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aggressive but boring/not fun fighters + cautious but fun fighters
Posted: 20 Feb 2021, 22:45
by margaret thatcher
any examples of either of these?
i remember a lot of ppl at one point knocking tim bradley because his fights were often a bit ugly and head clashy etc, and usually ended in decisions. even though he was an aggressive fighter who would often come forward throwing heat
and then you have those guys who often wait , wait, wait, wait, for their shot, but get it eventually and are fun to follow cuz you know something gonna happen
Re: aggressive but boring/not fun fighters + cautious but fun fighters
Posted: 21 Feb 2021, 00:17
by coghaugen11
Wilder the latter.
A later Ricky Hatton maybe the former (not the once great prospect of the Peacock fight).
Re: aggressive but boring/not fun fighters + cautious but fun fighters
Posted: 21 Feb 2021, 09:13
by DrDuke
coghaugen11 wrote: ↑21 Feb 2021, 00:17
A later Ricky Hatton maybe the former
Agree on Hatton and all those fighters, who prefer to hustle inside in a dirty fashion. There is often a lot of action, but not boxing in such cases.
Re: aggressive but boring/not fun fighters + cautious but fun fighters
Posted: 21 Feb 2021, 09:19
by dookus
DrDuke wrote: ↑21 Feb 2021, 09:13
coghaugen11 wrote: ↑21 Feb 2021, 00:17
A later Ricky Hatton maybe the former
Agree on Hatton and all those fighters, who prefer to hustle inside in a dirty fashion. There is often a lot of action, but not boxing in such cases.
Ditto. The Urango fight was just foul to watch.
Re: aggressive but boring/not fun fighters + cautious but fun fighters
Posted: 21 Feb 2021, 09:27
by Counter-puncher
I find Porter fights hard to watch despite his having a kind of aggressive style (maybe more accurately a raid-and-maul approach, Bradley with a bit more power. To be fair given his performance against Spence I under-rated his skill and that was a good fight.
Re: aggressive but boring/not fun fighters + cautious but fun fighters
Posted: 21 Feb 2021, 22:23
by margaret thatcher
Counter-puncher wrote: ↑21 Feb 2021, 09:27
I find Porter fights hard to watch despite his having a kind of aggressive style (maybe more accurately a raid-and-maul approach, Bradley with a bit more power. To be fair given his performance against Spence I under-rated his skill and that was a good fight.
same here, hard guy to watch
Re: aggressive but boring/not fun fighters + cautious but fun fighters
Posted: 22 Feb 2021, 05:37
by Boxerbeetle
Yeah I personally don’t like watching anyone who fights ‘aggressively’ by just barrelling in, head down, because they nearly always end up smothering their work and their fights get messy as a result.
Re: aggressive but boring/not fun fighters + cautious but fun fighters
Posted: 22 Feb 2021, 07:52
by Ruthless-RKO
margaret thatcher wrote: ↑21 Feb 2021, 22:23
Counter-puncher wrote: ↑21 Feb 2021, 09:27
I find Porter fights hard to watch despite his having a kind of aggressive style (maybe more accurately a raid-and-maul approach, Bradley with a bit more power. To be fair given his performance against Spence I under-rated his skill and that was a good fight.
same here, hard guy to watch
The only fights I have seen of Porters in full and live are the Thurman and Spence fights..
Others it's just highlights.