Most well rounded fighters of all time?

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  1. kopejh

    kopejh Guest

    to answer the question, Sugar Ray Leonard was the most complete fighter i've seen.
     
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  2. shaunster101

    shaunster101 Yido Full Member

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    This guy is my new favourite poster.

    It's okay man, I remember when I first got into boxing - I didn't know **** either. The key is to read and watch as much as you can and always try to learn about and compare styles and attributes. Keep watching and reading abou the sport and you'll have something to contribute in no time.
     
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  3. kopejh

    kopejh Guest

    i hate it when posters make arguments that have nothing to do with what we can actually see happening in the ring but what they've decided must be true after some bizarre logical reasoning

    it's like saying that Vitali must have awesome technical skills because he's not easy to outbox when we can plainly see on film that he's as far from being a technician as it gets.
     
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  4. JMP

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    The Klitschko's are one-dimensional. They're effective and have had fantastic careers, but complete fighters they are not.
     
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  5. shaunster101

    shaunster101 Yido Full Member

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    You're a self hating white man :hey
     
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  6. james!

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    I saw this and instantly thought of bhop.
     
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  7. james!

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    Shaunster has a new friend to play with!!! I'll grab the popcorn
     
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  8. Brickhaus

    Brickhaus Packs the house Full Member

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    Finito Lopez and Emile Griffith jump out to me immediately.
     
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  9. Dorfmeister

    Dorfmeister Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Philly and New Jersey fighters, old skool baby: Smokin Joe, Giardello, Briscoe, Matthew Saad Muhammad and Dwight Muhammad Qawi ( Camden, NJ, pratcilaly South Philly), Bowie Fisher, Bernard Hopkins, Larry Holmes ( Easton, close by in Pennsylvania), SRR fought 20 times in Philly.

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    And Michigan fighters: Thomas Hearns, Milton Mcrory, Pinklon Thomas, james Toney, Floyd Sr, Roger and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
     
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  10. JMP

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    McCrory one of the most well rounded fighters ever?
     
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  11. nastynas

    nastynas Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hopkins- the definition of old school, like a John Wayne, or Clark Gable, or better yet- Grace Kelly.
     
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  12. Dorfmeister

    Dorfmeister Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tell me why not? He lost to Curry and caught cold and best light Middle ever Mike Mccallum. He was not in his prime or division when he lost to Aquino ( MD) or to Velasquez.
     
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  13. Dorfmeister

    Dorfmeister Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Enjoy, my fiend. Have a nice time while he is fighting. Roberto Duran didn't even give a touch of gloves to Benitez after their fight while you heard what Tarver, Pascal, Dawson, everybody had to say.
     
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  14. SHADOW BOX

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    Erik Morales and Barrera
     
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  15. JMP

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    McCrory was a decent welterweight, but never struck me as somebody incredibly well rounded - certainly not among the best of all-time in that regard. He had a nice jab and good outside/stand-up boxing ability, but lacked in other areas and wasn't a master at multiple ranges or particularly versatile.
     
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