Who was the most technically sound boxer to lace up gloves?

[Fox McCloud]

Floyd Mayweather, not cuz i'm a fan or anything

Floyd Mayweather, if you ignore the cheating with the elbows.

The guy does not box behind his jab for the most part.

Guys who lead with left hooks are not pure boxers.

[robjr]

Not to offend, but you must have a warped opinion on what a technically sound fighter is.

my bad. misunderstood question..

I'll go with Felix Sturm

[GTL]

my bad. misunderstood question..

I'll go with Felix Sturm

dont apologize, were all entitled to opinions.. im sticking with mine.. who can outbox sweat pea? i cant think of anyone

[Parody]

The guy does not box behind his jab for the most part.

Guys who lead with left hooks are not pure boxers.

Have you watched Floyd at the lower weights?

[BmoreBrawler]

The guy does not box behind his jab for the most part.

Guys who lead with left hooks are not pure boxers.

being able to throw any punch at any time sounds like a pure boxer to me. You make it sound like you have to NOT be able to do things to be a pure boxer.

[tyson]

The best I have seen must have been the cuban stand-out, Hernandez.
Don't quite remember the first name, think it was Ariel..?

And Kostya Tszyu in the amateurs, before he fell in love with his power.

There has been alot of german fighters with technically sound styles, straight up text-book kind of fighters.

[Dynamite Kid]

George Foreman

[Fox McCloud]

being able to throw any punch at any time sounds like a pure boxer to me. You make it sound like you have to NOT be able to do things to be a pure boxer.

No, but I do think that throwing the jab fairly frequently (which Floyd does not do) is at the center of being a pure boxer.

Just because Jones was able to throw every punch in the book doesn't make him a boxer I don't think.

Fighting by the textbook is what makes you a pure boxer IMO, and leading with shots other than the jab just because you are quick enough to do so goes against that I think.

Also, it's not like being a pure boxer is necessarily a good thing. Hell, Floyd and Roy might be better off because they can forego the jab and just lead with power punches, who knows?

[Flab]

George Foreman...

...is the opposite of a technically sound boxer.

[Fox McCloud]

...is the opposite of a technically sound boxer.

I think Ricardo Mayorga is actually the opposite of a technically sound boxer, but that is just me.