best defensive boxer of all time

[sterling]

mayweather best defense of this era

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

Can't make up my mind but it's either one of these 3 IMO.

ALI
ROBINSON
JONES

[grayfist]

wilfred benitez

Yes. He should not be forgotten for any list of defensive fighters, all-time. The Jr. Welter Benitez was barely touched.

[hemichromis]

why is noone mentioning pernall whitikar?

his head movement was so good he could stand in front of his opponents and still not get hit yet always be in position to hit back

[hemichromis]

Yes. He should not be forgotten for any list of defensive fighters, all-time. The Jr. Welter Benitez was barely touched.

he was indeed he is often forgotten because of the big 4 who were around when he was, they all beat him

[Tuggers1986]

willie pep has to be the best defensive boxer of all time he once won a round without throwing a single punch lol.

Has anybody ever seen this round???

[hhascup]

Has anybody ever seen this round???

Read this:

http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/w0403-jw.html

[grayfist]

he was indeed he is often forgotten because of the big 4 who were around when he was, they all beat him

True. The four were just a tad better in other departments of the game, i.e., power, etc....

And there was the matter of his reported drug habit...Ifv true...

[Hawkins]

True. The four were just a tad better in other departments of the game, i.e., power, etc....

And there was the matter of his reported drug habit...Ifv true...

The thing I always disliked about Benitez was his laziness/weight issues. It just seemed like he didn't really care. But when he was on top of his game he was great to watch.

[grayfist]

The thing I always disliked about Benitez was his laziness/weight issues. It just seemed like he didn't really care. But when he was on top of his game he was great to watch.

Genius sometimes makes a person lazy. Even geniuses are known to have bloated confidence in their already great capabilities.

Some have claimed that his weight issues were caused by his drug habit, although, I don't know that to be true.

Among the mental pictures I quickly have of Benitez each time he's mentioned is the way he stalked Maurice Hope around the ring in the final round, unleashed an overhand right, then smiled at the spectators as he dropped his hands to his sides while Hope crumbled to the canvass. He didn't even bother to look at Hope!