Best defensive boxers in history

[soul_survivor]

Pep
Locche
Moore
These guys are the premium

Now for the almost premiums:
Whitaker
Benny Leonard
Jack Johnson
Tunney

The B level defensive fighters (they are great fighters, not calling them b level overall but their defense when compared to the others):
Mayweather
Hopkins
Benitez
Marquez
Holmes

And then great offensive fighters with exceptional defence:
Chavez Sr
Duran
Pacquiao
young Tyson
Frazier

There are some terrific all round fighters with great defenses too, Robinson, Armstrong, Ray Leonard and Ali would probably fall into that category too.

[scartissue]

Also throw into the pot Eddie Perkins, Herol Graham and Ralph Dupas.

[Mr. Mark]

Locche was so good, the judges should've awarded him with a point for every time he's managed to cause his opponents to miss.

Willie Pep was just as effective defensively but wasn't nearly as flashy (as no one else was either), and he's still arguably one of the Top 5 P4P.

[Elroy1]

Chris Byrd, Eddie Chambers, Mike Tyson, David Haye, W. Klitschko.

Floyd Mayweather Jr., Pernell Sweet Pea Whitaker.

[SBleeder]

George Benton is one name that's yet to be mentioned.

[Ray Corso]

Billy Conn was pretty good also, Pep is the best I've seen with moving into his opponent using head movement and shoulder rolls and not getting hit! When Pep wanted to focus exclusively on D you couldn't hit him.
Ray

[BennyST]

Pep
Locche
Moore
These guys are the premium

Now for the almost premiums:
Whitaker
Benny Leonard
Jack Johnson
Tunney

The B level defensive fighters (they are great fighters, not calling them b level overall but their defense when compared to the others):
Mayweather
Hopkins
Benitez
Marquez
Holmes

And then great offensive fighters with exceptional defence:
Chavez Sr
Duran
Pacquiao
young Tyson
Frazier

There are some terrific all round fighters with great defenses too, Robinson, Armstrong, Ray Leonard and Ali would probably fall into that category too.

This whole reply is full of weird.

You've got Marquez with Mayweather. You've got Leonard, Tunney, Johnson and Moore rated as being clearly above B level defensive fighters like Floyd, Hopkins, and Benitez.

You have Pacquiao listed as amongst those fighters with 'exceptional defense'. Even having become more defensively aware in recent years, he's not now, never has been, and never will be an exceptional defensive fighter, no matter what his style.

Chris Byrd, Eddie Chambers, Mike Tyson, David Haye, W. Klitschko.

Floyd Mayweather Jr., Pernell Sweet Pea Whitaker.

I seriously can't decide if this guy is a complete moron, was dropped at birth, or actually genuinely believes some of the stuff he writes. Either way, Fat Eddie...awesome.

...and of course he's going to list both Haye and Klitscko. Doubly awesome.

[saintpat]

Ray Leonard, who boasts hand speed probably on par with anyone who ever laced 'em up, threw 20 to 25 right hands in the first round against Wilfred Benitez ... and landed zero.

He even, in accordance with his game plan, tried to follow with the left hook on most of them ... and repeatedly whiffed.

In his corner after the round, Angelo Dundee told him to forget about the right hand.

Leonard responded: "But he's right there!"

In his prime, Benitez was a wonder to behold.

[greeh]

I seriously can't decide if this guy is a complete moron, was dropped at birth, or actually genuinely believes some of the stuff he writes. Either way, Fat Eddie...awesome.

I wouldn't rule out any of those options.

They can all be true.

[GOD-FR33]

Easy.........

Whitaker is the greatest defensive fighter of all-times. Noone got hit less against top opposition. You could not consistently hit him with any one punch. Not a jab, not hooks, not to the body. I would have to say that Pep is second and Floyd is third. Pep is second and Floyd is third because of the skill of their opponents.