Best defensive fighter? Mayweather or Toney

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Toney leans his head way past his waist line let him try that in a street fight and see if he's a good defensive fighter Oh I forgot he got choked out in 20 seconds when he tried that in MMA

What are you talking about,,, we are talking about boxing,,,

let floyd do his shoulder roll in a street fight or mma fight vs couture and he would be crying for his daddy and uncle

[soul_survivor]

Toney didn't clinch and didn't move much on his feet, he was right in front of his opponent rolling and slipping shots. Mayweather does a combination of rolling/slipping, moving and clinching. Overall Mayweather is harder to hit but if he was forced to be flat footed and couldn't clinch he wouldn't look as good as Toney.

Prime examples of that being the Castillo, Oscar and Cotto fights.

But overall yeah, Floyd was the better defensive fighter of the two although Toney had that eye catching offense.

Havin said all that, Sam Peter is obviously the best defensive fighter of my life time, "WHO NES???"

[djtmal]

speaking of james toney at his offensive/defensive finest, pull up james toney vs. iran barkley on youtube...

[mezoomozaa]

Guillermo Rigondeaux #1
Floyd is #2

IMHO , No boxer in the modern history has a Ring Generalship to be put on a par with Rigondeaux's ! Rigondeaux is a unique boxer to watch !

Mayweather isn't the best defensive fighter , but I don't remember one who takes risks less than him . he is intelligent boxer " I am not sure about being intelligent person "

[bojangles1987]

You mean the first fight...that was scored so poorly the WBC ordered a rematch?

I can't tell if this is sarcasm.

Really????

[Dr.Eisenfaust]

Mayweather for sure

[James_Toney]

toney's slurred speech speaks for itself....

of course floyd is superior.

[stefl14]

IMHO , No boxer in the modern history has a Ring Generalship to be put on a par with Rigondeaux's ! Rigondeaux is a unique boxer to watch !

Mayweather isn't the best defensive fighter , but I don't remember one who takes risks less than him . he is intelligent boxer " I am not sure about being intelligent person "

What the hell are you talking about? Rigondeaux takes way less risks than Mayweather. Throwing the amount of punches Rigondeaux does when he meets a good fighter would be embarrassing for a heavyweight but at his weight it's a joke. Also, Mayweather is fighting way above his initial weight class unlike Rigondeaux. Watch Mayweather when he was young - he was probably 5x as aggressive as Rigondeaux. I don't care how good Rigondeaux is, he's one of the most boring fighters I've ever seen as he won't even throw when he's outclassing his opponent.

[GRboxing]

Floyd definitely

[Light_Speed]

Have you heard James Toney speak lately? I think I'll vote Mayweather on this one

toney's slurred speech speaks for itself....

of course floyd is superior.

The brain damage he's taken comes from the insane amount of sparring he's done over the years. Whitaker's speech is more slurred than Toney, does that mean his defense was inferior?