Who was the best defensive fighter ever?

Toney gets my vote

Nicolino Locche Pernell Whitaker Willie Pep Wilfred Benitez

Jake La Motta. :P This is probably intended as a joke but I myself have always thought that LaMotta actually had fairly good defense for a fighter of his style. Aside from the late rounds against Ray Robinson when he was absolutely spent, you don't see LaMotta get hit all that much.

No order but here are some Whitaker Locche Floyd Pep Toney Hop Duran Wilfred Benitez deserves a shout, as does Jack Johnson.

1) Niccolino Locche 2) Willie Pep 3) Pernell Whitaker 4) Floyd Mayweather Jr. 5) Joe Jersey Walcott 6) James Toney 7) Bernard Hopkins 8) Muhammad Ali 9) Winky Wright 10)Mike Tyson

No order but here are some Whitaker Locche Floyd Pep Toney Hop Duran

Jake La Motta. :P

Here's a video I made of the greatest defensive artists (or atleast a few of them): Some of the boxers I included might not be what people consider a defensive artist but the highlight needed some variety...

I agree, Floyd has textbook defense. He can also me flashy in the ring.

Would all of you folks stop screaming Willie Pep and you never saw him. Lochhe looked pretty good but he is no Floyd or Whitaker. F**k the great white mystery Willie Pep. There's YouTube wit clips from his fights... What's wrong with Pep? He's a top 10 ATG...

Probably depends on who you like...Pernell's flashy unorthodox defense or do you prefer textbook defense... And I don't believe Pernell was taught

Pep. The only man not to throw a punch in a round and still win it.

Why no mentions of Hopkins or Toney?

Pep and Locche I hear were good but I aint seen much of them, Winky has a good defense and so did Whitaker, Floyd has a good defense too... I can't really say cause I haven't seen enough of Pep or Locche.

Pernell from back then.

Sweet Pea & Willie Pep

I hear Pep a lot but I never really seen him fight so I can't say.

Pernell Whitaker

I don't completely agree with Winky being the best but I don't completely disagree either. Winky often dominated with his defense and jab.