The different styles of boxing

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  1. scarecrow

    scarecrow Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It seems like a lot of people think they're just 3 styles in boxing. Puncher, boxer and swarmer, but I feel like it's much more varied than that.

    Boxer- A fighter who sits in the pocket, exhibits extreme skill, exposes himself to be hit, but uses defense to slip, weave, duck, counter and hit without being hit. Not a runner. Examples include: Whitaker, Lomachenko, Ali.

    Boxer-Puncher- Basically a boxer with excellent power. The highest form of boxing. Examples include: Robinson, Hearns, Sanchez.

    Puncher- Precision is the name of the game. Everything is on point and focused. These guys have huge power and they will destroy anything they hit clean. Examples include: Arguello, Foreman, Jackson.

    Swarmer- These guys love to get inside and go to work. Stamina, chin and inside fighting are crucial. Examples include: Tyson, LaMotta, Frazier.

    Volume Puncher- What these guys usually lack in technical ability they make up for with attributes. They overwhelm opponents with sheer volume of power shots. Stamina, speed and power are crucial. A rare style. Examples include: Pryor, Pacquiao.

    Boxer Brawler- Love to brawl and rough house. Usually have a solid chin, power and underrated technical ability. Brawling is a way of making up for not being the fastest hand and foot. Examples include: Barrera, Morales, Hagler.

    Brawler- Frankly an unskilled style. Chin and heart are vital for this style. Examples include: Gatti, Mugabi, Ward.

    Boxer Swarmer- Love to fight on the inside. Can be magicians technically, but are most comfortable forcing the action and taking it inside. Examples include: Duran, Chavez Sr.

    Runner- These fighters will actually run away in the ring. A modern style that has become much more popular in recent years. Potshotting, avoiding damage at all cost and a disregard for inflicting damage as they are risk averse is the name of the game. Examples include: Lara, Rigo.

    Boxer-Runner: A combination of a boxer and a runner. Employs both the running that a pure runner does. Yet also can sit in the pocket and pick you pieces as well. Examples include: Mayweather, Ward.

    Some guys have styles that can be undefined like Leonard. Who is just to versatile to really peg. Same with Jones Jr.
     
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  2. YesMySon

    YesMySon Well-Known Member Full Member

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    None of these styles can be defined. Every boxer is different.
     
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  3. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    It's hard to put in just one for a lot of fighters because of the numerous strengths they have, different styles they can fight in. Tyson can fall into the puncher category as well as swarmer. He did his damage mostly as he was coming inside, but wasn't a very refined, or active, fighter once he was there, like a Rid**** Bowe. Hagler can easily fall into the boxer, boxer-puncher category. Arguello can as well, he was a very skilled boxer who did it with power. Duran can also fall into the boxer-puncher category, especially once he went to 154.
     
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  4. Badbot

    Badbot I Am An Actual Pro. Full Member

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    Who did Ward run from?
     
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  5. 2piece

    2piece Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Every boxer has his own style.
     
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  6. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    What's the difference between a brawler and a slugger?
     
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  7. Staminakills

    Staminakills Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    That's way too much of a generalization, and quite frankly very incorrect.

    Like said earlier, every single fighter is different. You can't put any elite fighter in a generalized fighting style.

    Take GGG, he has great power, probably the best usable power in boxing, yet if one was to ****yze his style, he uses immense skill to set everything up. The way he fights round one is very different than how he fights every other round. ..if one can't see the vastly different ways the top fighters perform on a second to second basis, that person doesn't understand what they are watching except two men are in the ring.

    Show me any 2 fighters in the history that have the same "style" and I'll take those 2 same fighters and show you two totally opposite "style" fighters. The point is to hit more than you're getting hit, and zero fighters do it the same way. Talking elite fighter's.

    You can take scrubs and put them in a certain catagory because they don't have their own unique skillset
     
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  8. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    OP is a troll who targets mayweather
     
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  9. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    About the difference between a cellar and a basement

    or a lorrie and a truck

    *** and smoke
     
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  10. GolovKing

    GolovKing ESB Since 2006 Full Member

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    Long d!ck style.

    That is all.
     
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  11. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    I would never call Argüello more of a puncher than a boxer... :blood
     
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  12. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Which version the come forward aggressive version or the love tap passive version?
     
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  13. scarecrow

    scarecrow Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Who says punchers have to be crude? Arguello was a guy who relied on landing hard, crisp, earth shattering shots.
     
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  14. qwertyblahblah

    qwertyblahblah Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yes boxing styles should be categorised beyond 'boxer' or 'puncher', and the op is fair in some of his definitions, but way off base with several definitions and examples that it's hard to take this somewhere. A 'boxer' isn't by definition a slick, inside, counter-puncher. And if it was Ali doesn't remotely fit that definition. To avoid the denigrating term 'runner', Ali clinched way more than adeptly fought on the inside, and was as much an out-boxer as Lara. Chavez was no mere swarmer. Barrera was way more versatile than to be called a skilled brawler. Morales loved to fight, but he always did so behind a jab and patient outside skill and timing. Gatti had a good jab, very good movement, great combination punching skill, and despite not being an elite boxer and having obvious vulnerabilites can't be lumped in with Ward in terms of either general class or style.
     
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  15. Rumple

    Rumple Well-Known Member Full Member

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    he should of been under boxer-puncher really.
     
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