Top 5 Effective Different Fighting Styles in Boxing

The ‘art of sweet science’ is not played in only one style. Boxing has different fighting styles. Many people who don’t have in-depth knowledge about boxing think that boxing has only one style. They do believe that boxing is all about punches. But boxing is a lot more than punches. The sweet art takes some years to practice boxing. You have to focus on many things other than punching.

Great boxers like Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson are idols for many boxers who are just beginning in the sport of boxing. They try to follow their styles. But you have to keep in mind that you can’t be successful like them if you are just following other boxing styles.

You can start by following and learning from others. But eventually, you have to find your own unique style. You should have a fighting style that is unique to you, and people should know you with that style. The key to becoming famous and successful is also developing your own unique and best fighting style that will differentiate you from others. For example, Mike Tyson is famous for his hard-core punches, which is why he is famous as Iron Mike.

If you are a complete beginner in boxing, you should know the different fighting styles in boxing before you develop your own unique and best fighting style. The article is focused on the top five different boxing styles.

The following are the top five different boxing fighting styles;

Pressure fighters are also known as volume fighters. Their trademark is starting the fight first and landing a good volume of punches on their opponents. Volume punchers keep their opponents mostly on the fence due to the large volume of punches they are throwing at their opponents. This also helps give them a higher score than their opponents. Pressure punchers are able to restrict their opponent from attacking back because they are already receiving a lot of punches. Those punches are not ordinary punches. They are filled with enough pressure to knock them out. One good punch on their opponent’s face and they are done.

Pressure punchers require more strength and power than other types of fighters. The part of the workout they have to focus on more is cardiovascular training. If you want to be a pressure fighter, try to work more to improve your cardiovascular endurance.

Having defensive skills in boxing is very important. But if you want to be the fans' favourite, you have to initiate the action. Even the judges favour the fighter who is taking action first and landing hardcore punches, i.e., being aggressive in fighting. This is all that a pressure fighter learns in the training for this style. This is also the reason why pressure fighting is the most popular style in boxing.

Sluggers are the second most common style of boxing. Sluggers are indicated by the immense force and pressure that they generate for landing their punches on their opponents. They only care about their punches and how much force they are generating for punching their opponents. They don’t care, even if they have to face some forms of punishment for their forceful punches.

If you are a complete beginner, try your best to avoid fights with these types of boxers because they don’t care about the consequences after the match. They are risking everything just to land punches with immense force. They enjoy this. Two sluggers fighting with each other would be the most entertaining boxing match to watch. They are undoubtedly the best boxing action stars that you cannot miss if you are truly a boxing fan.

When you see sluggers fighting in a professional boxing match, you will observe that they are fighting with their opponents and throwing punches without thinking. By seeing them, one thinks that they are fighting mindlessly. But this is how it looks far from reality. Sluggers have to work hard for their techniques. They have to master the technique before they can actually execute against their opponents.

Sluggers are the true masters of boxing ring generalship. They have to control the action within the ring. They learn to keep their opponent near the fence. They also force their opponent not to react to their devastating punches to keep them submissive.

The boxing fighting style, which combines all the best styles and produces a new, unique style, is the boxer-puncher style. Boxers using this style transition their techniques from one style to another depending on the situation. This thing also makes this style better than other styles. Because a fighter who is always using a single style becomes predictable to their opponents. When you become predictable, your opponent can easily counter your attacks. You should keep changing your styles to become unpredictable.

Boxer punchers give their opponents a very difficult task to deal with because they don’t leave their opponents guessing their next moves. From the start of each round, they come as a new boxer with a new style so that their opponent can’t defend themselves and can attack them.

Boxer punchers always try to learn how they can become unpredictable. They try new combinations, new punches, and new styles for this. The thing that they often lack is defensive skills. They don’t focus on defending themselves because they have a full focus on trying new styles and combinations. So their weak point is the defense. If their opponent is skillful enough to predict their moves somehow, then they can have an advantage over boxer punchers by countering them and attacking them as they are weak in defensive skills.

The opponents of boxer punchers make many mistakes while playing against them in a professional boxing match. Boxer punchers use different combinations and punch their opponents from a distance. This triggers their opponents, causing them to make mistakes. They make full use of their opponent’s mistakes and land devastating punches. When they know that their opponent has received a devastating punch and has been hurt, they step closer and knock them out.

Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler are some examples og boxer punchers showcasing their unpredictability and knocking their opponents out.

