Successful fighters who are unskilled

"The best offense is a good defense", not been a saying for who knows how long; for *****$ and giggles! actually , it's the opposite .. offense score points , not defense

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To say that Chavez Jr. is unskilled or "lacks textbook boxing ability" is utterly ridiculous and trivial. Watch the Peter Manfredo fight. He was an excellent boxer puncher, showed great head movement and counter punching. Now watch the Rubio fight. He swarmed him effectively and beat him down. For some strange reason he decided to become a pothead for the biggest fight of his career and he paid for it, but even then he almost KO'ed Martinez. Don't let your hate for him cloud your judgement on his skills. He's not the most skilled by a long shot but the guy's got skills.

The most skillful are those that win Theres a difference between skill and technicality.

Lacking 'textbook boxing ability' would be more appropriate,unskilled fighters are not succesful

depends on how you define skilled.. to idiots skilled is prety much being pure boxers .. or defensive oriented fighters to me , skillled offensive fighters >>>>>>>>>>skilled defensive fighters "The best offense is a good defense", not been a saying for who knows how long; for *****$ and giggles!

The onus is on Bradley to shine, everyone keeps putting the blame on Pacman oh he couldnt finish a one foot Bradley, well Bradley couldnt knockout a past prime Pacquiao. When Pacquiao was given his moment he delivered and that was against Oscar De La Hoya, against Hatton, against Barrera, against Cotto, that is why he drew millions, Bradley got his moment and he cowered and fought safe and scary, not like a guy who wanted to be remembered as a great. In these fights the blame goes on the younger lion trying to make a name for himself, Bradley failed to impress not Pacquiao. Pacquiao actually look good, compare his fight with Bradley a top undefeated guy in his prime and he barely got hit, Floyd fought a bloated and washed up Cotto and expected an easy fight and he said in his post fight he was his toughest fight. Pacquiao wasn't as active but Bradley didn't even try to win, dude looked in survival mode that is why he busted his ankle from back stepping so fast and not planting his foot right. This argument is about skill, which Bradley showed whether he got a gift or didn't impress with one leg (god forbid). The fact you bring up Floyd fighting a bloated Cotto; Pacquiaos record, which is no need to mention Pacquiao trying to bloat up Marquez and his lack of skills got his A$$ Knocked out. SKILLS are what we are speaking of, So the argument Bradley is skill-less is a rediculous notion.

depends on how you define skilled.. to idiots skilled is prety much being pure boxers .. or defensive oriented fighters to me , skillled offensive fighters >>>>>>>>>>skilled defensive fighters

Brandon Rios

John Ruiz.

Little bit of a contradiction i know cos obviously a successful fighter has gotta have some kinda skills. But what i mean is those guys who seemingly go totally against the grain of what you get taught in a boxing gym. The guys who plod forward with their body wide open, bad footwork, no defense, no gameplan etc. Saul Canelo Alvarez here is why. he's displayed exceptional power against fighters who were either out of their prime, weight drained, old or two weight classes below him. He has done nothing to earn a fight with Floyd Date Opponent W-L-D Location Result 2012-09-15 Josesito Lopez 30-4-0 Las Vegas, US W TKO 5 WBC Light Middleweight Title 2012-05-05 Shane Mosley 46-7-1 Las Vegas, US W UD 12 WBC Light Middleweight Title 2011-11-26 Kermit Cintron 33-4-1 Mexico City, MX W TKO 5 WBC Light Middleweight Title 2011-09-17 Alfonso Gomez 23-4-2 Los Angeles, US W TKO 6 WBC Light Middleweight Title 2011-06-18 Ryan Rhodes 45-4-0 Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, M W TKO 12 WBC Light Middleweight Title 2011-03-05 Matthew Hatton 41-4-2 Anaheim, US W UD 12 vacant WBC Light Middleweight Title 2010-12-04 Lovemore Ndou 48-11-2 Veracruz, MX W UD 12 WBC Silver Light Middleweight Title 2010-09-18 Carlos Manuel Baldomir 45-12-6 Los Angeles, US W KO 6 WBC Silver Light Middleweight Title 2010-07-10 Luciano Leonel Cuello 26-1-0 Guadalajara, MX W TKO 6 vacant WBC Silver Light Middleweight Title 2010-05-01 Jose Miguel Cotto 31-1-1 Las Vegas, US W TKO 9 2010-03-06 Brian Camechis 19-2-0 Tuxtla Gutierrez, MX W KO 3 NABF Welterweight Title 2009-12-05 Lanardo Tyner 21-2-0 Tepic, MX W UD 12 NABF Welterweight Title 2009-09-15 Carlos Leonardo Herrera 21-1-0 Puebla, MX W TKO 1 WBC Youth World Welterweight Title 2009-08-08 Marat Khuzeev 18-4-1 Zapopan, MX W KO 2 vacant WBC Youth World Welterweight Title 2009-06-06 Jeferson Luis Goncalo 19-3-3 Cancun, MX W KO 9 NABF Welterweight Title 2009-04-11 Michel Rosales 23-2-0 Tepic, MX W TKO 10 NABF Welterweight Title 2009-02-21 Euri Gonzalez 17-0-1 Zapopan, MX W TKO 11 NABF Welterweight Title WBO Latino Welterweight Title 2009-01-17 Antonio Fitch 12-1-0 Polanco, MX W TKO 1 vacant NABF Welterweight Title 2008-12-05 Raul Pinzon 16-1-0 Miami, US W TKO 1 WBA Fedecentro Welterweight Title 2008-10-24 Larry Mosley 15-2-2 Cabazon, US W UD 10 2008-08-02 Carlos Adan Jerez 27-9-3 Zapopan, MX W UD 10 WBA Fedecentro Welterweight Title 2008-06-28 Miguel Vazquez 21-2-0 Zapopan, MX W UD 10 2008-06-06 Francisco Villanueva 5-17-2 Tepic, MX W SD 10 2008-04-18 Gabriel Martinez 17-0-1 Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, MX W RTD 12 WBA Fedecentro Welterweight Title 2008-03-14 Francisco Villanueva 4-14-2 Guadalajara, MX W TKO 9 2008-02-22 Axel Rodrigo Solis 3-7-2 Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, MX W KO 1 2007-12-15 Sean Holley 8-21-2 Guadalajara, MX W TKO 2 2007-08-31 Ricardo Cano 13-4-3 Guadalajara, MX W UD 12 2007-08-18 Cristian Solano 22-8-3 Guadalajara, MX W UD 10 2007-06-01 Jesus Abel Hernandez 14-4-1 Tepic, MX W TKO 2 2007-05-19 Victor Marquez 2-6-0 Guadalajara, MX W KO 4 2007-03-30 Ivan Illescas 4-5-0 Tepic, MX W KO 4 2007-03-02 Javier Martinez 0-0-0 Tepic, MX W TKO 8 2006-12-08 Daniel Martinez 0-1-0 Guadalajara, MX W KO 2 2006-09-29 Francisco Villanueva 4-5-0 Tonala, MX W KO 5 2006-09-15 Cristian Hernandez 1-1-0 Guadalajara, MX W KO 2 2006-07-21 Juan Hernandez 2-2-0 Guadalajara, MX W KO 2 2006-06-17 Jorge Juarez 3-5-0 Tijuana, MX D PTS 4 2006-02-10 Pedro Lopez 0-0-1 Guadalajara, MX W KO 1 2006-01-20 Miguel Vazquez 0-0-0 Guadalajara, MX W SD 4 2005-11-26 Pablo Alvarado 0-1-0 Tonala, MX W KO 2 2005-10-29 Abraham Gonzalez 0-1-0 Tonala, MX W TKO 4

