Best Defensive Fighter of all time??

tryingmybestt

who is the best defensive fighter of all time???????

mayweather has to rank up there with the best of them....

also roberto duran and wilfred benitez....

the master had to be willy pep, once won a round without throwing one punch....

sweet pea whitaker was a genius too....

james toney ranks up at the top too....freddie roach said he was the most gifted fighter he ever worked with....high praise considering who roach worked with!

who do you like ??

sxt

wow I was just compling and posting the exact same topic without even seeing your post until now

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sxt

Sugar ray ,Whittaker, Ali ,and Hopkins spring to mind

I admire how Vladamir Klitschko has become a very inteligent and skilled defensive fighter

StevePH

Jaysis this has been a week or so of boxing gold threads.

I could seperate this one into categories.
For best defense based on PURE reflex, no-one lays a glove on a young Ali/Clay (tho Pep obviously runs close :cool:)
Best defense based on style - Sweet Pea, Floyd Jr.
Most intelligent/ring IQ/knowing what to do at what time - has the likes of Ali, Toney, Winky Wright, Hopkins, Archie Moore

tryingmybestt

some older guys would definitely be benny leonard and nicolino locche...

locche was unbelievable...

roberto duran was one of the most exciting defensive masters....excellent blend of defence and aggression

ali was definitely a master too, more so in his early years....

couldn't fault B-Hop either, rarely gets tagged cleanly, knows every trick in the book

tryingmybestt

sxt wrote: »

wow I was just compling and posting the exact same topic without even seeing your post until now

I can't delete my post for some reason, even when I go to advanced , mods can maybe do that when they see it:o

great minds

is interesting thread though