Sluggers

contributed by Sanford

written by: Simon

Written by Simon:

Flash - This type of fighter uses tremendous strength along with a startling knockout punch to flatten their opponents early, usually in the first round with inside. Flash Artists are the easiest type of boxers to manage, as they require no change of strategies over time. They are successful, however extremely boring to manage.

Typical Flash Slugger: 28, 10, 9, 5, 6, 10, 1 5ft. Notice the extremely low conditioning, high knockout punch and staggering strength.

Note: All stats are given in the strength, speed, agility, conditioning, knockout punch, chin, cut height order

Pure Slugger - Derived from EKO, a pure slugger is a boxer whose goal is to achieve the maximum of an endurance advantage using brute force to finish their opponents in the late rounds. This type of slugger is also easy to manage, a pure slugger stacks such low speed that he cannot hope to posse a score threat and thus always fights with endurance in mind. These guys are the masters of pain, even in losing they sometimes deal humongous long term damage.

Typical Pure (Middleweight and Down) - 26, 10, 9, 14, 0, 10, 1 5ft.

Typical Pure (Middleweight and Up) - 20, 10, 9, 14, 0, 10, 1 5ft 6".

Notice the absence of knockout punch, and the medium conditioning. Some pure sluggers have 2-3 knockout punch, but the aforementioned stats fits the pure slugger title more adequately. Because of their low agility, it's almost always favourable to start a bout from the clinch.

Agile Slugger - The agile slugger uses high strength combined with near equal agility. This type of fighter is a little harder to manage, however it's also much more flexible. Agile sluggers will often rely on their potent defence, going on the inside early to deal efficient damage, while avoiding as much as possible or out boxing their opponent with low defence allocation and high power with decent aggression from the clinch. Agile sluggers excel at taking apart other sluggers using the ring and their efficient offence/defence.

Typical Agile (Middleweight and Down) - 17, 10, 15, 14, 0, 10, 2 5ft 2"

Typical Agile (Middleweight and Up) - Notice, agile sluggers are usually taller and oddly agile. Because of their flexibility and the possible match ups: normal cut is preferred.

Fast Slugger - Yep, that's right - Their is a term for every type of fighter that ever existed Fast sluggers are the opposite of agile sluggers. They are both Strong and oddly quick. Fast sluggers are usually lacking in defense, and falter when meeting another slugger who is more efficient in the offence/defence department. However, of all the sluggers : it is the fast one that possesses the most potent long term offence. Fast sluggers will usually come out from the clinch using their potent speed to pose a score threat to slower foes, all the while keeping other threats as stuns or simply a staggering offence to control the bout. They are hard to manage, their advantage in speed takes skill and the right kind of opponent to maximize it's worth. Fast sluggers are often evolved from one of the other slugger types, gaining Speed as they reach contender. Very rarely will someone begin a fast slugger, their lack of defence renders them vulnerable to injury points.

Typical Fast (Middleweight And Down) - 18, 14, 10, 15, 0, 10, 2 5ft 1".

Typical Fast Slugger, Of Contender Status - 20, 17, 12, 16, 2, 10, 2 5ft 1".

Notice, the high strength combined with high speed and a little higher conditioning. Knockout punch is worth considering here. The conditioning is required as fast sluggers often rely on high aggression and power rounds thus face much fatigue.

That's pretty much it for sluggers. If you scout some of the best gyms you will likely find some bizarre and yet successful types of sluggers. Such as an agile slugger with moderate knockout punch, or a pure agile slugger with incredible low speed.