Fighters today who have similar styles to fighters of the past.

Juan Manuel Marquez/Salvador Sanchez
Michael Katsidis/Arturo Gatti
Antonio Margarito/Bennie Briscoe
Ivan Calderon/Pernell Whitaker
Winky Wright/Marlon Starling
Wladimir Klitschko/Lennox Lewis
Kelly Pavlik/Carlos Monzon
Shane Mosley/Meldrick Taylor
Chad Dawson/Herol Graham

Theres few examples to start us off.

Even though they are not in the same weight class I always thought Kelly Pavlik reminded me of Joe Louis. Very basic boxing style, deadly puncher with both hands.

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Even though they are not in the same weight class I always thought Kelly Pavlik reminded me of Joe Louis. Very basic boxing style, deadly puncher with both hands.

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I disagree because Joe Louis was more of an infighter where as Kelly Pavlik likes to land his shots at mid distance i think Kelly Pavlik is like Carlos Monzon both are robotic and both rely on there jab/right hand combo.

Sugar Ray Leonard - Oscar de la hoya

JCChavez - Hatton

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Sugar Ray Leonard - Oscar de la hoya

JCChavez - Hatton

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No way Leonard is much better than ODH, nothing alike.

Hatton is a very poor version of a JCC.

Duran = Hatton
Prescott = Trinidad
Andre Ward = Roy Jones

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Duran = Hatton
Prescott = Trinidad
Andre Ward = Roy Jones

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Prescott - Trinidad
Andre Ward - Roy Jones????

HOLY SHAT.. we can agree to disagree..

Edwin Valero - Khoasai Galaxy.

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Edwin Valero - Khoasai Galaxy.

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Nice choice.

Margarito-Hagler

IMO, both tough stalkers with underrated skills.

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Margarito-Hagler

IMO, both tough stalkers with underrated skills.

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Nah disagree Antonio Margarito hasn't really got skills and just keeps coming and takes two to land one..........

Where as Marvin Hagler was a very skilled fighter in his early days he showed good movement solid jab and solid counter abilities he did change his style into more of a stalker later in his career but he was still clever while pursuing especially at changing to right handed.

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Margarito-Hagler

IMO, both tough stalkers with underrated skills.

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Nah disagree Antonio Margarito hasn't really got skills and just keeps coming and takes two to land one..........

Where as Marvin Hagler was a very skilled fighter in his early days he showed good movement solid jab and solid counter abilities he did change his style into more of a stalker later in his career but he was still clever while pursuing especially at changing to right handed.

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Come on ICB,To say Margarito is without skills......period......is pretty short sided Imo chief ??? On the same note......he is no Hagler either.

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Margarito-Hagler

IMO, both tough stalkers with underrated skills.

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Nah disagree Antonio Margarito hasn't really got skills and just keeps coming and takes two to land one..........

Where as Marvin Hagler was a very skilled fighter in his early days he showed good movement solid jab and solid counter abilities he did change his style into more of a stalker later in his career but he was still clever while pursuing especially at changing to right handed.

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Come on ICB,To say Margarito is without skills......period......is pretty short sided Imo chief ??? On the same note......he is no Hagler either.

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I said he hasn't really got skills i didn't say he has no skills he is very good at what he does and thats coming forward with nonstop punching barrage breaking down his opponents but he isn't very skilled and thats a fact i am a fan of Antonio Margarito but you can't really argue with that he does nothing very skillfully and is quite sloppy at times but he is still hard to beat just like Bennie Briscoe was.

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Nah disagree Antonio Margarito hasn't really got skills and just keeps coming and takes two to land one..........

Where as Marvin Hagler was a very skilled fighter in his early days he showed good movement solid jab and solid counter abilities he did change his style into more of a stalker later in his career but he was still clever while pursuing especially at changing to right handed.

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Come on ICB,To say Margarito is without skills......period......is pretty short sided Imo chief ??? On the same note......he is no Hagler either.

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I said he hasn't really got skills i didn't say he has no skills he is very good at what he does and thats coming forward with nonstop punching barrage breaking down his opponents but he isn't very skilled and thats a fact i am a fan of Antonio Margarito but you can't really argue with that he does nothing very skillfully and is quite sloppy at times but he is still hard to beat just like Bennie Briscoe was.

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Sorry bud but it really translates the same Imo.Just a little broad brush,thats all iz saying.I'd say he's pretty skilled at breaking opponents down for the most part and imposing himself ;D.He does not one thing spectacularly but is far from a simplistic caveman eating punches,left upper-hook is tops,his mentality and self confidence combine to be some of the hardest in the game today,Briscoe would be proud ;D

Early Hopkins looks like a combination of Frazier/Early Witherspoon,good Frazier weave coming in,but then relentless Witherspoon inside pressure. Even through the Echols and even the Trinidad fight he does a quick Frazier weave to get in,and once he's there,relentless pressure
Since he moved up in weight,not so much.
Valuev oddly reminds me of Liston,the step out,deep breath and come again style
Holyfield used to make me think of a very dirty Patterson,the way he like to snipe and move

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Early Hopkins looks like a combination of Frazier/Early Witherspoon,good Frazier weave coming in,but then relentless Witherspoon inside pressure. Even through the Echols and even the Trinidad fight he does a quick Frazier weave to get in,and once he's there,relentless pressure
Since he moved up in weight,not so much.
Valuev oddly reminds me of Liston,the step out,deep breath and come again style
Holyfield used to make me think of a very dirty Patterson,the way he like to snipe and move

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Now you just said Tim Witherspoon i thought of another example Tim Witherspoon/Ken Norton.

