"Styles make fights" is the most overused phrase in boxing.

Personally, as a general rule I'd rather take one to the head than the torso. I feel nauseous when I get hit in the stomach, a lot of the head punches I won't feel until later, thanks to the adrenaline.

 

Disagree Mayweather vs Maidana is a good example may is leagues ahead of maidana in skill Mayorga vs Frost is another

 

I think styles makes fights also means that it can make for a good fight as in the styles mesh well together.

 

If a fighter is a counter puncher, he will do better against a style of fighter that is offensive minded, being first, throwing a lot of punches. Now if the same fighter goes up against another counterpuncher, or a guy that doesn't engage, he may struggle or not look as good. I associate the term with boring fights.

 

Boxer A - counter-puncher, 8/10 for skill
Boxer B - counter-puncher, 7/10 for skill
Boxer C - swarmer, 5/10 for skill

Boxer A beats Boxer B and in the next fight loses to Boxer C:

Styles make fights.

But yeah I hate the phrase mainly for its overuse...

 

List the styles.. here's some of them
Boxer.
Boxer puncher
Box fighter.
Out Boxer
Back foot Boxer
Swarmer
Puncher
Brawler..plus more.
Put two back foot boxers and them styles don't gel. They are both waiting for the other to come onto them and catch em coming in or counterpunch them. In that scenario the style doesn't gel.
Most of the other styles work together in some degree or another but its how well they gel as to why the phrase gets used.

 

… at the end of da day

 

Yeah agree with your last one, first example comes to mind would be Mayweather vs Broner, man could you imagine the circling clinch action fest fight we would endure or even replace either of them with Rigondeaux similar results.

 

i think it is overused because it is mostly a true phrase

obviously a short in words phrase leaves out nuance and other aspects like attributes, preparation, strategy, execution, and a myriad of other factors but when you get down to it the fights play out due to styles because if fights were chosen on paper you would never see upsets or other surprises. It is what makes sports great, the overachieving and the blown up narratives

 

A load of shite tbh. Too many still don’t understand this, look at Teo/Salido vs Loma for an example. Or Tarver vs Roy. Or Maidana vs Floyd. All significantly inferior fighters winning/competitive because of styles

 

It does not mean that

 

Absolute nonsense.

The phrase actually needs far more consideration.

How many people on here ignore a stylistic match up, to instead automatically favour the modern fighter in a fantasy match up?

It happens all of the time.

It happens with classic fantasy fights as well as many others.

No, it doesn’t only apply to guys who have equal skills, or guys who are relatively close in skills.

History has proven that.

What are you talking about?

Were Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana relatively close in terms of skills?

How about Thomas Hearns and Iran Barkley?

 

Fighters don’t have to be close in skills for it to apply though.