Which Fighters have you Studied/Copied?

Kostya Tszyu for the accuracy, I used to do the tennis ball thing.

 

I don't copy any one fighter, but when I'm shadowboxing I can tell I pick up a lot of things from different fighters, and sometimes when watching them I realize. it

 

When I was fighting I picked things up from

Mosley
DLH
Mayweather
Trinidad
James Toney
Bernard Hopkins (Alot)
Winky Wright (Alot)
Joe Calzaghe

Now I'm training people :

Mayweather
Andre Ward
Miguel Cotto
Juan Manuel Marquez (Alot)
Barrera
Morales
Tyson
Lennox Lewis
Roy Jones
Antonio Tarver
SRL
Hearns
Hagler
Duran
(And on, and on, and on)

 

I try to emulate Hearns' straight right (my money punch) - the way he turned his legs, hips, core, AND upper back into it. . . I'm also a real tall guy for my weight class - pretty much same size as Hearns. ..

For the most part, though, I think that classical Mexican school of boxing that Nacho teaches, is my favorite, and what I try to emulate the most. . . Finito, and Juan Manuel's combination punching. . . Perfectly timing, and transitioning your punches. . . Love how he uses that lead left uppercut. . . He'll snap the head up from behind the guard with the lead left uppercut, and then BLAST IT OFF with the straight right.

 

:yep It really goes on and on.

 

I can't help it; honestly can't remember the last time I sat and just enjoyed a fight :fire

 

Honestly, counterintuitive as it might sound - novices in boxing should try to emulate guys like Louis more than an Ali.

I don't just mean punching technique, either. I mean footwork and movement.

Most people lack the athleticism to get away with Ali's style. It isn't something everybody should try.

Louis' movements, however, are more approachable to a beginner and less difficult to execute - yet can be just as effective if you put in the hard work and repetition to figure out where to have each part of your anatomy positioned & when to be best prepared on both offense and defense.

 

I cut my hair like Sergio Martinez, though I must say I am better looking :yep

 

I copied a few things from Floyd :yep
I'm similar build to Timothy Bradley, so I try to watch him a little too. A little Meldrick Taylor also depending on the opponent

 

Ah, the other classical mexican school of boxing!

There are two mexican schools of boxing - the inside technician (Chavez), and the classical boxer/puncher (Sanchez/Marquez/Finito).

Chavez is often thought of as a simple "brawler", but it couldn't be further from the truth. . . He was a technician on the inside. . .

I'm just not built for inside fighting - shorter dudes always turn their hooks over faster on the inside. . . But I try to take some things from WHitaker, and Toney on how to roll with punches on the inside, and utilize my shoulder, and entire left arm to block, and catch punches.

 

Morales, Marquez, Mayweather, Hopkins but when I spar in the ring I make Joshua Clottey look like Joe Calzaghe with my punch output.

 

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It sounds intuitive enough to me! Gotta know the rules first before you pick which ones to break.