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Early Hopkins looks like a combination of Frazier/Early Witherspoon,good Frazier weave coming in,but then relentless Witherspoon inside pressure. Even through the Echols and even the Trinidad fight he does a quick Frazier weave to get in,and once he's there,relentless pressure
Since he moved up in weight,not so much.
Valuev oddly reminds me of Liston,the step out,deep breath and come again style
Holyfield used to make me think of a very dirty Patterson,the way he like to snipe and move

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Now you just said Tim Witherspoon i thought of another example Tim Witherspoon/Ken Norton.

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Thats a good one actually,they had that same ability to pressure,and neither were afraid to take shots coming

Tua-Fraizer
Ibeabuchi-Liston(probably the fact they were both scary fuckers ;D)

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Tua-Fraizer
Ibeabuchi-Liston(probably the fact they were both scary fuckers ;D)

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Cause it wasnt because they started attaching thumbs,Im sorry the Liston eye gouge against Bert Whitehurst still cracks me up its so blatant

Hatton is more like Basilio than Duran or JCC.

Kat's fights like Gatti did later in his career. When Gatti was as young as Kats, he was still a boxer-puncher.

Young Holyfield was a lot like Paterson, very good call.

Tyson was has similarities to Frazier, but he relied less on the jab than Frazier to get inside.

Peak Riddick Bowe looked a lot like a bigger Joe Louis. Like Louis, he was a tall fighter who loves to bang inside, but he also, like Louis, possessed a great 1-2 and were killer from a distance.

Hatton doesn't have Basilio's chin. Floyd Mayweather would have never stopped Basilio. He might have beaten him, but he wouldn't KO him.

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Even though they are not in the same weight class I always thought Kelly Pavlik reminded me of Joe Louis. Very basic boxing style, deadly puncher with both hands.

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I disagree because Joe Louis was more of an infighter where as Kelly Pavlik likes to land his shots at mid distance i think Kelly Pavlik is like Carlos Monzon both are robotic and both rely on there jab/right hand combo.

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Probably the most effective combo in boxing too. Kostya Tszyu was a master of the 1-2.

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Margarito-Hagler

IMO, both tough stalkers with underrated skills.

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They're really not much alike at all, besides having excellent chins.

Hagler was a terrific boxer puncher, very good technical skills, who could brawl, heavy-handed, solid parrying ability along with head movement, good foot movement.

Margarito is a slow stalker with a ridiculous workrate and ability to take shots, and who can throw from an assortment of angles. Although Steward had a point in saying that Tony's defense is better than often given credit for, that's still not saying much.

I've seen Margarito box at times and use the ring, but I really wasn't all too impressed with it. Hagler outboxed most of his opponents.

I see Hatton being more similar to a poor man's Duran than a poor man's Chavez. Chavez was a more methodical, deliberate and patient stalker. Duran could be that way, but more so in his younger years, came forward at a faster pace, like Hatton does. Hatton and Duran seem more unpredictable in their aggression. And unfortunately, both guys have too much clinching in their fights.

As expected, you see similarities in Floyd Mayweather Jr and Sr, and Roger. And a Mayweather Sr. fighter in Joan Guzman.

It was mentioned on another thread, but similarities exist between Marlon Starling and Joshua Clottey.

I don't really see that much style similarities in Katsidis and Gatti other than being entertaining white fighters who bleed and swell a lot.

Junior Witter - Herol Graham

Junior Witter is more Johnny Nelson switch hitter Herol was mainly a southpaw but same Brendle Ingle camp and style, Ryan Rhodes and Naz.

By the same token Azumah Nelson = Ike Quartey = Alfred Kotey = Clottey.

paul williams - mark breland

Mike the Cannibal Tyson. Manassa Mauler Jack Dempsey.
http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxingfor...G%5D%5B/URL%5D

I hate to sound like a jerk, but I disagree with SO many comparisons in this thread its unbelievable... particularily the one about Joe Frazier and Bernard Hopkins. I think the only similarities between those two is that they're both black, they're both from Philly and they both box(ed) for a living ;D

Ok I'll contribute, and of course people will probably disagree with me, but...

Yuriorkis Gamboa-Mike Tyson... just the way he quickly cuts off angles and closes the distance on opponents. He even does the Tyson "peek a boo" bobbing (see his last fight against that Al Seeger fella), and of course he has great handspeed and heavy hands.

samuel peter=butter bean:LMAO:

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I hate to sound like a jerk, but I disagree with SO many comparisons in this thread its unbelievable... particularily the one about Joe Frazier and Bernard Hopkins. I think the only similarities between those two is that they're both black, they're both from Philly and they both box(ed) for a living ;D

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And they're ugly. :D

yeah i agree fightfan, pavlik is very similar to louis in certain ways, forcing guys to go on the back foot and looking for opportunies to throw bombs.

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yeah i agree fightfan, pavlik is very similar to louis in certain ways, forcing guys to go on the back foot and looking for opportunies to throw bombs.

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I think Pavlik has some similarities to Monzon.

Another guy with some simiarities to Monzon is Vitali Klitschko. They both have that ugly, awkward style. They gauge their reach and distance well, lean back from shots