The Better Defensive Fighter??? WINKY or MAYWEATHER???

[boxingjunkie31]

...Mayweather doesnt stand inches away from his opponent... not end of thread.

name one other fight, that can stand directly in front of their opponent for 20seconds, and NOT get hit. CERTAINLY not floyd mayweather jr. if u say that, i will laugh.

He try to shoulder roll against ndou one time, he amazingly dodged like 10 punches, impressive, but he still get nailed in the face and body...

there are like 50 instances during WRIGHT-TAYLOR, where taylor was in a corner throwing bombs at wright, and wright blocked every single punch for like a 30 seconds stretch!!! thats truly amazing.

he didnt block all of them..putting your gloves in your own face then eating them when you get hit is comical

[Abe Attell]

...Mayweather doesnt stand inches away from his opponent... not end of thread.

name one other fight, that can stand directly in front of their opponent for 20seconds, and NOT get hit. CERTAINLY not floyd mayweather jr. if u say that, i will laugh.

He try to shoulder roll against ndou one time, he amazingly dodged like 10 punches, impressive, but he still get nailed in the face and body...

there are like 50 instances during WRIGHT-TAYLOR, where taylor was in a corner throwing bombs at wright, and wright blocked every single punch for like a 30 seconds stretch!!! thats truly amazing.

I am going to have to check, but I think Foreman has done this and I think Lennox did this with Mike later on in the fight

[Kball15]

he didnt block all of them..putting your gloves in your own face then eating them when you get hit is comical

im not saying every single time, but quite a few times throughout the fight. And are u saying that when Winky blocks a punch, he isnt really blocking it? cause thats comical if u ask me


and taylor wasnt hurt either.

Lewis did it against Tyson cause tyson was about to get knocked out!

[Abe Attell]

so what, that is still 20 seconds...

[Kball15]

so what, that is still 20 seconds...

not as hard... not even close, u know? sure its still 20 seconds, but if tyson had his wits about him he'd have landed some beaties

[Bonafide]

I know everyone is gonna go MAYWEATHER, but allow me to state my reason for picking WINKY WRIGHT as the single greatest defensive fighter to ever fight on television!

Name one other fighter that can stand a foot away from his opponent, not throwing a punch and not posing a threat, and still not get hit?

Mayweather gets hit while he's running, and your opponent cant really get you when your standing alllllll the way over there...

Winky-Taylor is the perfect case for Wright. For 11 out of 12 rounds, Winky Wright stood infront of one of the biggest punchers p4p in the division. He left the ring without a scratch or a bruise on his face!
If Mayweather did that against Gatti, he'd get knocked out!

But of coarse, Mayweather has outstanding defense. But its more his elusiveness then defense. Hes gets out of the way instead of actually blocking the punches. Granted, they are both styles of defense, But skill, endurance, AND toughness are all involved in letting bombs ricochet off your forearms. Only supreme skill is needed to avoid them!

I'm pretty sure Winky's face got busted up in that fight. His cheekbones and eyes were a puffy and you could tell he'd been in a good fight. Unless your talking about the Trinidad fight where he left spotless. Against Taylor he took some good shots. No doubt though his defence is airtight. It's almost impossible to hit him to the body.

[Guest]

If Winky was a great defensive fighter, he wouldn't have made Sam Soliman look good...

Blocking is only part of defense. You also have to counter, move your head, use your shoulders, etc. Winky doesn't do anything but block. That's not great defense...

[SquareCircle]

I voted Winky

[CloudJay]

winky wright

[Verstyle]

winkys defense is also his offense