limits at times.
     
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    Maybe not someone who rules the world, but Tyson Fury is champ at the moment and I don't think his fighting is aesthetically pleasing.
     
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