Pressure fighters moving through the weights

[erics44]

The fighters moving through the weights and being successful usually special gifted fighters with a variety of attributes, speed power skill

are there any fighters who relied on pressure who have been able to move through the weights, won a world title at one weight and moved up to win another

one example in another thread is hatton, he wasnt at his best at welterweight but he did win a title of a sort

any more?

Duran?

[JazMerkin]

The fighters moving through the weights and being successful usually special gifted fighters with a variety of attributes, speed power skill

are there any fighters who relied on pressure who have been able to move through the weights, won a world title at one weight and moved up to win another

one example in another thread is hatton, he wasnt at his best at welterweight but he did win a title of a sort

any more?

Duran?

I thought I was generalising when I said that & now you use it in this thread

Like I said in the other thread, Henry Armstrong is the greatest example, he really was the complete pressure fighter. To be fair, I've just thought that Jeff Fenech is a good example, as he went up through the weights early in his career.

Duran is often called a pressure fighter, but for my money he tended to box his way in & out. I think how great he was on the inside leads people to label him a pressure fighter, but for my money he used far more of his defensive skills & his excellent jab, particularly once he got above Lightweight. His tactics more generally depended on the opponet & I think a lot of people look at the 1st Leonard fight & categorize him as a brawler or pressure fighter. From the footage I've seen of him, a similar thing takes place with regard to Harry Greb, who used similar in & out movement to burst in with flurries, but still boxed his way in.

It's hard to say Hatton was really successful as he got stopped by Mayweather & in his only other fight at the weight struggled badly with Luis Collazo, although I had him nicking it by a point.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Trinidad (147, 154, 160), Cotto (140,147, 154), Chavez (130, 135, 140), and Mayorga (147 & 154) are all examples

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Nigel Benn.

[El Kabong]

Floyd Patterson 175-Heavyweight , Carmen Basilio 147-160, Jose Torres 160-175...the best I can think of, maybe Arturo Gatti?

[ElTerribleMorales]

Gatti though won his title at 140 due to improved boxing skills, and stepping away slightly from his coming forward style

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

James Toney

Yeah he wasn't your typical pressure fighter but he was always coming forward while constantly putting on weight.

[Master]

Henry Armstrong

[Spicoli]

I'm thinking not so hugly boxer sorts, went for exchanges or stayed in one style? Vinny Paz ? Maybe um... Holyfield ? Thought I'd never put those two in same sentence . Iran Barkley.

[p4pking]

Pacquiao, although perhaps not a total pressure fighter, doesn't have a style that you would think lends to success moving up in weight. The way he has retained handspeed and KO power is really quite incredible imo, hard to think of a better example.

[erics44]

The fighters moving through the weights and being successful usually special gifted fighters with a variety of attributes, speed power skill

are there any fighters who relied on pressure who have been able to move through the weights, won a world title at one weight and moved up to win another

one example in another thread is hatton, he wasnt at his best at welterweight but he did win a title of a sort

any more?

Duran?

I thought I was generalising when I said that & now you use it in this thread

Like I said in the other thread, Henry Armstrong is the greatest example, he really was the complete pressure fighter. To be fair, I've just thought that Jeff Fenech is a good example, as he went up through the weights early in his career.

Duran is often called a pressure fighter, but for my money he tended to box his way in & out. I think how great he was on the inside leads people to label him a pressure fighter, but for my money he used far more of his defensive skills & his excellent jab, particularly once he got above Lightweight. His tactics more generally depended on the opponet & I think a lot of people look at the 1st Leonard fight & categorize him as a brawler or pressure fighter. From the footage I've seen of him, a similar thing takes place with regard to Harry Greb, who used similar in & out movement to burst in with flurries, but still boxed his way in.

It's hard to say Hatton was really successful as he got stopped by Mayweather & in his only other fight at the weight struggled badly with Luis Collazo, although I had him nicking it by a point.

i still think its a generalisation, i think anyone moving through weights and winning world titles has to be more than a pressure fighter, having just pressure can never be enough unless you are one hard bastard

but i think people known as just pressure fighters have moved through the weights

hatton was known this way but he wasnt just a pressure fighter, he had power and could box, he outbox malinaggi which isnt bad going for someone without those skills