What fighters are calming to watch but not boring?

Whittaker at his best for sure Floyd as well. Oh a really big one that I just thought of is Canto love watching him work some of the most beautiful boxing I have ever seen.

 

Miguel Canto, Yuri Arbachakov and Nicolino Locche.

 

Chris John and Eusebio Pedroza for me.

 

And honestly though, Shoji Oguma and Jiro Watanabe too.

 

An older version of Lennox Lewis.

 

Whitaker
Canto
Lionel Rose
Brian Mitchell
Sumbu Kalambay
Harold Johnson
Omar Narvaez

 

Thinking about this some 2 others I wanted to include are Sumbu Kalambay and Dmitry Bivol love watching them work. Great idea for a thread perfectly describe the feeling of watching some of these amazing fighters.

 

I always thought that old George Foreman was a relaxed, calm fighter but definitely not boring.

 

The ounce for ounce king Willie Pep!

 

Bernard Hopkins was this way because of his mental energy. He was usually a step or two ahead of his opponent. It was interesting to see how he broke down his opponent.

 

Muhammad Ali
Mike McCallum
Michael Nunn
James Toney

 

Archie Moore
Wilfred Benitez
Brian Mitchell
Azumah Nelson
Sweet Pea Whitaker

 

Jose Napoles
Orlando Canizales
Gilberto Roman
Miguel Lora
Hilario Zapata
Mark Johnson
Ernesto Marcel
Ismael Laguna

 

I think there's something about fighters who are either very smooth, rhythmic and effortlessly skilled or very skilled and methodical but one paced and minimalist who have this sort of effect on viewers. Hence all the good names mentioned above.

Penalosa was one of the first I thought of. Skilled and metronomic but insular and minimalist, and with a very stoic, zen, monk-like expression on his face.

Guty Espadas on the front foot, a very pleasing, fluid slip and hook orientated style.

Hagler when in boxer mode, the way he would sort of rock, dip and switch stances along with his sliding, light, slightly bouncy footwork.

Sahaprom
Mustafa Muhammad, the idle c*nt
Rodolfo Gonzalez
Lora
Ibarra
Alfonso Lopez
Alfredo Marcano
Antonio Gomez
Colin McMillan
Kevin Finnegan
Antonio Amaya
Enrique Pinder
Sasakul
Kates
Fourie
Lujan
Benton