Is Deontay Wilder the most unorthodox elite fighter?

[mozfonky]

The other guy fought Joe Frazier among others

ron stander? that aint nothing close to what you said.

 

[Hanz_Blitz]

Crappy technique doesn’t equal unorthodox. Wilder is literally fighting a more unorthodoxed fighter this weekend

 

[Yacob]

ron stander? that aint nothing close to what you said.

Sorry i forgot the name of a fringe top 10k boxer ever

 

[Kevster]

Good old slappy Joe Calzaghe.

 

[cuban23]

I would say that's Pacquiao. You can't bring in a single fighter for sparring to replicate Manny. It's the most uniquely successful style I've ever seen.

 

[Woldog]

Least talented elite fighter sure.
Only other fighter I can think of that became a world champion with the boxing talent of a 5 year old would be Ricardo Mayorga.

 

[Shoemaker]

Least talented elite fighter sure.
Only other fighter I can think of that became a world champion with the boxing talent of a 5 year old would be Ricardo Mayorga.

Checks out.

 

[Roids]

He's not elite.

 

[Woldog]

Checks out.

Looks like Mayorga's son. He'll have a big future ahead of him.

 

[loyalyolayal]

Rjj had weird backwards combinations...he was unorthodox in a way that probably nobody else could be

3 hooks while pivoting.

 

[Yacob]

3 hooks while pivoting.

Lmao

 

[Hypetrainhipsta]

Good old slappy Joe Calzaghe.

Usyk is probably the closest thing to him that I've seen since then.
Wilder is raw and rather crude, not unorthodox. Imo someone like Loma is actually unorthodox, while being a great technical fighter at the same time.

 

[aries]

He's not elite.

Right and he's not unorthodox either.

 

[aries]

Usyk is probably the closest thing to him that I've seen since then.
Wilder is raw and rather crude, not unorthodox. Imo someone like Loma is actually unorthodox, while being a great technical fighter at the same time.

Good call. Yeah Loma is unorthodox. It must be difficult to prepare for him because he has his own unique style.

 

[Yacob]

Right and he's not unorthodox either.

He's more elite than he is unorthodox haha

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

I think we all have our own ideas as to what unorthodox means. To me it means a fighter that doesn't fight by the book, meaning, they wouldn't be described technically as a textbook conventional/orthodox fighter. Maybe they have their own 'style' or don't set-up their leads the conventional way and so on.

 

[aries]

He's more elite than he is unorthodox haha

Yeah but that's not saying much!

 

[AFewDollarsMore]

Heavyweight boxer who throws superman punches is pretty unorthodox

 

[TheGreatA]

I think his fighting style is quite basic, he just sometimes goes wild, crosses his feet and throws haymakers. Most times, he's looking to land a bomb of a right hand while blocking shots. That's not really all that different from other big right-hand punchers.

If he always fought like this, then yeah, he would be the most unorthodox:

Most of the times though, he is fighting more like this:

Out of the two, Fury is the more unorthodox type of fighter. Just crazy to see a tall, massive guy fighting like he does. Not the usual jab and grab type of basic boxer, which most fighters of his size are. He's utilizing a lot of techniques, that frankly, you wouldn't expect to be working for him.

 

[rottenapple]

Yeah Fury is the unorthodox fighter of the 2 although tbf wilders winmill technique is also a little bit unorthodox. or Perhaps special is the better word here, like the special kind if special.