Who is the best "active"defensive boxer?

[Santa_]

Rigondeaux by a country mile.

[Boxtime]

Rigondeaux by a country mile.

This^

[The Akbar One]

Rigo's chin on the other hand is pure glass, he goes down if you graze it, so even subpar opponents can floor him

the fact that he's been floored only 3 times so far is a testament to his defensive skills, which are superior to Floyd's

Being able to take Donaire's punch while being outweighed by 17 pounds suggests Rigondeaux's chin is far from glass. Being able to take Amagasa's punch while being outweighed by 23 pounds in the ring, suggests Rigondeaux's chin is far from glass. Rigondeaux is a petite guy, if he gets hit with a hard shot, while being outweighed by such weights, yeah he will go down. If you noticed though, he wasn't all that hurt either time. You also have idiots claiming Cordoba put him on his arse. Just shows that they didn't even see the fight.

[creekrat77]

Just want to throw this out there. There is a difference between having an excellent defense and just being overly conservative in the ring stinking out the joint.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

No one is close to Floyd's level..

Rigondeaux is probably the best right now

[Larry the boss]

I rated Rigondeaux' defence better then Floyd's when he was still active.

Thats just ******, he was knocked down by nobodies several times

[Larry the boss]

Yeah, because Floyd takes a lot more clean punches than Rigo

fortunately for Floyd, he has a great chin, otherwise he'd been knocked down against plenty of opponents.

Rigo's chin on the other hand is pure glass, he goes down if you graze it, so even subpar opponents can floor him

the fact that he's been floored only 3 times so far is a testament to his defensive skills, which are superior to Floyd's

He been dropped 3 times in like 14 fights lol

Exactly...the comparison is down right ******

[The Akbar One]

Thats just ******, he was knocked down by nobodies several times

Who are the nobodies? He got dropped by Amagasa, who outweighed him by 23 pounds in the ring. He was then thrown down by Amagasa which was incorrectly ruled a knockdown. He got dropped by Donaire, but Donaire isn't a nobody. Cordoba was a flash knock of balance. Rigondeaux didn't even go down.

[b00g13man]

I'd have to give it to Ward.

I rated Rigondeaux' defence better then Floyd's when he was still active.

Laughable.

[RussB23]

Brandon rios.