Best p4p fighter in terms of skills not accomplishments?

[FinitoxDinamita]

Jorge Linares

[1hourRun]

Kinda funny list there buddy : you got Pac almost dead in the ring, Kovalev, Ward,Rigo been put down and almost out Lomachenko cant deal with that inside work and what the hell is Usyk doing there? But the man whos been consistently fighting top elite competition without hitting the mat since what 2008? getting close to 50-0 is not skilled..bwahahahaha!

[Doctor_Tenma]

I would agree, however, one thing that should count against Ward and his skills is that he has the worst right hand in the history of the sport amongst p4p fighters.

Can't disagree there, not worst per say but it definitely needs some refining.

[Mr. Objectivity]

Lomachenko
GGG
Past prime Pacquiao
Kovalev
RG
USYK
Garcia
Gamboa
Terrence crawford
Ward
Bradley

[satiev1]

GGG. One of the most technical boxers out there today. Footwork, jab, placement of punches, etc.

[kiDynamite92]

Rigondeaux

[Robbie Barrett]

GGG. One of the most technical boxers out there today. Footwork, jab, placement of punches, etc.

Don't forget his great def, how he eats uppercuts is a thing to behold.

[Motorcity Cobra]

How do you know how good someones skills actually are until they face A class fighters?

That's what I've been saying forever but I feel like I'm shouting at a wall in here. Looking good against bums isn't better than looking ok and beating a top fighter. These people make P4P lists based on how good a boxer looks doing mitt work or heavy bag or sparring

[Citizen Koba]

In no particular order:

Terrence Crawford
Manny Pacquiao
Lomachenko
Usyk
GGG
Andre Ward
Kovalev
Rigondeaux
Gonzales

PS: Roman and GGG are great at doing what they do but they take a lot of hits so I am not 100% sure about their elite level skills. Kovalev and Loma go after their opponents but I don't see them getting squared up like that and getting blasted. So if physicality is a skill then Gonzales and GGG belong. If it wasn't for their physicality they can't do what they do simple as that

Ah, the eye test list! Yeah that's pretty much how I do it anyway, since there's absolutely no way of 'proving' this ish anyway despite the endless to and fro over resume. Funny enough you got almost exactly the same names as me.

[Scipio2009]

will come down to what you consider "skill" to mean

In no particular order:

Terrence Crawford
Manny Pacquiao
Lomachenko
Usyk
GGG
Andre Ward
Kovalev
Rigondeaux
Gonzales

PS: Roman and GGG are great at doing what they do but they take a lot of hits so I am not 100% sure about their elite level skills. Kovalev and Loma go after their opponents but I don't see them getting squared up like that and getting blasted. So if physicality is a skill then Gonzales and GGG belong. If it wasn't for their physicality they can't do what they do simple as that

Not sure about you but "skill", to me, means all aspects of boxing; inside/outside, box/slug, working through the rough stuff, figuring out the adjustment when the plan falls apart, etc.

Not sure how some of these guys would handle the rough stuff, but Ward, Crawford, Lomachenko, Rigondeaux (whether he actually works well to the body is irrelevant; no different than Muhammad Ali, Rigo's craft is sharp enough that he's able to negate his opponent getting anywhere near his body to ask the question), and possibly Gonzalez (I haven't seen much of his fights) are the only names on your list that seem to check off all of the boxes [would add that Danny Garcia and Saul Alvarez seem to always get unfairly left out of these conversations, but that's another conversation; would add Carl Frampton too]