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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?

Archie Moore.

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

Naseem Hamed, Roy Jones Jr.....

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.

Carlos Maussa was inhumanly sh1t

Greb?

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.

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

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

Nasseem Hamed.

Old bones Ian wrote: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!

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.

Jr Witter i'd say

Going with Hamed myself here

In my time - Pernell Whitaker.

Old bones Ian wrote: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

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

Henry "The Human Windmill" Armstrong?

iamasadlittleboy wrote: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.

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

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

Dennis Andries was unorthodox in an awkward way

bennie wrote:

iamasadlittleboy wrote: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