fighters who often can adjust to any style top 10 all time

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  • therealpugilist
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    fighters who often can adjust to any style top 10 all time

    1) Ali
    2) Floyd Mayweather
    3) Roy Jones
    4) Pernell Whitaker
    5) Joe Louis
    6) sugar ray Leonard
    7) Marvin hagler
    8) Roberto Duran
    9) Willie pep
    10) ezzard Charles

    These fighters may have struggled with a style maybe came close to losing or lost but overcame mid fight and/or in rematches.....they are the best IMO in their primes, the list is highly interchangeable
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    Bernard Hopkins should be up there, even in losing to Taylor 2x and Calzaghe, you can actually see that he came with the right game plan, just didn't have the youthfulness to maintain it.

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    • jri9d0
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      #3
      What? No honorable mention of Wilfred Benitez?

      They didn't call him Radar just for kicks..

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      • therealpugilist
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        Originally posted by Dominicano Soy
        Bernard Hopkins should be up there, even in losing to Taylor 2x and Calzaghe, you can actually see that he came with the right game plan, just didn't have the youthfulness to maintain it.
        I definitely considered el radar one of my all time favs
        But often when he struggled he lost in his prime Leonard and hearns no rematches....the others he fought in his prime he was too gifted for them....as far as b Hopkins I thought of him one of the craftiest ever but he could not overcome talented athletic guys who were his size....he was 28 when he fought Jones found no answer, Robert Allen troubled him with speed, Taylor, calzaghe....there is no secret he excels against aggressors....also look at his biggest wins Trinidad, pavlik, cloud guys tailor made

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        • Jcsuper
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          #5
          Originally posted by therealpugilist
          I definitely considered el radar one of my all time favs
          But often when he struggled he lost in his prime Leonard and hearns no rematches....the others he fought in his prime he was too gifted for them....as far as b Hopkins I thought of him one of the craftiest ever but he could not overcome talented athletic guys who were his size....he was 28 when he fought Jones found no answer, Robert Allen troubled him with speed, Taylor, calzaghe....there is no secret he excels against aggressors....also look at his biggest wins Trinidad, pavlik, cloud guys tailor made
          Roy Jones ??!! Roy Jones was a hell of a fighter, one of the best fighter ever in his prime, he has a ton of qualities but I would not say he's one of the best to adjust. In his prime he was fighting everybody the same way. As soon as his reflexes and speed disappeared he wasnt able to adapt and fight differently to stay at the top.

          Hopkins on the other hand, is a fighter who learned to fight boxers based on their weaknesses and adapt to any situation. He learned to manage his energy because old now.

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          • therealpugilist
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            Originally posted by Jcsuper
            Roy Jones ??!! Roy Jones was a hell of a fighter, one of the best fighter ever in his prime, he has a ton of qualities but I would not say he's one of the best to adjust. In his prime he was fighting everybody the same way. As soon as his reflexes and speed disappeared he wasnt able to adapt and fight differently to stay at the top.

            Hopkins on the other hand, is a fighter who learned to fight boxers based on their weaknesses and adapt to any situation. He learned to manage his energy because old now.
            I clearly stated prime.....almost all the guys on the list lost to guys they wouldn't have at their best...Jones came back like a champ and best tarver in a fight e was behind in and also Griffin got kayoed after troubling Jones the first fight....look at their primes and who face a wider array of styles and won....Hopkins comp at 160 was not the best

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              #7
              1) Muhammad Ali
              2) Floyd Mayweather
              3) Ezzard Charles
              4) Pernell Whitaker
              5) Joe Louis
              6) Ray Leonard
              7) Bernard Hopkins
              8) Roberto Duran
              9) Wilfred Benitez
              10) Evander Holyfield

              Mike McCallum had amazing capability against all styles.

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