Top Pressure Fighters of 21st Century

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  1. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    My definition is a guy who takes away your ability to find breathing room. If you're looking for breathing room and there is none then you are in with a pressure fighter.

    Guys like Frazier, Marciano, Chavez, Duran, Beterbiev, Margarito, etc. fit the bill.

    The first Barrera Morales fight is a good example of a pressure style. Morales was looking for breathing room and there was none. There was nowhere to go.
     
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  2. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    Prime James Kirkland under Anne Wolfe was literally 100% pressure.
     
  3. Dorrian_Grey

    Dorrian_Grey Just taking a break, folks Full Member

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    Takashi Miura, Orlando Salido, and Kohei Kono all deserve mentions.
     
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  4. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Oh how I wish we could have seen Orlando Salido vs Takashi Miura. A savage war that we missed out on.
     
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  5. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Shawn Porter deserves a mention.
     
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  6. Toney F*** U

    Toney F*** U Boxing junkie Full Member

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    Was about to bring him up as well. That man would not let you breathe for a second. You rarely see a pillow fist with that type of style.
     
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  7. AdamT

    AdamT Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I know what you mean mate, I was just thinking outside the box

    Khabib was like this in mma. His chain wrestling and relentless pressure was infamous
     
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  8. Kissan

    Kissan I respect box Full Member

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    GGG always after you
     
  9. elmaldito

    elmaldito Skillz Full Member

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    lets hope he comes to press crawford and you see what happens. If hes smart he will play it safe. The more risk he takes the wider the beatdown for crawford.
     
  10. Macedoine62

    Macedoine62 Active Member Full Member

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    The bests actually :

    Beterbiev

    Giovanni Santillan

    Panya Pradabsri (is not bad for that)

    Nick Ball

    Emanuel Navarrete

    Dayan Gonzalez

    Fernando Daniel Martinez

    Masamichi Yabuki

    Pedro Taduran



    Top of the century :

    Pongsaklek Wonjongkam

    Pornsawan Porpramook

    Povetkin

    Beterbiev

    Lucas Matthysse

    Mahyar Monshipour

    Yoddamrong Sithyodthong

    Somsak Sithchatchawal

    Golovkin

    Luis Nery

    etc...
     
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  11. zulander

    zulander Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Margarito
    Paul Williams
    Hatton

    All brought the pressure fairly relentlessly.

    GGG a bit more educated but you will still under fire for a lot of time.
     
  12. Badbot

    Badbot I Am An Actual Pro. Full Member

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    And not a single one of his opponents had an easy time with him, not even the victorious ones. Dude was a menace.
     
  13. SquaredCircle

    SquaredCircle Active Member Full Member

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    Agreed. As great as Barrera was, I think peak Chocolatito was more fluid with his combinations/footwork closing the distance, and incorporated more crafty defensive maneuvers on the inside than Barrera. Of course, Barrera changed up and was superior as a mid-range boxer-puncher than Chocolatito.
     
  14. HolyG.O.A.T

    HolyG.O.A.T New Member Full Member

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    Calzaghe was a pressure fighter
     
  15. HolyG.O.A.T

    HolyG.O.A.T New Member Full Member

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    Calzaghe usyk Lomachenko Chavez sr And Pacquiao all fight the same style. Can anyone else think of any other pressure volume punchers