Best Footwork of All Time

Floyd got the best footie work, he be running nonstop!

Felix Tito Trinidad, when he was at the top of his game, had pretty good footwork himself.

Oh and have to throw in in SRR cause Ali and SRL both got a lot of what they do from him.. But I've not seen much tape on SRR or Willie to speak to much to them..

I'll say Money,Sweet pea,SRL,,Ali(esp prime)they have some of the best I've seen..

Pac landed like 3 counter straight lefts in the whole fight lol :lol1: You're a nutty mother ****er on here but that dude is just biased is all. Anyone who thinks Pacquiao beat Mayweather has some mental issues.

I could ask the same questiob to you. But you will probably accuse me of being a millenial or something. No you couldn't... Floyd won that fight 117-111 or 116-112 at the worst. If you don't agree with that then buddy... I can't help you.

Most of the kids these days don't study film and/or are not a student of the game. agreed:boxing:

Joe Calzaghe probably. Look at what he done to Jeff Lacy and Roy Jones Jr., both in their primes! Toyed with America's best! Is the need so great to give credit where credit is not due that you need to lie to yourself? Is it that important? :lol1:

I don't know what you mean by "completely" because completely outboxed does not come with Floyd Mayweather's head getting snapped by counter straight lefts all night. Pac landed like 3 counter straight lefts in the whole fight lol :lol1:

It wasn't always flashy like a lomachenko, but Mayweather probably had the best footwork . He rarely moved and danced around the ring like SRL did either, most of the time he stayed in the pocket and subtly shifts back when his opponents tried to punch or close the gap. He also was great at working his pivot to create angles for openings to counter and get off his own shots. Look at this sequence against pac. Floyd is controlling distance with his feet by subtly backing up when pac tries to get close, ducks the left hand, pivots and creates an angle with his footwork, then finds an opening with a counter.

I don't know what you mean by "completely" because completely outboxed does not come with Floyd Mayweather's head getting snapped by counter straight lefts all night. ........ You're not one of those guys are you?

Joe Calzaghe probably. Look at what he done to Jeff Lacy and Roy Jones Jr., both in their primes! Toyed with America's best!

Then we have different viewpoints on how you and I assesed the fights because I didnt see any domination of anysort in that fight. He completely out boxed him for 12 rounds...

You don't have the slightest clue what you're talking about, do you? Why do you have a stick up your ass? Whoever hurt you, I'm sorry about that, I hope you recover one day and have a nice life :boxing:

I made a thread once about Canizales vs Rigo because Lomas footwork reminded me so much of Orlandos. Nobody but one person replied, and it was to downplay Canizales. The footwork aspect of boxing is severely lacking these days and is a true lost art of the sport. But hey, so and so made a gazillion dollars for one fight! Agree. It's promoters, dollars, DAZN and ducking that most comments are about. Haven't watched a Canizales fight in a while, but I will soon. As GGG says, "this is boxing". lol

Floyd’s foot worked on Josie Harris that’s for sure. He kicked the poo out of his children’s mother right in front of them! Stand up fella Floyd is.

From what I've seen. Gotta rank Pacquiao and Lomachenko in 1 and 2 Out of active fighters Loma for sure imo .....manny has effective footwork but it can be very sloppy . He crosses his feet alot and the best footwork of all time isnt going to belong to any fighter who does that ( as great as manny is he doesnt have goat feet , altho he is still very effective ).

Surprised nobody has mentioned Sugar Ray Robinson. He used to earn money dancing for strangers in Times Square when he was a kid.

I agree with you to an extent. Tyson Fury put it quite well in a recent interview: "Your legs will get into trouble, and your legs will get you out of trouble." However, all else being equal I'd favour a fighter with smooth footwork over a fighter with choppy footwork (if that makes any sense!?). And yeah, Floyd definitely had great footwork; I like his foot feints, he used them to great effect. You watch Floyd's body, his trunk seems to stay relatively static, with his feet moving under him, sliding him around the ring I'd suggest that you seem to be working backwards by conflating good footwork with the ability to control distance. That cannot be the whole story. Surely good footwork involves good balance and potential to move off in any direction, amongst other things. That is, someone could theoretically have great footwork but not be able to control distance very well. Indeed, that is what you see with beginners sometimes, if they have prior experience with dance or something like this. The way I am thinking about it is that good footwork confers advantages by allowing easier control of the distance, rather than assuming that good control of distance implies good footwork. It's a moot point for the most part, since these two things are practically synonymous in well-developed fighters, but I just thought I'd explain why it might seem like we disagree here when we probably agree more than you might've realised. You don't have the slightest clue what you're talking about, do you?

Loma’s footwork is amazing , sugar ray leonards was special and so was Roy Jones....old timers benny leonard and Willie pep