Top 5 Swarmers P4P

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by brando18b4h, Aug 25, 2011.


  1. brando18b4h

    brando18b4h Active Member Full Member

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    1. Harry Greb


    2.Henry Armstrong


    3,Joe Frazier


    4.Jack Dempsey ( while not your typical swarmer i am going off the Willard Fight.

    5.Carman Basilio

    Please let me see your list as I was going off the top of my head. I know i missed some, wasnt Stanly Ketchel a swarmer ?
    Anyway some of my favorite fighter are swarmers they bring the action and give and take alot of punishment to earn the win.
     
    brando18b4h, Aug 25, 2011
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  2. kmac

    kmac On permanent vacation Full Member

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    greb, duran, armstrong, langford, and more recently pacquiao.
     
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  3. AmericanSugar

    AmericanSugar Active Member Full Member

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    pac aint no swarmer. a swarmer has an inside game.
     
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  4. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    a swarmer IS an inside game:bbb
     
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  5. SonnyListonsJab

    SonnyListonsJab Active Member Full Member

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    Gosh,

    Marciano has to be in the top 3. The man was only 185lb for crying out loud.
     
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  6. AmericanSugar

    AmericanSugar Active Member Full Member

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    yeah, but i throw mid-range in there too. you don't walk forward and not threaten with punches, you know?
     
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  7. Moe Greene

    Moe Greene Guest

    1. Fighting Harada

    The rest
     
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  8. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Above Armstrong? I´d put Armstrong one. Harada is definitly Top3 I´d say. Greb should be one but without footage ... you can say he was the most successful or greatest but best? Nah, I don´t think we can know that. Maciano should be up there indeed.


    Overlin deserves a mention I think. Probably not Top5 but very, vey good. Duran wasn´t really a swarmer, neither is Pac. Langford I wouldn´t label a swarmer eitherl, a pressure fighter, yeah, but not a swarmer. Like Duran, Pac and Chavez.
     
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  9. Moe Greene

    Moe Greene Guest

    Yep, Armstrong is no.1 ;)

    Had to be said though :deal
     
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  10. AmericanSugar

    AmericanSugar Active Member Full Member

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    a swarmer is a pressure fighter, always engaging, mid-range to close...
     
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  11. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    You beat me to it Moe...Harada was the Cadillac of Swarmers.
     
    red cobra, Aug 26, 2011
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  12. Toad

    Toad Member Full Member

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    you'd have to say either henry armstrong, rocky marciano or joe frazier. throwing greb into the mix wouldn't be far fetched at all, but we have absolutely no fight footage of him. its like me saying that a fighter that was never filmed had an excellent jab. how are we to know?

    here's my list.

    1: henry armstrong
    2: joe frazier
    3: rocky marciano
    4: carmen basilio
    5: fighting harada
     
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  13. DonBoxer

    DonBoxer The Lion! Full Member

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    Are we rating the greatness of fighters who swarm or how great their swarming was?
     
    DonBoxer, Aug 26, 2011
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