Most distinct boxing styles

[NVSemin]

I invite people to name most distinct styles and best representatives
Please, improvise a bit, no need to have a textbook accuracy

OK,
"hit and do not get hit" - Sugar Ray Robinson, Ray Leonard, hit from the furthest distance possible with a maximum leverage, light on foot. Classical orthodox boxing style, typical for lean boxer with skinny legs and longer reach than height
"fly like butterfly, sting like a bee" - Ali, close to Sugar Ray Robinson, close to "hit and do not get hit"
"phyli shell" - George Beton, Floyd Mayweather, Nicolino Locche fighting in the pocket combined with reaction punching
"Stay in mid range, slip,trade, counter" - James Toney, Ezzard Charles, Ian Nappa, Jimmy Ellis. Some connection to "phyli shell"
"???" - Pernell Whitaker
"???" - Kostya Tszue, no bouncing, weight shifting to close the distance, side steps and fighting moving backwards (in amateurs)
"Peak-a-boo" - Tyson, Torres, Patterson, bob and weave, infighting, punching and movements combined with torso twists and bobs. Preferred to more squat body type fighters with shorter or same reach than height

Do not know how to classify, but have to mention because of unique styles: Manny with his punching flurries combined with fast footwork,
Wilfred Benitez for his mirroring opponent style,
Tomas Hearns
Guillermo Rigondeaux and Mario Kindelan for advanced footwork, sidesteps and stuff like that
Dmitri Pirog - lots of head movements
Roy Jones - unorthodox fighting, punches from the waist
Emanuel Augustus, Nazeem Hamen - insane clowning skills combined with actual fighting
Junior Witter - his brand of switch hitting
Kirkland Laing; Archie Moore


Who else can you name who had something special in their style and fighting?

[New England]

robinson was an absolute savage, and gathered a reputation as having the greatest chin of all time.


hit and don't get hit is not an appropriate evaluation of his style. he was there to get hit. he was an aggressive boxer / puncher.

[mconstantine]

I think the traditional styles are pretty accurate.

Pressure Fighters - Always in your face. Throw a lot of punches. Great stamina. Tough. Good chin. Will outwork you. Brawlers. (Hatton. Duran. Chavez Sr. Rios)

Outside Boxers - Fight in spots. Maintains distance. Uses legs a lot. (Ali, Lennox Lewis, Klits)

Pocket Fighters - Fight within mutual punching range (inside or mid range). Good defense. Likes to counter punch and turn defense into offense. Controls distance well (Toney, Ward)

In/Out Fighters - Jump in and out of range. Tend to have quick feet and hands. Hit and turn. Hit and move. Controls distance well. Either too close and punching or too far away (Pacquiao/Ward)

Counter-punchers - Like to set traps. Not very active. Superb defense. Likes to fight going backwards. Turns defense into offense (Marquez)

Punchers - Beat guys with sheer power. (Foreman)

Passive Pressure Fighters - "Walk down" style. They move forward most of the fight but may not always initiate exchanges. They may pressure and sometime beat their opponents to the punch with pot shots or probing punches, but they also may pressure and bait their opponent to throw first then counter. (Gary Russell Jr/Broner)

Hybrid Fighters - These are guys who can comfortable do at least 3 of these styles with great effectiveness.

(Mayweather - Passive Pressure Fighter/Counter puncher/Pocket fighter/Outside boxer)
(Ward - In/Out/Passive Pressure/Pocket Fighter)

[New England]

rocky marciano got extremely low when he fought. extremely low. marciano was actually close to six feet tall. he had bad posture and would literally fight from a near crouch. i don't know how he even kept his eyes on his opponents.




other guys fought with a lowered stance in that era, but i don't remember too many HW who fought like that successfully. most HW are tall, and fight tall. tyson wasn't tall, but he and marciano couldn't fight much less alike.




another unique fighter is joe fraizer. he was pepetual motion at HW. he was a tremendous body puncher. he had a modest right hand, and his jab took a back seat to his left hook. he would square up at the shoulders and get low to try and land the left hook. that's almost all he did, in addition to moving his head and coming forward. awesome fighter to watch. peep the sig to get an idea of the stance and intent.

[mconstantine]

Speaking of low stances and not being able to see opponents....how the hell did Henry Armstrong see his opponent when he was starring at their feet half the fight?

That dude's style was so weird but it obviously worked for him.

[NVSemin]

I think the traditional styles are pretty accurate.

Pressure Fighters - Always in your face. Throw a lot of punches. Great stamina. Tough. Good chin. Will outwork you. Brawlers. (Hatton. Duran. Chavez Sr. Rios)

Outside Boxers - Fight in spots. Maintains distance. Uses legs a lot. (Ali, Lennox Lewis, Klits)

Pocket Fighters - Fight within mutual punching range (inside or mid range). Good defense. Likes to counter punch and turn defense into offense. Controls distance well (Toney, Ward)

In/Out Fighters - Jump in and out of range. Tend to have quick feet and hands. Hit and turn. Hit and move. Controls distance well. Either too close and punching or too far away (Pacquiao/Ward)

Counter-punchers - Like to set traps. Not very active. Superb defense. Likes to fight going backwards. Turns defense into offense (Marquez)

Punchers - Beat guys with sheer power. (Foreman)

Passive Pressure Fighters - "Walk down" style. They move forward most of the fight but may not always initiate exchanges. They may pressure and sometime beat their opponents to the punch with pot shots or probing punches, but they also may pressure and bait their opponent to throw first then counter. (Gary Russell Jr/Broner)

Hybrid Fighters - These are guys who can comfortable do at least 3 of these styles with great effectiveness.

(Mayweather - Passive Pressure Fighter/Counter puncher/Pocket fighter/Outside boxer)
(Ward - In/Out/Passive Pressure/Pocket Fighter)

That was a good input, I need time to digest it

[NVSemin]

rocky marciano got extremely low when he fought. extremely low. marciano was actually close to six feet tall. he had bad posture and would literally fight from a near crouch. i don't know how he even kept his eyes on his opponents.

Thx for input
By bad you mean it was not classical orthodox?

Just wondering, why non of his opponent tried a right hand version of "superman" punch on him then?

[pstol]

Thx for input
By bad you mean it was not classical orthodox?

Just wondering, why non of his opponent tried a right hand version of "superman" punch on him then?

You really want to trade a punch backed by gravity to an uppercut backed by the legs and upward momentum of a man already crouched that low?

[NVSemin]

You really want to trade a punch backed by gravity to an uppercut backed by the legs and upward momentum of a man already crouched that low?

Good point

I was suggesting something like double up the straight right hands against Marciano, not lead with the single punch. The first one would make him go low into his crouch, while the next punch would be like this superman one