And beating them at it. What displays of this are there? Ike slugging it out with Tua... and winning. LaMotta doing the same with Bob Satterfield. Unbelievable.
From what I have read, Tiger Flowers twice beat Harry Greb by fighting exactly like Greb. He outroughed arguably the roughest fighter in the history of boxing. To a certain degree, Ray Leonard against Wilfred Benitez. Their styles are somewhat similar, Leonard being more offensive minded, so it was really both fighters' game. When the fight went to the inside, Pernell Whitaker very often got the better of Julio Cesar Chavez.
I think Ray Leonard-Tommy Hearns I is a good example Hearns, the puncher, turned boxer and executed a damn good gameplan. Leonard, the boxer, adapted by turning puncher and finishing the contest by wearing down the tiring Hearns.
