I was going to ask of all time, but that's be too many to choose from, so I'll break it up by 20 year spans. Nominees (mention more also and then I'll make a poll): Floyd Mayweather Bernard Hopkins Andre Ward Oscar De La Hoya Pernell Witaker Julio Ceasar Chavez Evander Holyfield Riddick Bowe Marco Antonio Barrera
Chavez, Hopkins, Floyd, Chavez, DLH, Barrera....damn it's hard to choose. Great list. Got to say Hopkins. He was the most dominant against a variety of styles.
when thinking about versatility sometimes ya gotta know the difference between a slow starter e.g froch and someone who is actually versatile e.g bhop
ya I know what you saying. Good point. A lot of these guys on this list have fought different types of fights throughout their career and even changed it up in the same fight. Bowe and Holyfield are both good from the out side using their footwork and good/great jabs. But the fight also showed their exciting inside fighting also. Then you got a guy like Oscar who's had so many different trainers over his career and fought so many different strategies throughout his career
must have been fun for oscar! amir needs to learn some other stuff, he needs some versatility. adam booth hayes trainer let haye go to gyms all around the world so he could learn new stuff, good move. Lennox Lewis changed his aggression a lot and his punch output etc but he was not really versatile.
****..this is a tough one indeed. Today, i would have to say Floyd for sure, followed by Ward, but from that list, i really cant choose.
This is true. Freddie has took Khan far and improved him considerably, but he needs to realise Roach isn't the end all and be all of trainers. He's still not living up to his potential I don't think, and he's learnt about as much from Freddie as he can. On topic my vote goes to B-Hop, to fight at the level he's been fighting at from the 1990's all the way until today is an amazing achievement.