Who was the best offensive fighter in history

[New England]

You raise an interesting point and I'll get back to it after I get enough coffee into me to qualify as lucid :hah9:

Poet

to build off of the idea that mike tyson was not an infighter i'll add that i believe true infighting involves some sort of constant contact / conflicting space and center of gravity, which wasn't really what tyson had in mind at his best

mike was one of the best at remaining inside of his opponents offense while staying short and contained so he could keep his hands free (it helped that he didn't have a weak muscle on his body)
and thus not being a real infighter


i have the advantage of being a few hours ahead in timezone haha

[StarshipTrooper]

to build off of the idea that mike tyson was not an infighter i'll add that i believe true infighting involves some sort of constant contact/conflicting space and center of gravity, which wasn't really what tyson had in mind at his best

mike was one of the best at remaining inside of his opponents offense while staying short and contained so he could keep his hands free (it helped that he didn't have a weak muscle on his body) and thus not being a real infighter

^^^^^ That pretty much sums it up nicely! It's kind of counter-intuitive really since Tyson's build and reach were pretty much tailor made for infighting.....at least until one views it from Tyson's perspective rather than the "textbook" perspective and then it makes perfect sense.

i have the advantage of being a few hours ahead in timezone haha

Yeah, that three hour time-lag rears it's ugly head again :hah9:

Poet

[talip bin osman]

In terms of textbook punching Joe Louis and Ricardo Lopez spring too mind

i cant remember finito engage in the pocket... but u really cant go wrong with him... he has had a wide array of offensive tools...

[JAB5239]

In terms of textbook punching Joe Louis and Ricardo Lopez spring too mind

Throw Alexis Arguello in there too.