Modern sluggers.

[CastletonSnob]

What currently active fighters would you say fall into the slugger style?

 

[Shoemaker]

David Lemieux immediately comes to mind.

 

[zapataxiv]

Sho Kimura falls solidly into the slugger category as well. Watch his fights with Shiming and Igarashi both great fights and pretty good examples of how volume, bullying, pressure, and slugging can beat movers.

 

[ironfist05]

miura is as basic as it gets. Salido is pretty basic too, but has more craft

 

[ironfist05]

oh, provodnikov, that's an obvious choice

 

[Strange King]

wilder...his slugging is on a different level. slugs differently than sluggers

 

[zapataxiv]

miura is as basic as it gets. Salido is pretty basic too, but has more craft

hes a slugger for sure and he gets too invested in his punching which results in him over committing but he does do several things that are pretty as well and he really tightened up his game towards the end of his run. I wish him and Uchiyama could have fought again under the right circumstances.

 

[HardasNAILZ]

Uzzy Ahmed

 

[zapataxiv]

wilder...his slugging is on a different level. slugs differently than sluggers

its post-modern slugging

 

[MadSquabbles500]

Define the "slugger" style

 

[zapataxiv]

Define the "slugger" style

its actually an interesting question where people draw the line between slugger and brawler, and the connotations that they attach to the title.

 

[Shoemaker]

miura is as basic as it gets. Salido is pretty basic too, but has more craft

oh, provodnikov, that's an obvious choice

I thought of Salido and Provo too, but neither has fought in awhile.

 

[City_Lights]

miura is as basic as it gets. Salido is pretty basic too, but has more craft

That body shot he dropped Roman with was beautiful though.

 

[MC Paul Barman]

That Korean dude...
What's his name??

 

[Boxer]

its actually an interesting question where people draw the line between slugger and brawler, and the connotations that they attach to the title.

Well, if you think about it and what the words actually mean the definition is quite different.

A brawler is someone who likes to get in and fight, a scrapper, Jack Dempsy would be the epitome, Rocky Marciano would also come to mind.

A slugger is a reference to someone getting slugged or hit hard, so if your going to call someone a slugger it would be someone who doesn't rely on traditional boxing skills of hit and move etc, it is someone who walks you down because they rely on the fact that they are going to hit you harder then your going to hit them.
George Foreman again is the epitome, not much head movement, very basic blocking skills, just walks you down and tries to take your head off.

 

[eternaldarkness]

Well, if you think about it and what the words actually mean the definition is quite different.

A brawler is someone who likes to get in and fight, a scrapper, Jack Dempsy would be the epitome, Rocky Marciano would also come to mind.

A slugger is a reference to someone getting slugged or hit hard, so if your going to call someone a slugger it would be someone who doesn't rely on traditional boxing skills of hit and move etc, it is someone who walks you down because they rely on the fact that they are going to hit you harder then your going to hit them.
George Foreman again is the epitome, not much head movement, very basic blocking skills, just walks you down and tries to take your head off.

i think your selling foreman's skill a little short, but i agree with what your saying.

 

[zapataxiv]

That Korean dude...
What's his name??

Golovkin???

Spoiler

i kid I kid [\spoiler]

 

[zapataxiv]

Well, if you think about it and what the words actually mean the definition is quite different.

A brawler is someone who likes to get in and fight, a scrapper, Jack Dempsy would be the epitome, Rocky Marciano would also come to mind.

A slugger is a reference to someone getting slugged or hit hard, so if your going to call someone a slugger it would be someone who doesn't rely on traditional boxing skills of hit and move etc, it is someone who walks you down because they rely on the fact that they are going to hit you harder then your going to hit them.
George Foreman again is the epitome, not much head movement, very basic blocking skills, just walks you down and tries to take your head off.

While I agree with your breakdown of the differences we can disagree about the fighters. This is one of those topics though that varies from fan to fan some people see intelligent pressure guys as brawlers while others would say the dudes a slugger who relies on pressure thus provoking more close up fights. And then of course there are many fighters who can drift between different styles like a Carbajal who could box at range slug it out while pressuring guys or get in somebody’s face and brawl.
It’s just interesting to me how some people dismiss or just out right miss some guys skills because they like to stand in front of the other guy.

 

[MC Paul Barman]

Ji Hoon Kim is who I was thinking of

 

[Heikki Mustola]

Yoshihiro Kamegai & Akira Yaegashi from Japan