A Short Introduction to the Different Styles of Boxing

 No person is the same. And the word can be said in the sport of boxing. All prizefighters understand that the rule of the game is simple-punch your opponent until you knock him out, gives up, or the final bell sounded. But also, the way a prizefighter fight is what makes him different from the rest. 

 There are different types of prizefighters, depending on their strengths, their skill situations, and other identified attributes. A prizefighter plays the game the way he does because of the emulsion of all these features. 

How boxers Train

 Brawler/ Slugger 

 Squabblers are those who punch and punch with maximum casualness for fashion, counting heavily on their punching power to win. Utmost of them are slow and has poor footwork chops. They also tend to get hit a lot and utmost of the time, they catch a lot of shots on the way in. 

 While this can be a bad idea for a sound prizefighter, squabblers who can take tons of punches and deliver tons of damage in return occasionally win bouts. One important punch is each they need to win a fight. 

George Foreman was a pure bickerer and his continuity along with his grim style makes him one of the most stressed squabblers when he was still active. 

 Classic prizefighter/ Distance Fighter 

The classic prizefighter, also known as the distance fighter, optimizes the distance between him and his opponent. A distance fighter prefers to pepper their opponents with long-distance punches, most especially the poke, in trouble to keep them at bay and tire them throughout the fight. Another particularity of the classic/ distance fighter is that they also have better footwork than utmost of their opponents. 

 They poke and other long-range punches don't carry huge quantities of power, which explains why utmost distance fighters win by points. Still, distance fighter knocks out their opponents if they're suitable to tire them down the stretch. 

 Utmost notable exponent of this style is Muhammad Ali, whose quick bases and sharp dabs helped him come one of the legends of the sport. It's also important to note that Ali is no power puncher. Boxer-Punchers 

 Boxer-Puncher 

 Maybe the type of prizefighter that requires a lot of chops in their magazine, the prizefighter-puncher tend to wears their opponents down with important combinations and go for the knockout using a series of punches or indeed with just one shot. With deft footwork and blazing hand speed, they can slide in and do some damage and slip out before the other prizefighter can avenge. Utmost traits of a prizefighter-puncher include speed, good chin, and extreme mobility. 

 Manny Pacquiao is a fine illustration of a prizefighter-puncher. He's naturally fast and nimble and he also packs power in both hands. 

 Legion/ Pressure Fighter 

 As the name suggests, pressure fighters prefer to stay up near and in front of their opponents and throw a lot of important combinations to frustrate them, take them off their game, and wear them down for the big finish. While their style may be the same as the bickerer/ gladiator, a pressure fighter is more defensively sound and a lot skilful than their hassling counterparts. 

 Pressure fighters can posy and weave, slip to the sides, and prefer to duck punches than block them. They also have to have a strong chin because they also tend to get hit a lot, although not as important as a bickerer. 

 

 One remarkable pressure fighter is Mike Tyson. He always closes the distance between him and the other man and unleashes flurries of power punches to keep the bout short and sweet. 

Counterpuncher 

 Maybe the most protective-inclined of all types of prizefighters, counterpunchers have tons of protective chops at their disposal. A counterassault is nearly always not the raider, but their offense is always initiated with good defense. 

A counterassault throws a shot after slipping or diverting the other prizefighter's punches. To be an effective counterassault means you need to have some decent quantum of power as well as over-average hand speed. 

 Maybe the most given counterpunchers moment include Floyd Mayweather,Jr., and Juan Manuel Marquez. 

 Matching up the styles 

 Each type of prizefighter can dominate and be dominated. A bickerer can fluently beat a pressure fighter but struggles against a distance fighter. A distance fighter on the other hand, tends to have a hard time against pressure fighters. 

But there are some cases where a prizefighter changes his style while in the fight to gain the upper hand. Bernard Hopkins can switch from a distance prizefighter to a pressure fighter if the situation calls for it. Manny Pacquiao, a prizefighter-puncher, can fluently return to his brawling tone if he feels his opponent will go down with sheer punching power. 

 Each style has its eventuality to make any bout instigative and fulfilling, despite its excrescencies and failings. As they say in boxing, styles make fights. 

Kenneth Ragpala has been covering the sport of boxing since 2005 and has been featured in original journals and magazines ans several sports websites, spreading largely opinioned boxing talk as well as unprejudiced boxing analysis.