please name 10 fighters that you feel are complete fighters

[Syf]

thats not what complete means.

ward has enough power to get your attention, enough that you cant walk through his punches. he doesnt need more than that to be a complete fighter.

mayweather knows how to finish, thats enough. the fact that he often chooses not to take risks to finish doesnt make him incomplete.

wlads chin is good enough, again you dont have to have bailey like power or a margarito like chin to be complete. we have seen wlad take flush punches, he has an above average chin which is good enough. he isnt complete as a fighter though, but its bcuz he cant fight on the inside not bcuz of his chin.

marquez doesnt have fits when he has to walk someone down at all. do you base that on the mayweather fight alone? counterpunching is the style he performs best with, he can fight in any style though. marquez is complete just like ward and mayweather.

hopkins in his prime was one of the most complete fighters i ever seen, age obviously caught up with him and erased some of those abilities so he isnt that complete today. i still think hes worth mentioning though.

lamont peterson was very complete for a young fighter. could fight at any range and tempo, box, brawl, lead, counter etc..

I am aware complete means more along the lines of "well rounded" when referring to a boxer, but I was just playing with Dempsey. Thank you for your input though.

Edit : as an aside Marquez fights his best when countering. I am well aware he can go to war and bring the fight to certain opponents.. Diaz being one... But I think we can all agree he performs best against top tier opponents in his counterpunching tactical mode.

Wlad has a weak chin for a HW.. No way around that. But his style does make up for that.

[shynequasiog22]

If I were to pick the top 5 complete active fighters I'd go with:
1. Andre Ward (who happens to be my favorite fighter)
2. Floyd Mayweather
3. Miguel Cotto
4. JMM
5. Tim Bradley / Nonito Donaire

[LHK]

I am aware complete means more along the lines of "well rounded" when referring to a boxer, but I was just playing with Dempsey. Thank you for your input though.

Edit : as an aside Marquez fights his best when countering. I am well aware he can go to war and bring the fight to certain opponents.. Diaz being one... But I think we can all agree he performs best against top tier opponents in his counterpunching tactical mode.

Wlad has a weak chin for a HW.. No way around that. But his style does make up for that.

Just because Marquez does something better then almost everyone else, doesn't mean he doesn't do the other bits quite well. You even admit as much.

[Syf]

Just because Marquez does something better then almost everyone else, doesn't mean he doesn't do the other bits quite well. You even admit as much.

Yes Marquez is a well rounded fighter. This we know. He does not do quite well at all bits though. Footwork for instance? Lol. No, he is well rounded. Really though I was taking issue with a certain poster's wording because he took issue with mine before. Carry on

[JDezi4]

Amir Khan has potential... If someone taught him how to fight on the inside, he'd be complete

Gamboa, he can box, brawl, inside, outside all that jazz

Ward... Minus some punching power he does whatever he wants in the ring

If Bradley had the physical talent to compete at the elite level, I'd mention him

Canelo has a lot of potential, he just needs to sharpen what he already has and we'll see

JCC Jr same situation as Canelo

[prtyboybladeage]

im totally missing your definition of complete. mine being fighters that do everything very well. u can find a flaw in just about any fighter.

excepy rigondeaux.

[Mr Randy Watson]

Chris John. End of story.

[#1Assassin]

excepy rigondeaux.

that remains to be seen. he hasnt fought nobody who could force him to fight at a high pace or on the inside for prolonged periods of time.

as of now rigo is a master at his style of fighting and keeping the fight as such. being well rounded is being able to take the fight anywhere and still win, we havent seen that from him yet.

[-Kev-]

mayweather
ward
vlad klitchsko

thats all i got

EDIT: how could i forget marquez

Marquez lacks defense.

A lot of punches landed on him against Diaz, Katsidis, Casamayor even Pacquiao. And especially Mayweather.

I think you need good defense to be considered as a complete fighter. To his credit, defense is all he's lacking. He does every thing else almost A-A+.

[Light_Speed]

Mayweather- doesn't finish

Ward- power issues

That doesn't make him not complete. Power is not something that you do, it's a physical ability.