On this week’s episode of Heavy Hands, Patrick Wyman and I are breaking down one of combat sport’s most confounding styles: the brawler.
Already on this show we’ve looked at some of the classic boxing archetypes that exist across the board in fighting sports, including boxer-punchers, out-fighters, pressure fighters, and more. Understanding the mindsets that go into these styles is always a tricky thing, but they are all relatively well defined. Not so with the oddball of the group, the brawler.
Brawlers come in many shapes and sizes, but they are universally defined by their willingness to take damage to dish out damage. Whether this is the result of poor discipline, extreme self-confidence, or even a pathological desire to do others maximum physical harm we’re not quite sure, but we look through some of history’s most legendary brawlers in an attempt to get at the mentality that makes the archetype tick.
We talk Justin Gaethje and Rocky Marciano, Manny Pacquiao and Chan Sung Jung. Can a brawler be the best in the world? That depends on your definition, but our conclusions might surprise you.
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