View Full Version : What modern fighter has the best defense?


Slipx
02-10-2005, 01:26 PM
my 3 are byrd, winky wright, and ironically a guy named Greg Wright

Warrior Spirit
02-10-2005, 01:29 PM
Chris Byrd, Winky Wright, Floyd Mayweather, I'm probably forgetting a bunch of others.

Eman
02-10-2005, 01:30 PM
The best would have to go with PBF, without a doubt.

m00ks
02-10-2005, 01:31 PM
The best would have to go with PBF, without a doubt.

no question

Mike Tyson Jr.
02-10-2005, 01:31 PM
Pretty Boy Floyd, Hopkins, Tyson

Kornhusker
02-10-2005, 01:33 PM
Mayweather, ****er hasn't served a day in jail.

Warrior Spirit
02-10-2005, 01:33 PM
Pretty Boy Floyd, Hopkins, Tyson

Tyson had tremendous defense in his prime but I'm not so sure of his defense now.

PRboxingfan
02-10-2005, 01:38 PM
Mayweather, ****er hasn't served a day in jail.
That's funny.

I'm going with PBF and Ivan Calderon (105 pound champ).

scap
02-10-2005, 01:43 PM
That's funny.

I'm going with PBF and Ivan Calderon (105 pound champ).

Had to throw Calderon in thee didn't you.

scap
02-10-2005, 01:43 PM
That's funny.

I'm going with PBF and Ivan Calderon (105 pound champ).

Had to throw Calderon in there didn't you.

boxernyc
02-10-2005, 01:47 PM
Ruiz. Tell me he doesn't have good defense. I dare ya!

Slipx
02-10-2005, 01:56 PM
yes his defense in the tua bout was amazing

:D

AintGottaClue
02-10-2005, 01:57 PM
Felix Sturm (hides)

Kornhusker
02-10-2005, 01:58 PM
yes his defense in the tua bout was amazing

:D


hahaha :D, nice

mauricio95
02-10-2005, 02:02 PM
juan manuel :cool: marquez

oldgringo
02-10-2005, 02:11 PM
Floyd and James Toney...followed by Winky Wright, Hopkins and Byrdman.

boxernyc
02-10-2005, 02:11 PM
yes his defense in the tua bout was amazing

:D


Alright, ya got me there. He got his arse handed to him in that one. I am not a Ruiz fan. Is there such a person? I just think his grab-n-grope style is a very effective defense that befuddles people who seem much better than Ruiz. He is definitely not the best defensive fighter, but I think he ranks towards the top for his ugly, ugly style.

Eman
02-10-2005, 02:13 PM
Before the Zab-Spinks fights i would have said that Spinks would have to be up there to.

Slipx
02-10-2005, 02:18 PM
I am not a Ruiz fan. Is there such a person?


Maybe his close friends and immediate family, hehe.



edited: but i know what you are saying, his style avoids alot of big shots, he smothers them, boring for a regular person to watch, but believe it or not I get a kick out of watching ruiz fights..i laugh most of the time though ;)

Mr. Violence
02-10-2005, 02:20 PM
Bernard Hopkins...James Toney...Floyd Mayweather.

boxernyc
02-10-2005, 03:31 PM
Before the Zab-Spinks fights i would have said that Spinks would have to be up there to.


And I would have agreed too!

IwatchBoxing
02-10-2005, 03:36 PM
Ivan Calderon, Cotto, Hopkins and Mayweather have the best defense

xrhythmxnxbluesx
02-10-2005, 03:38 PM
prime tyson... and pretty boy floyd...

Floydmayweather
02-10-2005, 03:39 PM
Mayweather and James toney.

Tha Greatest
02-10-2005, 03:50 PM
juan manuel :cool: marquez

Very good defense!

especially tha way he ducked Pacquiao

mic573
02-10-2005, 04:43 PM
Without a doubt Mayweather has the best defense. If he wanted to I bet he could go a whole fight without being hit with a flush shot.

loangunZ
02-10-2005, 04:47 PM
I'm going with toney

P@pasmurf
02-10-2005, 04:51 PM
i cant beleive it was ever even a question. Floyds defense is worlds above byrd.

adrsan84
02-10-2005, 04:54 PM
If you throw in Calderon then you have to mention El Finito Ricardo Lopez, he would fight whole fights without getting hit flush. Mayweather, though, i think has the best D for a higher sized man.

Solo322
02-10-2005, 04:59 PM
Mayweather got hit way too much in that fight against corley. That's when i got worried about his defense. And don't blame it on the southpaw... :)

IwatchBoxing
02-10-2005, 05:13 PM
If you throw in Calderon then you have to mention El Finito Ricardo Lopez, he would fight whole fights without getting hit flush. Mayweather, though, i think has the best D for a higher sized man.Who is El Finito? I never seen him fight, and I dont see his name on the rankings, that why somenody had to mention Calderon, cause he doesnt get hit, or lose many rounds, like Mayweather, for being 5 feet tall, with no power.

jack_the_rippuh
02-10-2005, 05:19 PM
I have the best defense..

+= El Jefe=+
02-10-2005, 05:50 PM
B-Hop hands down
the best defence in the bussines

BrooklynBomber
02-10-2005, 05:52 PM
PBF,B-Hop and ironically the guy I hate the most.... James Toney.
Hate him but gotta give him props, he got some nice d-moves.

+= El Jefe=+
02-10-2005, 05:59 PM
PBF,B-Hop and ironically the guy I hate the most.... James Toney.
Hate him but gotta give him props, he got some nice d-moves.

B-hop because you gotta have some nice D
in order to last till you are 40

xrhythmxnxbluesx
02-10-2005, 06:46 PM
Mayweather got hit way too much in that fight against corley. That's when i got worried about his defense. And don't blame it on the southpaw... :)
floyd said that the reason why he got hit with those shots... cuz he wanted to make the fight interesting... thats why if you see the fight... he fought in a diff style time to time...