Better skilled fighter?

[Bushidō]

Mayweather for me. I think it takes more skills to be exceptional at defense. Offense seems more natural.

[MrClutch85]

Mayweather, Leonard, Whitaker, Toney, Roy Jones, Hopkins

[ImStillHere]

RJJ? Not a ****ing chance.

Toney is the most natural. I would say he's the least skilled after Roy because of how naturally his style comes to him.

Sugar is much better than B-Hop

Floyd and Whitaker are even at the top of the list

[HarvardBlue]

Mayweather, Whitaker, Jones, Leonard, Toney, Hopkins.

Jones beat Toney and Hopkins (second fight don't count) and would probably beat Leonard. I honestly believe Jones' athleticism would get him a victory over Mayweather. Not sure about him beating Whitaker. Mayweather against Whitaker would be an unbelievable fight. I couldn't decide which one would come out on top.

Whitaker is my all time favorite boxer btw.

[CumulousClouds]

toney and mayweather have similar styles but what makes floyds more successful?

How do floyds and toneys defensive skills differ from whitakers and Hopkins?

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Out of these fighters whose skills are above the other? Who do you think ranks higher as far as skills go? List from more skilled

And if they went h2h whose skills would trouble who the most?

Sugar ray leonard
James toney
Floyd mayweather jr
Pernell Whitaker
Bernard Hopkins
Roy jones jr

skills and who is the best fighter are 2 completely different things,,,

floyd has the most complete skill set between all these guys, but leonard is the best fighter of the bunch..

skills ranking
1. floyd
2. pernell
3. toney
4. leonard
5. hopkins
6. jones

fighter rankings
1. srl
2. pernell
3. floyd
4. jones
5. hopkins
6. toney

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Floyd has the best overall set of skills,, defense and offense,, he can basically fight anyway, off the ropes, backing up, walking someone down, in the pocket,, you name it-floyd can do it...

Toney has great defensive skillsm but his flat-footed style doesnt match-up well vs movers like jones, floyd, srl

SRL- could fight technically or in a brawl as showcased by his 2 duran fights,, his defense was good when he wanted it to be, but most of the time he was on the offense

hopkins- is a good all around fighter,, he has good defense, very hard to hit flush, but he does struggle with movers like roy jones

Pernell was a great defender and great fighter, much like floyd, he could do it all, i dont think he was as good offensively as floyd

Jones- best athlete out of all of them, but had the worst fundamentals,, look how he looked vs tarver in 3 fights, yet hopkins with good fundamentals turned tarver into a sparring partner,,,

[Boxing Goat]

Prime Roy Jones was the most skilled fighter of all time as far as I'm concerned. His style superceded tactical boxers like Floyd, Toney and Hopkins.

[Boxing Goat]

Roy Jones shouldn't be anywhere near this list, he had very little skill, boat load of natural athletic ability but no skills.

Pitiful post. Roy couldn't have won his 1st 50 fights on athletic ability alone. Rubbish.