Boxers That Were Great at Stealing Rounds

Sugar Ray Leonard and Ali come to mind immediately.

Maybe this example doesn''t fit this thread exactly, but I always enjoyed reading of how someone once asked Willie Pep if he could win a fight without throwing any punches. Pep agreed to deliberately throw no punches during one particular round of a fight, just to see how the judges scored that round. All three officials scored the round for Pep!

 

No mention of Chris Eubank yet? The man made a career out of fighting the final 30 seconds of a round, to sucker/trick the judges. You could argue he was simply the best at it.

 

I think most conclude, and the lack of evidence suggests that is an urban myth, all be it a very clever one.

 

In Peter Heller's In This Corner Willie Pep states that he won a round without throwing a punch in his bout with Jackie Graves. He admits to "jabbing a few times but most of the round bobbing and weaving and making him miss and he missed a hundred punches..."

 

...jorodz beat us both to it, garfield old boy. gavilan practically made a career of it. best i ever saw.

 

doesn't really answer my question

 

Mayweather easily beat De La Hoya. DLH was the one who was flurrying (and missing) throughout the fight.

 

Ray Leonard and Oscar, and I don't mean Bonaveva!

 

Sugar Ray Leonard and Muhammad Ali were the best at stealing rounds. Evander Holyfield should get a mention.