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Some guys are pure boxer (Ali). Others are pure slugger (Foreman). A pure slugger is the easiest style for a pure boxer to cope with. On the other hand, the swarmer are pressure fighter (Frazier) gives them fits.
That's how Jake LaMotta's swarmer/pressure style of fighting put the first loss on Ray Robinson's record. Swarmers aren't generally one punch knockout artists. They land an accumulation of punches. Aaron Pryor was another great swarmer/pressure fighter.
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I don't agree with the additional category of "swarmer". The way I see it fighters like Foreman, Joe Louis, Lennox Lewis are boxer/sluggers. They have some boxing skills but are always looking for the big punch. The reason they often lose to pure boxers is that their boxing skills are usually not that good and, if they don't land their big punch too often, they lose. Fighters like Dempsey, Marciano, Graziano are aggressive sluggers. They have minimal boxing skills and know that the only way they can ever win is to be aggressive all the time. This hyper-aggression works well against boxers but can be disastrous if these fighters run into a big punch that the boxer/sluggers usually have.
In terms of Title Bout control ratings, boxers should be rated higher against boxer/sluggers than pure sluggers, boxer/sluggers should be rated higher against pure sluggers than boxers and pure sluggers should be rated higher against boxers than boxer/sluggers. So a good boxer should have a control rating of something like 12(vs boxer)/10(vs slugger), a good boxer/slugger a rating of 10/12, and a good slugger a rating of 12/10. However in order the system to work right, the boxer/slugger has to fight as a boxer against boxers, and a slugger against boxer/sluggers and pure sluggers. Thus a 12/10 boxer facing a 10/12 boxer/slugger will have a control rating of 12 vs 10, giving the boxer the advantage. A 12/10 boxer vs a 12/10 pure slugger will have a control rating of 10 vs 12, giving the pure slugger the advantage. Finally, a 10/12 boxer/slugger against a 12/10 slugger will have a control rating of 12 vs. 10, giving the boxer/slugger the advantage over the pure slugger.
Let me repeat that, in order the system to work, the boxer/slugger has to fight as a boxer against boxers, and a slugger against boxer/sluggers and pure sluggers.