Who is the most unique fighter you've ever seen

Despite some of them trying to imitate none of them were anything like him effectiveness wise and certainly didn't reach anything like his heights. Holmes was far different and the 80's heavies were no-where near as good.

Ali pre exile was faster than all of them and almost unbeatable.

 

I'm on board here too, Nazeem was the first name that came to mind but Hearns wasn't much behind.

 

Beat me to it.

 

Probably Nicolino Locche. You'd never know by just looking at him..balding, barrel chested, short armed, not terribly athletic looking...a chain smoker to boot...that he was the master defensive genius that he was. How he, like his great compatriot Carlos Monzon, could effortlessly go 15 rounds and clown a great fighter like Pambele Cervantes and so many other good fighters...and utterly master, bamboozle and outclass a dangerous, huge punching champion like Paul Fuji, and have over 100 fights and never getting smashed and ko'ed. Only 3 losses...3 on points (two early on in his career) and a cut eye tko when he was basically done as a fighter.

 

Yes, Augustus was truly unique as well, and I always enjoyed seeing him fight...always rooted for him.

 

I agree. I can't stand him, but he broke all the rules regarding how to box. He could deck a guy with an arm punch while moving backwards!

 

nothing can be "most unique".....unique means "one of a kind" and cannot have modifiers...

 

This is a boxing forum....

 

Disagree. Unique also means "unlike anything else" or "particularly unusual."

 

Nicolino Locche
Bob Fitzsimmons
Ray Robinson
Joe Frazier
Pernell Whitaker
Naseem Hamed
Sergio Martinez
Wlad Klitschko

 

They weren't as good or as fast as him but more than enough similarities to rule him out as a candidate for "most unique," imo. Maybe during his time but no after all of the copy cats.

 

Love your list Seamus, but where's Monzon? you and i are the main Monzon advocates here.

 

Lots of good names....I'll go with Paul Spadafora. Fought the same way I would have fought...slap, slap and run away.
He had NO POWER. He made Paulie Malignaggi look like Mike Tyson, but man he could box.

 

Damn. He was one of the first to come to mind.

 

mrkool.....unique means one of a kind,,,,,it does not mean anything else it is not a matter of opinion.....check out strunk and white......heavyweights......