Originally Posted by Jim_Kidd
I think it would be good if the "Swarmer/Pressure" style would be added to the boxer, slugger, either categories.
Here's why.
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 - pressure fighters (like 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.
A good example of guys who fit into each of the 3 categories are:
Pure Sluggers: George Foreman, Sonny Liston, Stanley Ketchel & Rocky Graziano. Pure power.
Pure Boxers: Ali, Willie Pep, Gene Tunney, Billy Conn, etc.
And in the game, we have fighters that can do both like: Roberto Duran.
Typically, if the skill levels are comparable, it works out like this:
1. Boxers have the style edge over sluggers (Ali-Foreman, Ali-Liston)
2. Sluggers have the style edge over swarmers (Foreman-Frazier, Gene Fullmer-Carmen Basilio.
3. Swarmers have the style edge over boxers (Frazier-Ali, Harry Greb-Gene Tunney, Carmen Basilio-Ray Robinson)
It's not that one style is better than the others, but certain styles give other styles problems even if the fighter isn't always victorious.
It would give the game an additional dimension with the matchups.
*Just a side note: Some punchers, like boxer/punchers can be a mix of Slugger/Swarmer. In other words, they can do either. In the beginning of his career, Mike Tyson fought mainly as a Swarmer/Pressure fighter. When his training dedication took a nose-dive, however, he fought as a slugger - looking for the one big shot and the follow-up flurry to end the fight. He was much more effective as a swarmer.
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