Street Fighter 5's Balrog is not the Balrog I know and love

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I've been playing as Balrog in Street Fighter 5 for a month now - pretty much ever since he was released as a downloadable character - and despite my best efforts, I just can't get on with him at all.
I loved playing as the boxing brute in previous Street Fighter games, particularly Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo and Street Fighter 4. In both of those games he was as fun to play as he was well-rounded. Throughout Capcom's famous fighting game series, Balrog hasn't always been top tier, but he's always been there or thereabouts.
But in Street Fighter 5, Balrog is much changed, and for me not in particularly fun or useful way.
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