Anyone can punch, but can you punch exactly at your opponent where you want to? This is the skill that counter-punchers have. Counter punchers are known for their precise punching power. They punch exactly where they want to punch. This is the power that only a few boxers have. This power needs years of practice and hard work. Only then can you achieve the power of precise punching.

Counter-punchers have mastered the skill of triggering their opponents. They have two skills; the first one is obviously the accurate and precise punching, and the second one is deceiving their opponent. They give their opponent the opportunity to punch and then suddenly move out of the way. After deceiving, they land punches at their opponent, which is very devastating as they are thrown with perfect accuracy and precision.

Pernell Whitaker and Floyd Mayweather Jr are extraordinary counter punchers. They were known for their ability to hit without getting hit. This causes frustration among their opponents.

One thing that counter punchers lack is aggressiveness. They have to wait for their opponent to initiate an action, create an opportunity or opening, and then they attack. This makes them less entertaining for the fans as compared to the other fighters. This makes them easier for their opponents to beat them compared to other boxing fighting styles.

Out-boxers do exactly the opposite of what pressure fighters do. Out-boxers keep some distance between them and their opponents and don’t land too many punches, unlike the pressure punchers, who land as many punches as they can to knock out their opponent. Instead of the punches, they use the distance between them and their opponents to knock out their opponents.

They don’t get closer to their opponents, and they also don’t allow their opponents to do so. They always have a distance between them and their opponents. They usually have long arms and good height so that they can reach from a distance to their opponents. They land punches by being far from their opponents and then suddenly come closer to them and strike them with devastating punches. They don’t allow their opponents to come inside and attack them.

Unlike other boxers, outboxers usually don’t win by knockout. They mostly get victories over their opponents by decision. But it is not like that, it is impossible that if you are an out boxer, then you cannot win by knockout against your opponent. If you are truly a skilled outboxer, then you can knock out your opponent. By being far, using the distance wisely, and landing powerful punches, you can easily knock your opponent out.

Out boxer, just like the name, outperforms other styles of boxing in terms of the greatest boxers.The greatest boxers to have stepped in the ring were all outboxers. For example, Floyd Mayweather Jr., who remained unbeaten in his whole career of boxing, was an outboxer. Deontay Wilder, known for his devastating punches, was also an out boxer. When talking about the legends of boxing, you cannot forget Muhammad Ali. he was the greatest of all time, and he was also an out boxer. 

There are some other boxing fighting styles that are not as famous as these five boxing fighting styles. In those other styles, which got the most fame, was the Peekaboo boxing fighting style, which was used by the Boxing legend, Iron Mike Tyson. This style was originally developed by Cus D’Amato. He had a thought that the traditional boxing system has many flaws and weaknesses. He had a thought that boxing only favours strong, well heighted boxers. So they tried to develop a system by which short-heighted individuals can fight against tall boxers and win against them. This led to the development of the Peekaboo boxing system.

Cus D’Amato trained Mike Tyson under this system because he was perfect because of his short height. Mike won championships under Cus D’Amato with this peekaboo boxing system. But unfortunately, the style could not flourish after the death of Cus D’Amato. Mike started losing matches without Cus D’Amato’s guidance, and now no fighter is using this style. However, some elements of this style can be seen in some boxers. 

Boxing has different fighting styles, but it is the outboxing fighting style that is adopted by some legends of the game. You can start with any style, but to be in the list of boxing greats, you have to develop your own unique style of boxing. You can use the combination of these styles. The combination is very important as you will become unpredictable to your opponent. If not this, then you can also master one boxing fighting style and outperform anyone. Try to develop your own unique style, just like what Mike Tyson did. Although he was a great fan of the greatest of all time boxer Muhammad Ali, he became famous for his own boxing fighting style, the Peekaboo. 

Iron Mike Tyson used the Peekaboo boxing fighting style. This style was originally developed by Cus D’Amato. Mike Tyson won many championships and defeated many great boxers with this boxing fighting style. He had a thought that the traditional boxing system has many flaws and weaknesses. He had a thought that boxing only favours strong, well heighted boxers. So they tried to develop a system by which short-heighted individuals can fight against tall boxers and win against them. This led to the development of the Peekaboo boxing system. 

Muhammad Ali used the out-boxing fighting style. Out-boxers don’t get closer to their opponents, and they also don’t allow their opponents to do so. They always have a distance between them and their opponents. They usually have long arms and good height so that they can reach from a distance to their opponents. They land punches by being far from their opponents and then suddenly come closer to them and strike them with devastating punches. They don’t allow their opponents to come inside and attack them.