Felix Sturm, Winky Wright and Joshua Clottey question

I'm a Clottey fan but sometimes he's frustrating to watch - low punch output. He has the power to KO people. Must throw a lot of punches for high probability of KO and/or decision win. clottey's issue is that he doesnt like to initiate contact. hes a counter puncher. the problem with being a counter puncher who uses a high guard is your opponent doesnt always open up because they have very little to attack. forthermore, with a high guard, if u arent attacking, u arent feinting and u arent setting traps. all of that means ur opponent isnt attacking and even if he is, u arent responding fast enough to hit back, which leads to a lower output. hes a very incomplete counterpuncher when compared to guys like floyd and jmm.

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I'm a Clottey fan but sometimes he's frustrating to watch - low punch output. He has the power to KO people. Must throw a lot of punches for high probability of KO and/or decision win.

"High guard" or "Peek-a-Boo" it's all good.

Mike Tyson Floyd Patterson Marlon Starling...kind of. To name a handful. floyd patterson is a good one...another cus d'amato fighter

He doesn't use that style of defense. ur rite...i remember him using a rather high guard but his guard is more of a cross guard than anything.

Mike Tyson Floyd Patterson Marlon Starling...kind of. To name a handful.

1. mike tyson 2. george foreman 3. winky wright 4. joshua clottey 5. felix sturm on the rise, victor ortiz. has the potential to one day reach high up on the list. He doesn't use that style of defense.

My ranking would be: 1. Felix Sturm 2. Joshua Clottey 3. Winky Wright I based my ranking on attack and defense/damage-received (especially, least likely to get knocked out against an elite attacking boxer like Manny Pacquiao) using the Peek-a-Boo style. Yeah, I know, Sturm got KOed/beaten by Castillejo but he was winning most rounds and he got careless. Sturm got robbed against Oscar. Cotto dropped Clottey with a jab (Clottey got robbed). Winky's defense is good too. But I put him on number 3 because his attack doesn't look good/textbook/classical compared Clottey/Sturm. His attack looks "ugly" but it's very effective. Also, imo, he kinda gets hit a lot when he flurries/trades with his opponents. Just my opinion regarding Peek-a-Boo boxers, especially defense.

None of them fight out of a peek-a-boo style. They all use a high guard defense. And it goes; Winky Sturm Clottey I only rank Sturm over Clottey due to his Title reign (although weak) and the win he should have over Oscar which is enough to rank over Clottey for me.

LOL Joshua Clottey isn't a peek a boo defense he doesn't throw any punches

1. mike tyson 2. george foreman 3. winky wright 4. joshua clottey 5. felix sturm on the rise, victor ortiz. has the potential to one day reach high up on the list.