Most skilled fighter of all time?

[SugarRayCurtain]

GGG cuz hes the only guy that allows himself to get hit and almost lose so other guys will fight him

But seriously Floyd Mayweather
Defensive genius who rarely gets hit clean and lands 50% if his shots

[Metho_4u]

Floyd is the most skilled pure boxer of all time. But I can't call him a fighter.

He would get massacred by McGregor in real fight.

This is boxing, and you have no idea how a "real fight" would go. Floyd is fast enough to catch ANY ONE coming in on him.

[Metho_4u]

I honestly cannot pick from SRR, SRL, FMJ, Sweet Pea, Jones...very difficult.

[Elroy The Great]

pure skill....

a lot of bruvas~
may
ali
rjj
srr
dlh
ssm
holmes
cotto
s sanchez (rip)
tyson
mccallum
k2
hearns
mab

come to mind

[SkillspayBills]

Skill has to do with hours upon hours, weeks upon weeks, decades upon decades of MASTERY of the intricacies of boxing. Who has mastered those intricacies to it's highest level? Floyd Mayweather Jr.

[Metho_4u]

pure skill....

a lot of bruvas~
may
ali
rjj
srr
dlh
ssm
holmes
cotto
s sanchez (rip)
tyson
mccallum
k2
hearns
mab

come to mind

No way could I put cotto or mosley there, Hearns either. They were all excellent at one point, but not the A+ level that floyd and few others were.

[Elroy The Great]

No way could I put cotto or mosley there, Hearns either. They were all excellent at one point, but not the A+ level that floyd and few others were.

remember, its just going on skills. gotta ignore the fights they lost.

cotto was, imho, a great boxer/puncher. moved up multiple divs and did very well. ssm, a beautiful blend of speed and power. hearns was a longer version of ssm.

obviously some names are greater than others.

[Elroy The Great]

Skill has to do with hours upon hours, weeks upon weeks, decades upon decades of MASTERY of the intricacies of boxing. Who has mastered those intricacies to it's highest level? Floyd Mayweather Jr.

with the truly great ones, boxing was their life. not a job or a career. pure 100000 % dedication.

boxing ='d breathing

[future hendrixx]

so now reflexes and athleticism are not "skills"?.. wtf is that about. prime roy beats everybody you name from whatever era. period. ray robinson, hagler, kovalev..whoever none are fckin with roy period. i love floyd but i can think of a few boxers that'll maul him based on the styles that gave him difficulties. aaron pryor, chavez sr, duran, ray leonard, hearns, winky imo would all beat floyd decisively. prime ali was knocked down and wasnt as invincible as people think. roys reflexes were a level prime ali never reached. prime roy is the closest you're gonna get to unbeatable and invincible. you try to rush in you get lit up with combos, you try to box you'll be too scared to let your hands go. theres no gameplan.

[The D3vil]

I'd say Joe Calzaghe. Lol @ that idiot saying Roberto Duran.

Dude, Roberto Duran is one of the greatest infighters who ever lived, dude.

Ali does have a great resume and one of the best of all time dude has great wins. But im just gonna be honest he wasnt more skilled than floyd. 60's ali maybe. May be an unpopular thing to say but thats how i feel.

Uh, 60s Ali was prime Ali. 60s Ali made great fighters like Sonny Liston and Floyd Patterson look ******. By the time he got back in 70 after 3 years gone, he wasn't the same fighter.