Which Fighters Often Imitated, Never Duplicated?

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  1. RJJFan

    RJJFan Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Which fighters do you see as being often imitated but never duplicated?

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    RJJFan, Oct 18, 2012
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  2. betabong

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    FMJ, more and more! Broner and Rigondeaux comes to mind.
     
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  3. DrMo

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    :rofl Terrible comparison

    Tyson is the most frequently copied but no-one can replicate it.
     
    DrMo, Oct 18, 2012
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  4. uraharakisuke

    uraharakisuke Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Rjj?


    ooops the pictures didn't load for me haha
     
    uraharakisuke, Oct 18, 2012
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  5. Chappy112

    Chappy112 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Khan was imitating Pacquiao against Garcia, didn't quite have it down though. :-(
     
    Chappy112, Oct 18, 2012
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  6. RJJFan

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    Really? I don't think many fighters attempt to copy it because they just aren't as gifted as Tyson was.
     
    RJJFan, Oct 18, 2012
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  7. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    Naseem Hamed (most imitations turn out ridiculous)
     
    Robney, Oct 18, 2012
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  8. SweetHome_Bama

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    Roy Jones.
    So many people try to fight like him and absolutely fail at it.
     
    SweetHome_Bama, Oct 18, 2012
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  9. 6'4south

    6'4south Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'd have to go with Mayweather and Toney. Not their entire style, but rather their shell-like defense or shoulder roll. I see so many fighters using these types of defenses, even De La Hoya towards the end of his career, adapted the shoulder roll once May SR. taught him. However, I've yet to see anyone as effective with it as Mayweather and Toney.
     
    6'4south, Oct 18, 2012
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  10. RJJFan

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    Good ones, added to the OP.
     
    RJJFan, Oct 18, 2012
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  11. tliang1000

    tliang1000 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Donaire tries to fight like RJs a lot.
     
    tliang1000, Oct 18, 2012
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  12. dyna

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    Jack Dempsey?
     
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  13. SweetHome_Bama

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    Shoulder roll and shell defenses are bigger than anyone fighter, especially the mayweathers and toney.

    Sorry but that is ridiculous.
     
    SweetHome_Bama, Oct 18, 2012
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  14. Momus

    Momus Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ali spawned generations of hands-down lean-backing jab-flicking feet-shuffling imitators.

    Ruben Olivares set the mould for hook-happy Mexican warriors.
     
    Momus, Oct 18, 2012
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  15. dyna

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    Tua seems to had an effective shoulder roll
    Ali is partly responsible that body punching has become a lost art.
    People copied Ali, so they also "forgot" about body punching.

    Though Ali is a small factor.
     
    dyna, Oct 18, 2012
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