Quote Originally Posted by Pavlik
Boxer Puncher for me, balanced IMO. If a pure bred though I'd choose a very effective puncher like Tyson or Tua. Why did you consider Tyson a swarmer? I think he is the perfect exmaple of a puncher
Tyson was a volumn puncher. He overwhelmed people with a combination of speed, workrate, and power. He didn't have the 1-punch pop of a Foreman or even a Klitchko. Lots of his early KO's, especially the Spinks and Burbeck quick KO's were more a result of intimidation factor. Fighters knew that resistance was futile, and they basically quit. When guys were mentally prepared for Tyson, like Bruno, Ruddock, Tillis, Thomas, Tucker, and Biggs, Tyson wore down fighters with his aggression and workrate.

That being said, for a swarmer, he had good 1-punch power. He had better punching power than plenty of guys who you would consider "punchers" but is was his aggression combined with power that made him special. You could consider him a puncher-swarmer. Lots of swarmers have good power...ie Hatton, Marciano, but others, like Juan Diaz or Kassim Ouma rely only on volumn.