Little bit of a different thread but this is exactly as the title says it - fighters and who they resemble. Often times we hear "so and so" fights like Mayweather or "so and so" fights like Oscar. But if we look back in history often times these current greats studied and learned from legends of many years ago. Here are some examples:
Mayweather - George Benton. Benton was a great Philly fighter, great defense, great counter abilities, used the shoulder roll extremely efficiently excellent technical skills & defense. From the video you can see a lot of Mayweather in him. Perhaps that's why the Floyd defense is sometimes called "The Philly Shell defense".
(the last minute or minute and half of the video really shows how well he used the shoulder roll)
Mike Tyson - Floyd Patterson. Before Mike Tyson, Cus D'Amato trained Patterson. It's no surprise they were so similar:
(1:47 - 2:30 just screams Mike Tyson)
Although, some might argue that Tyson fought more like Jack Dempsey who was Tyson's favorite fighter & studied greatly and tried to emulate (start at about 1:14), but he didn't use that "peak-a-boo" style that Patterson/Tyson did):
Bernard Hopkins - Ezzard Charles. Charles was one of the greatest fighters ever. Hopkins studied Charles as much as he could when he was younger and tried to copy a lot of things he did, as did James Toney but I see more Hopkins in Charles than I do Toney. Hopkins also studied Archie Moore and Jersey Joe Walcott, which you can see pieces of their game as well.
James Toney - Archie Moore. You can see a lot of Toney in the Old Mongoose. Toney was also a student of the game and watched tons of hours of Moore, Ezzard Charles, Benton and Jersey Joe Walcott (which is why you can see a little of all of them in Toney's game).
Mayweather - George Benton. Benton was a great Philly fighter, great defense, great counter abilities, used the shoulder roll extremely efficiently excellent technical skills & defense. From the video you can see a lot of Mayweather in him. Perhaps that's why the Floyd defense is sometimes called "The Philly Shell defense".
(the last minute or minute and half of the video really shows how well he used the shoulder roll)
Mike Tyson - Floyd Patterson. Before Mike Tyson, Cus D'Amato trained Patterson. It's no surprise they were so similar:
(1:47 - 2:30 just screams Mike Tyson)
Although, some might argue that Tyson fought more like Jack Dempsey who was Tyson's favorite fighter & studied greatly and tried to emulate (start at about 1:14), but he didn't use that "peak-a-boo" style that Patterson/Tyson did):
Bernard Hopkins - Ezzard Charles. Charles was one of the greatest fighters ever. Hopkins studied Charles as much as he could when he was younger and tried to copy a lot of things he did, as did James Toney but I see more Hopkins in Charles than I do Toney. Hopkins also studied Archie Moore and Jersey Joe Walcott, which you can see pieces of their game as well.
James Toney - Archie Moore. You can see a lot of Toney in the Old Mongoose. Toney was also a student of the game and watched tons of hours of Moore, Ezzard Charles, Benton and Jersey Joe Walcott (which is why you can see a little of all of them in Toney's game).
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