Who are your personal picks and why ?

Offensive: Tszyu, Trinidad, for agression, & picking shots
Defensive: PB Floyd - obvious.

Offensive: Cotto, Trinidad, Tszyu, Lacy, Corrales, Wladdy Klit, Pac

Defensive: Toney, Byrd, Mayweather, Hopkins, Wright

offense-Mayweather,Trinidad,Tyson(when he was in his prime)
defense-Mayweather,Pernell Whitaker,and James "Lights Out" Tony

defense: winkey wright, james Toney

Yeah I forgot Toney for defense. Doesn't seem to do much, but is hard to hit.

Offense- Trinidad, Ike Ibeauchia ( or howeever u spell his last name.)

Defense- Floyd and Toney

Roy was unorthodox, but nearly impossible to hit because of Speed. I see Zab going the same way towards the end of his career - bad KO's, as soon as his speed goes

Offensive: Trinidad, Tszyu
Defensive: Toney, Mayweather
All-round: Cotto

Gosh, where to start, too many to name. Well here's some for Offense: Marvelous Marvin Hagler(the guy was a freakin' punching machine), Iron Mike Tyson(need I say more, and Roberto Duran(monster). As for defense I think there aren't as many great defensive fighters as there are offensive fighters, anyway here's one for defense I think this guy has to top my list and that's Pernell Whitaker(the guy was simply untouchable), Marvin Hagler( In my eyes he lost to Leonard but as quick as Leonard was he picked off 99.9% of those punches, and Holyfield( just very technically sound on both ends)

Defensive: Toney, Mayweather
Offensive: Tszyu, Tito, Cotto, Pacman,

All round: a prime Roy Jones Junior...no one comes close.

Offensive: Tszyu, Trinidad, Corrales, Cotto
Defensive: Mayweather, Toney, Wright

offensive-kostya,pac
defensive-pbf, winky

Defense:Chris Byrd, Winky Wright, PBF, and James Toney.

offensive: Tyson, Frazier
defensive: Toney

RJJ's defense was based on pure reflexes, which is probably why he's getting badly KO'd as he loses them slightly...

Offensive : prime Tyson, Tszyu, Trinidad, Cotto, Pacquiao

Defensive : prime RJones Jr., Mayweather Jr., Spinks, Toney, Byrd

Offensive: Julian Jackson, Joe louis, George Foreman, SRR, Henry Armstrong, Sandy Saddler, Tyson..

Defensive: Willie Pep, Pernell Whittaker, Winky Wright, Joey Maxim..

How come so many of you picked almost all current day boxers, & then listed "prime Mike Tyson" ?
Damn....this guys nut sack has to be GONE....from all the tonguing it gets.

Best of today :
Offensive = Trinidad, Corrales, Tszyu, Pac, R. Marquez.

Defensive = Mayweather, Toney, Hopkins, nobody else.

Offensive = Trinidad, Tszyu, Castillo
Defensive = Toney, Mayweather, Hopkins

hmmm im gonna try pick persons not already mentioned...
offense- morales
defense- Ali

Right now is would say Tito is the best offensive fighter. He picks he shots and is very accurate. He never waste any of his punches unless his opponents are hurt and he is trying to finish them but even those are good punches and not wild punches. Defensively Mayweather is the best. When he isn't trying to prove that he is tough Mayweather is damn near impossible to hit. This guy is amazing to watch when he is on top of his game.

Defensive: Whitaker
Offensive: Joe Louis