I've been watching a lot of boxing anime lately, and decided to start watching old footage. I have a relative named after Jack Dempsey, and I gotta say that the Dempsey roll is a hilariously aggressive technique. Literally forcing yourself to repeatedly almost stumble by punching hard af is pure dudes rock energy.
Mike Tyson because I don’t follow boxing and know him from memes
highly recommend watching fights from the 'four kings era' - marvelous marvin hagler (his legal name), tommy hearns, roberto duran and sugar ray leonard all fought each other in their prime, making for some of the best fights of all time (imo)
damn i love boxing
favourite is probably emanuel augustus? he had a 'drunk' style that was pretty incredible to watch, def should check him out!
One of the Hagler hearns fight explodes into all out warfare from the first bell. Non stop action throughout the fight. I don't think they clinched until like round 3.
:lt-dbyf-dubois: Contact Mike is an inspiration. A 5000-1 underdog who won by sheer willpower alone. Truly a king among men.
Eric Morales. His fights with pacman are great.
If you want to watch a real life Rocky movie check out the Arturo Gatti micky ward trilogy. Not the best boxers but the two beat the dog shit out of each other then spent the night together in the hospital
Ali is the only boxer I know but I'm still very confident he'd be my favorite even if I knew about them all because he was based
Ali for his politics of course,
Lerdsila Chumpairtour if muay thai counts
It’s MMA not boxing but go watch some Max Holloway fights if you want to see great boxing brought into the cage. Great showcases against Kattar and Ortega. Kattar was hyped as a top striker and on the way to a title fight until he ran into Holloway. I swear to god I thought Kattar was going to die in that fight it was such a one sided boxing match. And Ortega’s known as a grappler primarily - which usually I’d take the grappler in a grappler/striker match up - but Holloway shut it down and turned it into another bloody boxing match. Just amazing technical striking.
I’d also throw in Dustin Poirier as someone with a great use of boxing in the UFC. Great use of defensive boxing along with shifting punches to find sneaky KO shots through peoples guards
Dustin and Max have really good boxing for MMA but I'd say Petr Yan is the best boxer in the UFC by a mile. His fundamentals are flawless and manages to outbox his opponents while usually having the shorter reach.
Marvin Hagler
Legendary training camps in total isolation. “Jail” he’d call it. Roadwork in work boots. No sex, no fun. Incredible dedication.
And for his war with Hearns. One of the best.
There's a boxer on my street named Charlie Murphy. He's a big old guy, and he likes to bark at anyone who walks past his front yard.
Makunouchi Ippo of course, the greatest proponent of the Dempsey roll to ever live.
