What happened to the Armstrongs, Fraziers and Qawis?

Style wasn't all that common to begin with, but generally speaking inside game is somewhat dying, high-guard and soviet style won't teach you to fight like that (neither will the upright 1-2-3 euro trainers), and I reckon there is a smaller USA talent pool that could produce such a fighter. Would gladly see some post-2000 examples.

 

Cletus Seldin, aka the Hebrew Hammer, kinda fights like this, He's just not that good at it.

 

Sam Peter vs Wladi 2 tried it. He maybe only connected 10 punches in total, but watching him bob and weave that 250lbs frame was glorious. Chisora kinda fights like that? Not the greatest specimen representing that style, but the spirit lives on!

 

Frazier doesn’t belong in the conversation with Armstrong and Qawi… Toney is more comparable to those guys honestly, Sanchez could get a good weave going, Frazier was very hittable.

 

Another potential fly in the ointment might be that it's a bit of a lost art, too. Who has the credentials nowadays to properly teach this stuff?

 

Yeah okay fair

 

Bob N Weaving… in the most recent times actually the best example I saw of the stuff guys like Sanchez did (who could really weave) and punch off it was what Ramon Cardenas (spelling?) did to drop Inoue, the left hook… he punched off the weave, Inoue dropped his right when he hooked, Ramon hooked out of the weave and caught him cold - uncommon stuff, Sanchez did it a fair bit. I haven’t watched any of Ramon outside a single clip so is he one? I don’t know. A guy who focuses on Bobbing and weaving… I don’t know if that’s ever been the most viable thing as a sole “move” it’s a bit like when people say there’s a “shoulder roll” way of fighting they’re just “notes” in a song like slipping etc I can think of lots of single instances of really good weaving by fighters but it isn’t what you’d associate with them for example Louis used a shoulder roll - I’d say Toney (jokes aside) is the most recent example of a guy who did it well when it called for it - I haven’t watched much modern boxing though and can’t think of anyone after your requested date who did what you’re asking, it might just be a bad idea, people nowadays in most gyms don’t teach you to punch out of it or even usually move your feet… many also make you use your waist.

 

Tyson's the last great heavyweight example, I'd think. He poured/charged in against guys much taller, getting under and around their punches and pounding them.

 

Weirdly I have seen it show up a bit in kickboxing, K1 where the clinch fighting is limited, custom rules where a guy can’t knee sees it show up a lot too the A sides at times request it.

 

2014. Lots of compact punches and inside technique. If you like inside fighting this one is excellent. I haven't seen Takam - Chisora, probably more of the same?

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World level amateur I think LOL - I don’t know the fellas name just a random video I found.