Past greats & their modern day counterparts

I disagree with all three, quite strongly.

Pryor and Porter have little in common aside from they both like to pressure eachother. One made any fight entertaining, the other makes any fight boring. I'd say that Porter is more in line with Sammy Angott. A similar pressure fighter who also liked to smother in close so he could shut down the opponents offence.

I'd actually say that the workman-like athleticism of Bradley, and his will to win was actually more reminiscent of Hagler them Spence is. Neither actually remind me of Hagler, though. Crawford is the closest comparison, and he doesn't really remind me of him either. If I had to pick one guy to compare to Bradley, it may well be Willie Joyce. A well schooled, real tough, talented out-boxer who had the balls to face the best in the world.

Taylor honestly reminds me of a much, much better Amir Khan. Speed, flash and defensive irresponsibilities, combined with an unhealthy lack of power.

 

Those don't match at all, style-wise. Here's mine:

Roman Gonzalez - Alexis Arguello
Canelo - Rodrigo Valdez (though Valdez was far superior)
Pacquiao - Flash Elorde

 

None of those fighters fighting styles are ANYTHING remotely
alike.As far as ability and skills are concerned the modern
fighters are not in the same league.

 

You really think these two match up, stylistically? I'd definitively call one a swarmer and the other a boxer-buncher.

 

Khaosai Galaxy - Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
Johnny Tapia - Carlos Cuadras
Henry Armstrong - Jesus Chavez
Lloyd Marshall - Roy Jones Jr.
George Benton - Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Yuri Arbachakov - Sergey Kovalev
Hilario Zapata - Anselmo Moreno

 

Rocky Marciano - Bobby Crabtree

 

Cuadras didn’t have half the talent or personality Tapia had. He could really, really box when he kept his composure, too. I can’t envision Cuadras white washing Konadu the way Johnny did.

 

Canelo - Butterbean according to recent reports.

 

Oh I agree, but I think they're quite similar stylistically. I don't think many fighters today are even close to the level of the fighters I compared them to. Prime example being Armstrong and Jesus Chavez.

 

Honestly cant think of any. Floyd and Benton have some similarities though

 

They have the same punch mechanics (since Roman learnt them from Alexis), same mentality and defensive style. The only reason style is impacted is because of their physical attributes at the weight IMO.

 

I would say Crawford is the most similar to Hagler stylistically. Versatile boxer punchers who can fight from either side.

 

Purely on mannerisms and personality (no comparison style wise) Benny Parret reminds me a lot of Ricardo Mayorga

 

James Corbett - Tyson Fury