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My take on a brawler is someone who is somewhat unpolished. They will stand in the middle of the ring and go toe to toe with little or no boxing, either by instinct, choice or because they are just limited. Wide looping punches, aggressive, scarce defense, taking too many punches and swinging for the fences. Minimal footwork and prone to forgetting or abandoning basics.
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Brawlers are almost always the guys who lack many of the technical skills that complete boxers should, or are supposed to have. Fighters like Brandon Rios (who is a bum), Arturo Gatti (overrated bum), and many of the fighters you see with Mexican heritage either from Mexico or U.S. are brawlers because they either don't have the skills, don't want the skills, don't train for the skills, to be polished, sharp complete boxers. Then the complain when they get humiliated by a PRO boxer like Mayweather and say "He ran all night" like that on fighter who's dad looks like a Homie figure (cant remember his name but he was the one who rambled at the press conference about Mayweather being a "wife beater, baby").
A boxer who is a "brawler" is like a basketball player who is just a rebounder or a good dunker. Not a good dribbler, shoots 60% or less from the free throw line, has not jump shot, gets 4 fouls in first half. So many other areas that should be improved upon but isn't, or they don't even try to.
Duran was not a brawler. He had excellent boxing skills with good power. I think your confusing an aggressive fighter with a brawler. Brawlers usually brawl because they don't have the skills to win otherwise.
Duran was not a brawler. He had excellent boxing skills with good power. I think your confusing an aggressive fighter with a brawler. Brawlers usually brawl because they don't have the skills to win otherwise.
Duran was a lot like Hagler. Had the skills to box but could also brawl with the best of them if/when needed. They are much much better than regular brawlers.
All heavyweights at the time he fought were "brawlers". It wasn't until Ali came along some years later that the heavyweights began to once again start to focus on skills and the science instead of just brawling. So yes, Marciano, just like everyone else from his era were brawlers.
A brawler is someone who tries to take the fight away from the ordinary rules of boxing by holding and hitting, hitting low, rabbit punching, etc. Dempsey is the classic brawler.
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