Who was the best defensive fighter ever?

[-EX-]

Would all of you folks stop screaming Willie Pep and you never saw him. Lochhe looked pretty good but he is no Floyd or Whitaker. F**k the great white mystery Willie Pep.

There's YouTube wit clips from his fights...

What's wrong with Pep? He's a top 10 ATG...

[jthoang]

I agree, Floyd has textbook defense. He can also me flashy in the ring.

[Edward Hitler]

Charile Zelenoff or Andrew Hartley hahahahaha

im gonna have to say Floyd as much as it kills me to do it, hes probs the best i have seen.

[TheGreatA]

Here's a video I made of the greatest defensive artists (or atleast a few of them):





Some of the boxers I included might not be what people consider a defensive artist but the highlight needed some variety...

[Grimmer]

Jake La Motta. :P

[flyest1]

No order but here are some

Whitaker
Locche
Floyd
Pep
Toney
Hop
Duran

[Junito-Rulez]

1) Niccolino Locche
2) Willie Pep
3) Pernell Whitaker
4) Floyd Mayweather Jr.
5) Joe Jersey Walcott
6) James Toney
7) Bernard Hopkins
8) Muhammad Ali
9) Winky Wright
10)Mike Tyson

[JAB5239]

No order but here are some

Whitaker
Locche
Floyd
Pep
Toney
Hop
Duran

Wilfred Benitez deserves a shout, as does Jack Johnson.

[TheGreatA]

Jake La Motta. :P

This is probably intended as a joke but I myself have always thought that LaMotta actually had fairly good defense for a fighter of his style.

Aside from the late rounds against Ray Robinson when he was absolutely spent, you don't see LaMotta get hit all that much.

[Stoppage]

Nicolino Locche
Pernell Whitaker
Willie Pep
Wilfred Benitez