 Who are your top 5 defensive fighters of all time?, There are no wrong answers. |
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 Jun 25 2011, 01:21 AM
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Damn you banned my alter ego too?! U da man Cshel! Group: Banned Posts: 104 Joined: 16-May 11 Member No.: 12,188  |
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Floyd Pep Whitaker Ali(step-back knockout Jones Jr(Prime reflexes were amazing) |
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Jun 25 2011, 01:23 AM
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Middleweight Group: Team BU Posts: 2,558 Joined: 15-November 09 From: The northleft edge of the continental USA Member No.: 10,633 |
QUOTE (ChadSaysTakeTheTest @ Jun 24 2011, 11:21 PM)  All time Floyd Pep Whitaker Ali(step-back knockout Jones Jr(Prime reflexes were amazing) Surprisingly you are the first to have RJJ on your list. Good call. |
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Jun 25 2011, 01:29 AM
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Damn you banned my alter ego too?! U da man Cshel! Group: Banned Posts: 104 Joined: 16-May 11 Member No.: 12,188 |
QUOTE (SmartyBeardo @ Jun 24 2011, 11:23 PM) Surprisingly you are the first to have RJJ on your list. Good call. Anyone in my mind that can stick their face out with their hands down..and dodge..beyond skills. |
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Jun 25 2011, 01:33 AM
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Middleweight Group: Team BU Posts: 2,558 Joined: 15-November 09 From: The northleft edge of the continental USA Member No.: 10,633 |
QUOTE (ChadSaysTakeTheTest @ Jun 24 2011, 11:29 PM) Anyone in my mind that can stick their face out with their hands down..and dodge..beyond skills. If you like that style you should go to the trouble of checking out Nicolino Locche. There are some youtube vids of him. He was absolutely amazing. |
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Jun 25 2011, 01:41 AM
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Okay. I have:
All Time Roy - couldn't get hit even when sticking his face out (in his prime) Ali - same as roy jones, although most of the time he lets his opponent get tired by letting them hit him Whitaker - super dooper boring you will scream mad as his opponent to do a NO MAS Floyd - got hit when he got his face stuck out, so just #4 James Toney - how couldn't anyone knock out a lumbering mcdonald's ingesting machine |
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Jun 25 2011, 01:44 AM
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Damn you banned my alter ego too?! U da man Cshel! Group: Banned Posts: 104 Joined: 16-May 11 Member No.: 12,188 |
QUOTE (SmartyBeardo @ Jun 24 2011, 11:33 PM) If you like that style you should go to the trouble of checking out Nicolino Locche. There are some youtube vids of him. He was absolutely amazing. Wow..old videos but he's pretty amazing. Where do him and Roy rank among your list of def fighters? |
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Jun 25 2011, 01:44 AM
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Middleweight Group: Team BU Posts: 2,558 Joined: 15-November 09 From: The northleft edge of the continental USA Member No.: 10,633 |
QUOTE (Hops @ Jun 24 2011, 11:41 PM) Okay. I have: All Time Roy - couldn't get hit even when sticking his face out (in his prime) Ali - same as roy jones, although most of the time he lets his opponent get tired by letting them hit him Whitaker - super dooper boring you will scream mad as his opponent to do a NO MAS Floyd - got hit when he got his face stuck out, so just #4 James Toney - how couldn't anyone knock out a lumbering mcdonald's ingesting machine Good list Hops. Toney is a freak of nature. Check out the old vids of Carlos Monzon. He was kind of a cross between Ali, FMJ and Holmes. |
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Jun 25 2011, 01:49 AM
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Middleweight Group: Team BU Posts: 2,558 Joined: 15-November 09 From: The northleft edge of the continental USA Member No.: 10,633 |
QUOTE (ChadSaysTakeTheTest @ Jun 24 2011, 11:44 PM) Wow..old videos but he's pretty amazing. Where do him and Roy rank among your list of def fighters? RJJ is up there but Locche is in my top 5. There are so many great defensive fighters in boxing history that are obscure. There is no right or wrong answer. If you want to see an earlier version of FMJ, watch Wilfred Benitez v SRL and Hearns. He lost both of those fights but his defense was just phenomenal. |
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Jun 25 2011, 01:56 AM
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QUOTE (Box in Hand @ Jun 24 2011, 03:08 PM) Since May is back I go with him. His hit and not get hit ratio has got to be off the charts. Bernard gets hit too much now for me because of his age and willingness to engage. Hopkins engages because he knows after calzaghe he will be jobbed on the cards!!! Hopkins puts on the D when he needs it now. When he was hurt against Pascal he went into defensive mode with head and feet movement that was just amazing to see 46 year old doing. Still one of the best defensive fighters on the PLANET!!! QUOTE (AussieLad @ Jun 24 2011, 10:04 PM) Gatti, Micky Ward, Katsidis AGAIN, I SPILLED A DRINK lmao QUOTE (SmartyBeardo @ Jun 25 2011, 02:49 AM) RJJ is up there but Locche is in my top 5. There are so many great defensive fighters in boxing history that are obscure. There is no right or wrong answer. JONES was fighting school teachers, garbage men and police men.... If you want to see an earlier version of FMJ, watch Wilfred Benitez v SRL and Hearns. He lost both of those fights but his defense was just phenomenal. BENITEZ D WAS AMAZING against Hearns and people don't REMEMBER HEARNS FIGHTING ONE HANDED BECAUSE HE BROKE THE RIGHT... tremendous skill by hearns fighting Benitez, an all time great with only his left and beating him... tommy hearns was a bad mofo... |
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Jun 25 2011, 02:04 AM
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This topic is complex. Who is skillfully more defensive? Whitaker or Floyd? Would Whitaker have been as elusive if he was orthodox?
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