I'll just say this, to be successful as a professional athlete, you have to be skilled at that sport to a degree.

Haters All these so called boxing fans who love to hate on the all action style of some boxers. If you guys don't like Rios and Margarito then have fun watching Alexander, andBradley Skilled but it sucks watching them, you need guys who put pressure on them to make them. fight.

Prince Naseem Hamed

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The most welknown unskilled fighter today is obviously Chavez JR. He can barely eat cereal and walk without tripping! His jab (when ever thrown) comes out in sections and couldn't hurt a fly! His style and skill set is simply VOID! Just a terrible excuse for a Pro Boxer! Ray

The worst that I think that are out there currently are: Carl Froch - I know people will hate on this one but I am sorry, it is true. Froch has terrible footwork, he is agonizingly slow, he has no defense, and he throw punches with sloppy technique at best. If it were not for his chin, he would not even be at this level at all. Cornelius Bundrage - He is just simply awful, it is hard to even watch him in the ring. No skill whatsoever and I am shocked he is even able to win at this level. Probably the worst fighter out there in my opinion. JCC Jr. - Riding on a family name and has a very novice skill set. Other than the left hook he probably inherited genetically, he does nothing else well at all. This has nothing to do with courage, toughness, grit, heart, chin, etc...I mean actual boxing skill/technique.

Bradley is far from unskilled in boxing. The fact Pacquiao couldn't finish a one footed Bradley for 8 rounds, shows he has skills beyond footwork. While you bring up Pacquiao, who happens to be one of the most single conventional fights, with no skill building in his entire career. If a fighter only relies on his set gifts from god (speed, power, athleticism) and choose not to learn any other aspect of the sport; that shows lack of skills. The onus is on Bradley to shine, everyone keeps putting the blame on Pacman oh he couldnt finish a one foot Bradley, well Bradley couldnt knockout a past prime Pacquiao. When Pacquiao was given his moment he delivered and that was against Oscar De La Hoya, against Hatton, against Barrera, against Cotto, that is why he drew millions, Bradley got his moment and he cowered and fought safe and scary, not like a guy who wanted to be remembered as a great. In these fights the blame goes on the younger lion trying to make a name for himself, Bradley failed to impress not Pacquiao. Pacquiao actually look good, compare his fight with Bradley a top undefeated guy in his prime and he barely got hit, Floyd fought a bloated and washed up Cotto and expected an easy fight and he said in his post fight he was his toughest fight. Pacquiao wasn't as active but Bradley didn't even try to win, dude looked in survival mode that is why he busted his ankle from back stepping so fast and not planting his foot right.

brandon rios (the king) antonio margarito jean pascal ricardo mayorga julio cesar chavez, jr. tavoris cloud off the top of my head... Chavez Jr. is skilled somewhat. Just cause Maravilla made him a punching bag doesn't make him unskilled. Look at the Andy Lee fight. Once he found his range he effectively used feints and head movement to beat the hell out of him.

It's my personal opinion my friend. Some will agree, some won't. I think the Pacquiao fight showed the dude doesn't belong in the elite level. Bradley is far from unskilled in boxing. The fact Pacquiao couldn't finish a one footed Bradley for 8 rounds, shows he has skills beyond footwork. While you bring up Pacquiao, who happens to be one of the most single conventional fights, with no skill building in his entire career. If a fighter only relies on his set gifts from god (speed, power, athleticism) and choose not to learn any other aspect of the sport; that shows lack of skills.