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LMFAO!!!!!!!!! now HE has the right idea lol

but in all siriousness probbably Bhop, Pernell, Mayweather, or Pep.

cant choose betwen.

Nicolino Locche
Hector Camacho
Jack Johnson

Willie Pep, Sweet pea, winky, b hop.

Willie Pep, some other good defensive masters mentioned though. Duran always worth considering too he could slip a punch with the best of them

Apparently Chaplin was training between mackin' :lol1:

nicolino locche (the untouchable)

I'd say Ali was pretty slippery in his pre-exile days.

it was gatti and you all know it!

it was gatti and you all know it!

I actually saw a gif around here today with Gatti ducking and slipping a load of Gomez' punches beautifully.

I actually saw a gif around here today with Gatti ducking and slipping a load of Gomez' punches beautifully.

Funny, I just saw that too!

I'd say Ali was pretty slippery in his pre-exile days.

Yes,I believe he was the 2nd best defensive heavyweight.Jack Johnson was the best defensive fighter and hardest to hit.

Ali was the most elusive and almost impossible to hit with a clean punch in his prime.

what would you rather watch & who would most people love & remember?

a great defensive fighter or a great offensive fighter?

what would you rather watch & who would most people love & remember?

a great defensive fighter or a great offensive fighter?

I'd rather watch the guy who is great at inflicting damage than the guy who is great at avoiding it. That said, I can still admire both.

El Radar:

http://www.doghouseboxing.com/media/WilfredBenitez_BIG.jpg

Sweet Pea takes it no one even comes close

...this isn't a thread to debate who the greatest was people :lol1:

...this isn't a thread to debate who the greatest was people :lol1:

They can all discuss who's the second best. Chaplin is the undisputed number 1...

I've actually been making a video of the greatest defensive artists in boxing history for a while now and it'll probably be finished soon. I might as well post it in this thread to liven up the discussion, even if it's not what I intended at first.

I posted this rare video of Locche fighting fellow great Carlos Ortiz in another read but it got few responses:

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They can all discuss who's the second best. Chaplin is the undisputed number 1...

...the problem being I think hardly any of the posters watched, or even saw the video :lol1:

I've actually been making a video of the greatest defensive artists in boxing history for a while now and it'll probably be finished soon. I might as well post it in this thread to liven up the discussion, even if it's not what I intended at first.

Looking forward to seeing it.

I posted this rare video of Locche fighting fellow great Carlos Ortiz in another read but it got few responses

Locche is ridiculously anonymous for such a great (and even beautiful) fighter. The grace of those upper body movements wouldn't be seen again until Pernell Whitaker.

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Sweet pea and Winky come to mind

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Excellent videos, you might want to make a separate thread for these.

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The ten best defensive fighters I have seen are:

Pernell Whitaker
Floyd Mayweather, Jr
Wilfred Benitez
Bernard Hopkins
James Toney
Roy Jones, Jr.
Chris Byrd
Dwight Muhammad Qawi
Michael Spinks
Jimmy Young

In my opinion Pep, whitaker, Mayweather and Toney are all in a class of their own as far as defence goes

Whitaker may very well have been the best I've ever seen.....

Poet

No its still Pep, some good choices for second place though I'm kind of turn between Locche and SweetPea

sweet pea.

honorable mention for El Intocable;

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ali with his dancin' was great