"Slick Boxer" The Most Abused and Misused Term in Boxing

[The Gambler1981]

To me slick has to do with a guys ability to trick the other guy.

A guy like Lara is a good boxer, but he doesn't really trick anyone because he fights as simple as a screwdriver. He is still hard to beat because he is good at the things he does, but it is not based on constantly tricking the other guy. Plus if a guy moves 3 4 feet out of range there is no need to be tricky because no one is buying that from that range, if someone moves 6 inches or less out of range that is slick because if done poorly trouble will happen.

Any guy can fool someone once and land a big shot, two or three times maybe if they have the right attributes. A truly slick guy will fool someone time and again, and make seem touching them like a near impossible task which will break most fighters.

That is another part of it a slick guy is really attacking a guys fighting mentality and breaking a guy that way. Rather than breaking down their body.


Not a lot of guys are truly slick though, and really when properly done it is very high level boxing.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Honestly anyone thats black they automatically label as slick. I know casuals that thought James Kirkland was going to "run" against Canelo to victory lmao

Bahahaha So true. If a black fighter isn't a rampaging KO artist, then he must be slick. Lol

[sicko]

This is Slick:







In boxing currently today, it is probably less than a hand full of fighters who are truly "SLICK". Sure slick fighter get caught some times but not much. Backfoot fighting is not slick, being able to get on the inside and still be slippery and hard to hit to me that is more "SLICK" than anything

[-PBP-]

While I agree 100% on Pernell and Toney, bro, I can't agree on Duran. Although Roberto's skill is under-appreciated, he was known primarily as a brawler. Young Ali was slick; Camacho was slick; "Sugar" Ray Leonard was slick. I can think of many who fit that description, but not Duran.

Definitely agree that he doesn't fall into the category of a "slick boxer". But I always considered him a fighter that has a lot of slickness in his game. He used a lot of roll and slip counters, a lot of feints and even while in your face he was very difficult to hit. He's widely considered as one of the better defensive fighters which is amazing considering his relentless style.

[-PBP-]

Curtis Stevens is slick?!? .

No lie. All I did was Google "insert random black fighter" slick and these all came up. Lol. The sad part is that these are real reputable boxing reporters.

[HanzGruber]

yea most black boxers get the slick attribute, just like fast white guys in other sports get called "deceptively fast" lol or "sneakily athletic"

[Doctor_Tenma]

I've always considered a slick boxer to be someone who is sneaky in setting traps, more the art of deception. Hopkins, Erik Morales, Whitaker as you mentioned, Mayweather, Canelo Alvarez and Marquez. Not anyone that's defensively equipped, just someone who's tricky.

[Doctor_Tenma]

While I agree 100% on Pernell and Toney, bro, I can't agree on Duran. Although Roberto's skill is under-appreciated, he was known primarily as a brawler. Young Ali was slick; Camacho was slick; "Sugar" Ray Leonard was slick. I can think of many who fit that description, but not Duran.

See, here I'd strongly disagree, he was a master at setting traps and it was difficult to defend against his attacks because he was constantly giving you different looks.

[Lester Tutor]

Lamont Peterson. Cotto. Canelo. Bradley. Rigo.

imo slick are to those with fancy defensive combo pivoting.

[MisterDeclanCor]

Well I must've been getting it wrong all along! For me, slick describes the way a guy moves, how smooth and fluent they are, that's what I've always thought of, the opposite being robotic or stiff