Who had (or has) the most effective unorthodox style?

[palooka]

Most boxers box in a similar fashion, with stylistic differences. I can remember watching a fighter called Daniel Londas box Mark Reefer years ago. He had a really strange and effective style. He beat Reefer with a lot of panache and Reefer was a very dangerous customer. Can anyone think of boxers with a strange or unusual style?

[DavidPayne]

Archie Moore.

[damianhucker1]

Tyson didnt have the most orthadox of styles , he was pretty short and had to make up for that by ducking even lower on his way in and exploding with big hits , so could say he had the most effective unorthadox style

[Captain Hook]

Naseem Hamed, Roy Jones Jr.....

[Deserter]

Basically any of the success stories out of the Ingle gym fit that bill - Naseem and Herol being the two obvious examples, with nods to the likes of Nelson and Rhodes as well.
You could also argue Eubank would be up there as a contender for that question.

[Jeff Thomas]

Carlos Maussa was inhumanly sh1t

[iamasadlittleboy]

Greb?

[crusader]

Contemporary fighters that come to mind are Vitali Klitschko and Paul Williams. Pernell Whitaker definitely had some unorthodox moves as well and they absolutely befuddled his opponents.

[Barker]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9eChidk0EQ

[Old bones Ian]

Aaron Pryor had what i would call unorthodox style, loose hands awkward movement and popping out punches from all angles

[s-t]

Kirkland Laing if he was in the right frame of mind was very effective

[mickey1975]

Nasseem Hamed.

[Deserter]

Aaron Pryor had what i would call unorthodox style, loose hands awkward movement and popping out punches from all angles

Good call Ian - I remember watching his first fight with Arguello and thinking it just shouldn't work... but it did!

[Deno1986]

With the British and Irish forum in mind, I'd say Kirkland Laing aswell. As a previous poster stated, he had to be on top form for his style to be effective. Naz would definitely be up there aswell.

[mchuffy]

Jr Witter i'd say

[simonsays]

Going with Hamed myself here

[dondada]

In my time - Pernell Whitaker.

[Captain Hook]

Aaron Pryor had what i would call unorthodox style, loose hands awkward movement and popping out punches from all angles

Good call, my own personal favourite

[bennie]

Mike Spinks had a very unorthodox style, which certainly bamboozled Holmes.

[iamasadlittleboy]

Henry "The Human Windmill" Armstrong?

[bennie]

Henry "The Human Windmill" Armstrong?

The Human Windmill was Harry Greb; Henry was dubbed Homicide Hank and Hurricane Henry. All the best fighters have more than one nickname.

[terrez]

Harry Greb from the old school choice and Naseem Hamed for a modern choice. Both entertaining in their own ways to watch.

[dbf]

Emmaunal Augustus (Burton?). Maybe not the most effective but it seemed to work for him.

[Old bones Ian]

Dennis Andries was unorthodox in an awkward way

[iamasadlittleboy]

Henry "The Human Windmill" Armstrong?

The Human Windmill was Harry Greb; Henry was dubbed Homicide Hank and Hurricane Henry. All the best fighters have more than one nickname.

I mentioned Greb earlier. The reason I called him the human windmill (which I have heard to describe Armstrong) was to outline the style