Noob Guide: Style

So you wanna know more about boxing but not sure where to start, well then let's get down and dirty. Today, I'll be profiling the various styles that a boxer can adopt, depending on the strengths that the boxer possesses.

The Out-Fighter

Considered to be the traditional style, boxers fight at a range, making full use of their long reach ability and fancy footwork. These fighters are champion strategist, choosing to slowly weaken opponents and regularly aim for scorecard victories rather than knockouts. This style requires you to be agile, flexible and possess quick feet.

Famous Out-Fighters: Millie Pep, Meldrick Taylor & Muhammad Ali

The Puncher

Here we have my personal favorite among all styles. These complete boxers combine punch power and great technique and often destroy opponents in outstanding fashion. They are fairly similar to out-fighters but will look for knockout wins. This style requires you to be fast, technical, flexible and pack a power punch

Famous Punchers: Sugar Ray Robinson, Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao

The Brawler

The name says it all. These boxers can't dance or move with amazing agility so the make it up with sublime power. They tend to lean towards constant pummeling instead of smart combos and favor stability rather than flexibility. To adopt this style, you basically need only two qualities; devastating power and high levels of punch tolerence, especially against faster opponents

Famous Brawlers: Max Baer, Rocky Graziano & George Foreman

The In-Fighter

A short reach boxers tends to stay close to his opponents where he lets loose spells of combos to destroy them. A sturdy chin is needed as they're most likely to get hit a lot before getting close enough to hit back. To adopt this style you need to have plenty of aggression to carry out your non-stop assaults, bob & weave defensive technique and most importantly, high levels of stamina and endurance to take in all those punches.

Famous In-Fighters: Jake La Motta, Joe Frazier & Mike Tyson

The Counter Puncher

Defensive oriented punchers who rarely get hit due to their great defenses. A famous line that I often use is " if you can't hit'em, you can't beat'em" bodes well with counter punchers. Speed is crucial as they make their move when opponents misses theirs. To adopt this style you need to be a fast puncher, have quick feet and a sharp technical mind

Famous Counter Punchers: Marvin Hagler, Juan Manuel Marquez, Floyd Mayweather Jr.

The Multi Styled

A boxer who has mastered more than one style and is good at either combining them or switching between them in fights is a deadly fighter. To have the possibility to switch styles helps a boxer counter the threats of his opponents. If one style doesn't work, simple switch to another one or combine them both and exploit the opponents weaknesses. This style requires the same characteristics of the styles chosen with the addition of an intelligent mind

Famous Multi Boxers: Bernard Hopkins