Which fighter had the best 'unorthodox' technique

An early 1970s Ring Magazine contained a list of how certain fighters ranked in certain categories in the opinion of Nat Fleischer. I believe that edition was published shortly after Fleischer died. In the "most unorthodox" category, Fleischer listed Harry Greb, Fritzie Zivic and Kid McCoy with Greb being ranked no. 1.

- Chuck Johnston

 

In his time Jack Johnson.....

 

Here's the dude who got Joe Rein's vote. "Wanna shoot rats?"

As experienced as Larry Holmes was at the time, he's said Michael Spinks came at him from angles he never saw before or since.

Koichi Wajima. The legendary truck driving Man of Fire was the undisputed Junior MW Champion of the world, and this three time titleholder was the JMW Fighter of the Decade for the 1970s. For the Frog Punch alone, I'm tossing him into this mix.

 

G, can you read ? Well I can and I do. I gave been reading thousands of accounts of Harry Greb in the ring for the past
60 or so years, by Greb's opponents, great trainers, great boxing writers, and from my wonderful dad who saw Harry Greb, 12 pounds lighter, take apart Gene Tunney at the old MSG, in 1922.
They all describe Greb as a whirlwind in action, throwing punches from all angles that literally overwhelmed his opponents of every size, weight, colour and style in a career of 300 bouts. He was and always will be THE MAN in my eyes...His surreal record and
unique fighting style speaks for itself, though YOU never saw him. Well I never saw Abraham Lincoln in person but HIS record speaks for itself...Keep the faith...

 

one of Marciano's great strengths was the unorthodox way he crouched and threw punches from and unorthodox stance, he had those catchers legs and he generated power from odd angles. It looked awkward at times for those outside the ring and the potential opponents gained confidence from this but once they got in the ring with him they understood the Marciano dilemma. Marciano was completely comfortable in this style. Charlie Goldman crafted a fighter using his strengths and supposed weakness (measurements) to work for him but Charlie knew this well.

 

GREAT comeback there bb!!:happy:bbb

 

Charlie Goldman was like a great artist...a sculptor almost...the way he crafted Marciano.

 

Koichi was a hard man to keep down,...getting ko'ed..losing his title, then coming back to regain it...I admired the guy's fighting spirit.

 

Roy had great fundamentals. That myth needs to stop.

 

I agree, that talk is a bit silly. Surely all great fighters have great fundamentals? If you can throw three left hooks you can throw one, you don't get to the top if you don't know the basics.

 

Roy without fundamentals is 2010 Jean Pascal

 

Vitali