What are the differences between a textbook fighter and a technical fighter?

Trinidad wasn't a bad technician for my money. He just didn't have great skills.

 

if he didn't have great skills....he wasn't a technician

 

Ali was intuitive and instintive, not technical by any means.

 

Yeah, I take issues with your definition. For me Trinidad was fine technically.

 

having the basic skills with the intuitive and instictinve skills get a technical nod.

just not as crisp as other with it. against george foreman he had to be technical as well as show heart..which is a whole 'nother topic.

 

Tito was textbook but powerfull.

bernard hopkins on him was technical.

 

Johnny Famechon was a textbook fighter and Harold Johnson was a technical fighter.

 

I'd say Harold Johnson is pretty much the prime example of a textbook fighter, whereas Famechon would be seen as more unorthodox with his upper-body movements and evasive maneuvers.

Ricardo Lopez was a textbook boxer-puncher. Jose Napoles wasn't textbook, but he was about as technically skilled as they come.

 

and there we have it:deal

 

As another poster mentioned. A good example of textbook is Harold Johnson. A good example of a technician is Charley Burley. In my opinion. I like Itry's differential on the subject. That's sort of how I see it (As Pavlik is very text-book, but by no means a technician). Technician seems to deal with a lot more; it can be a more broad subject than just the fundamental textbook aspects of boxing.

It can get confusing, though. I can see that, anyway. Not such a fine line.

 

Some of his moves might just be part of a really advanced text-book. Others are neither text-book nor technical.

 

Some are supreme technical moves though also

 

Is a hard one to put into words . When i think of text book fighters i think of the up right style a lot of eastern european former amatuers have , good fundamentals but slightly robotic . Whereas when i think of a technical fighter I think of someone who not only has the fundementals but can adapt to situations over the course of a fight and utilise a wide range of skills over a short period . Its the difference between Wlad Klitchko and Mayweather jr

 

Some technicians, like Archie Moore, expand the text book. Moore's crossed arms guard certainly wasn't text book back then (and still isn't really), but that doesn't make him any less of an technician.

Similarily, many technicians, for example Toney,often employ a low guard which isn't text book but works for them.