Best of the 3 main styles

[The Surgeon]

What's so funny? The punch output of everybody that's fought Hopkins. I call it defensive swarming. He was a great boxer with speed in his prime but 40+ is a defensive swarmer that swarms you on the inside picks his shots while your punch output is an all time worst.

When Nard was younger he could just bully a guy, ie the Kieth Holmes fight.

[The Surgeon]

Sticking with HW's

Best boxer has to be Muhammad Ali

Swarmer - Smoking Joe Frazier without a doubt

Slugger - Clearly Big George Foreman.


Straight forward picks imo

[GrandpaBernard]

Bernard is a boxer-swarmer.

Louis is THE boxer-puncher.

Isn't Robinson a BOXER-puncher due to his tendency to get into it? He knew he could afford to with his firepower and iron chin.

[NChristo]

P4P:

Boxer: Robinson, with Gans and Charles close behind
Swarmer: Armstrong, with Greb close behind
Slugger: Wilfredo Gomez


Bantamweight:

Boxer: Jofre
Swarmer: Harada
Slugger: Gomez

IMO, Bazooka is the GOAT slugger. Any thoughts?

Only really became a slugger in the 80s when he changed his style, he was more of a boxer puncher in his prime, I'd say Jofre was more of a swarmer type then a boxer as well, Brown, Lionel Rose, Chandler and probably a few other names would be bettrer suited

[Joeyzagz]

There are 4 styles:

Boxer: Defensive and skilled

Slugger: Large and Heavyhanded

Swarmer: Fast and powerful

Brawler: Gritty and tenacious (Margarito, Holyfield, Vitali)

[likeamulekick]

Sticking with HW's

Best boxer has to be Muhammad Ali

Swarmer - Smoking Joe Frazier without a doubt

Slugger - Clearly Big George Foreman.


Straight forward picks imo

just shows you how great that era was to have 3 of the best at that time. I would still consider tyson more of a swarmer tho, so i would have him just above frazier but frazier is definitly the better example of a swarmer. I think the heavier the weight the clearer these styles are

[Anthony342]

I usually call brawlers "warriors" though, for their tendency to go toe to toe like Holyfield, Cotto, Gatti.

[Panamaniac]

P4p:

Boxer: Sugar Ray Robinson
Swarmer: Aaron Pryor
Slugger: Roberto Duran

[JAB5239]

Boxer: Sugar Ray Robinson
Swarmer: Aaron Pryor
Slugger: Roberto Duran

I wouldn't rate Duran a slugger, he was far more than that.

[Panamaniac]

I wouldn't rate Duran a slugger, he was far more than that.

The challenge this thread presents is to classify fighters into three basic categories of styles. On a P4P basis and by default, Duran was assigned to the slugger category. His versatility makes it very difficult to pigeon-hole, as he's exibited all three categories in one fight or another - vs Moore (boxer), vs Leonard (Swarmer/brawler) vs Cuevas (slugger) - to name a few.