The greatest defensive fighter in boxing history...

[-PedoBear-]

I actually saw a gif around here today with Gatti ducking and slipping a load of Gomez' punches beautifully.

Funny, I just saw that too!

[boxingbuff]

I'd say Ali was pretty slippery in his pre-exile days.

Yes,I believe he was the 2nd best defensive heavyweight.Jack Johnson was the best defensive fighter and hardest to hit.

Ali was the most elusive and almost impossible to hit with a clean punch in his prime.

[DonTaseMeBrah]

what would you rather watch & who would most people love & remember?

a great defensive fighter or a great offensive fighter?

[JAB5239]

what would you rather watch & who would most people love & remember?

a great defensive fighter or a great offensive fighter?

I'd rather watch the guy who is great at inflicting damage than the guy who is great at avoiding it. That said, I can still admire both.

[BattlingNelson]

El Radar:

[illmatickid]

Sweet Pea takes it no one even comes close

[Miburo]

...this isn't a thread to debate who the greatest was people

[TheGreatA]

...this isn't a thread to debate who the greatest was people

They can all discuss who's the second best. Chaplin is the undisputed number 1...

I've actually been making a video of the greatest defensive artists in boxing history for a while now and it'll probably be finished soon. I might as well post it in this thread to liven up the discussion, even if it's not what I intended at first.

I posted this rare video of Locche fighting fellow great Carlos Ortiz in another read but it got few responses:

[Miburo]

They can all discuss who's the second best. Chaplin is the undisputed number 1...

...the problem being I think hardly any of the posters watched, or even saw the video

I've actually been making a video of the greatest defensive artists in boxing history for a while now and it'll probably be finished soon. I might as well post it in this thread to liven up the discussion, even if it's not what I intended at first.

Looking forward to seeing it.

I posted this rare video of Locche fighting fellow great Carlos Ortiz in another read but it got few responses

Locche is ridiculously anonymous for such a great (and even beautiful) fighter. The grace of those upper body movements wouldn't be seen again until Pernell Whitaker.

[TheGreatA]