Slick pressure fighters

Some excellent answers. Pryor, Frazier, qawi. I would say James toney before hw and to a lesser extent luis collazo. Both guys always in front of you and had to hit.

Of course Joe Calzaghe. He throws so many punches but is very hard to hit.

wow that's impressive, I wouldn't have expected Juan Diaz to be second. By any chance do you have a link to that report? http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/view.php?pg=compubox-percentage-stats Check last place to see an example of an anti-slick pressure fighter. JORGE ARCE!

Usually in boxing you have a couple styles. the slick defensive minded style, or the pressure fighting, dont let your opponent breath style. I was thinking, is there any top fighter like that today? I mean you never really see that style. I always though watching Duran vids in his prime, that he was actually pretty slick for being offensive I don't know about today, but two of my all time favorites just might fall under that catagory. Frankie Randall Stevie Johnston

How about Juan Diaz? Back a year ago or so, compubox put out reports on the top fighters on their connect percentage vs. opponent's connect percentage. Mayweather was first, predictably. Juan Diaz was second. He is right in your face all the time, and still manages to not get hit very much at all. He gets my vote.

Definitely agree with those that said Calzaghe, but what about Hatton? Admitedly, he went downhill mid to late in his career, but early Hatton was pretty slick while still maintaining the immense pressure he always brought. Anyone who can be KO'd by Floyd (no disrespect to Floyd, but at the weight he was hardly a KO artist) and yet be undefeated for that long against some pretty good fighters has to be slick.

Tavoris Clous will soon be mentioned on these. A power punching pressure fighter with a shoulder roll that can throw 60,70 punches a round is damn impressive.

i always thought tat towards the end of his carrer hagler was a pretty slick pressure fighter.

A prime Hopkins would pressure opponents a lot of times, and he still had good defense. Toney has a similar defense, but he still liked to feed off of other fighters' aggression. Hopkins got to that point to when he got older, but he would break a lot of guys down by pressuring them. He did it in an intelligent way though.

personally speaking, nothing beats watching a slick pressure fighter coming forward throwing punches and making your opponent miss = the sweet science Yeah that is the real art of Boxing, being aggressive and defensive at the same time, those guys are always the best to watch because you can appreciate both sides.

Qawi once stood in front of Holyfield and made him miss 12 straight punches. Yep, his defence was very good/underrated imo. Jeff Harding did not have an underrated defence :lol1:

mike tyson....

Qawi once stood in front of Holyfield and made him miss 12 straight punches.

Aaron Pryor and Roberto Duran Agree. Pryor got decked quite a few times but that was mainly due to the fact that he used to pull his chin in air when he attacked. Tim Witherpsoon was a very aggressive fighter that used that Archie Moore type defence to slip punches on the inside. Dwight Qawi was pretty hard to hit when he was a light heavyweight.

How come you cant? Slipping punches and head movement is a sign of being slick. Because he doesn't like Cotto..that's why..

cotto's not a slick pressure fighter... he's a puncher boxer. you cant be slick and pressure at the same time, i think thats a paradox. Its very rare, but it can be done. I mean you're not going to see someone moving forward with the floyd mayweather shoulder roll, but i think you can be elusive and still be a pressure fighter. What about Joe Frazier? He had that awkward head movement and did a good job blocking punches with his arms.

cotto's not a slick pressure fighter... he's a puncher boxer. you cant be slick and pressure at the same time, i think thats a paradox. You're kidding me right? Cotto slips punches, puts the opposite hand on the side of his face and catches punches. It's not that difficult (to see.)

cotto's not a slick pressure fighter... he's a puncher boxer. you cant be slick and pressure at the same time, i think thats a paradox. I think it can be done, but it is not an easy style to perfect. To be slick a pressure fighter needs good control of distance, good footwork (knowing how to cut off the ring is huge), good upper body movement (head movement being very crucial), be good at feinting, have a good guard, very good timing, knowing when to attack, knowing when to defend and fast hands. Oh and the most important thing the brain to put all of this together and make little adjustments here and there.

Aaron Pryor and Roberto Duran :boxing::boxing::boxing::boxing:

cotto's not a slick pressure fighter... he's a puncher boxer. you cant be slick and pressure at the same time, i think thats a paradox. Go watch Duran vs Leonard I, Duran vs Moore and many other other duran fights.