Heavyweight with the best technique.

Yes, ****ing Mike Tyson.
And why is Ali on such a list, his technique was garbage, he didn't even know how to throw a proper uppercut.
He relied on his speed and reflexes, that's not technique.

 

Ali ain't even top 100 in terms of technique

 

Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Joe Louis are the ones with the best technique.

 

From that list in order according to me :

Joe Louis
Holyfield
Ali
Homles
Usyk
Lewis
Fury
Frazier
Klitschko
Dempsey

 

Lol.

The "Phantom Punch" and the "Rope-a-Dope strategy" could be enough to put him in the 10 best fighters ever for ever as to technique. No HW on the Planet would have made better than him against two monsters like Liston and Foreman.

Plus must be considered his unique way to dodge blows, his exceptional footwork, his jab and the fact he could land bunches of blows in few seconds often from impossible angles...and other.

Isn't that enough, sir?

 

Tunney

 

If his technique was solid he’d never have had to resort to a rope a dope. His mistake was leaving Archie Moore, he’d have had been fed a fifth as many punches opposed to relying on his on the fly style.

 

His legs were gone then and Foreman was a great ring cutter offer

 

Best punching technique? Joe Louis

Best footwork technique? Ali or Usyk

Best defensive techniques? Ali, Holmes and allowing for his height and reach (I.e. not best defense overall, but best technique given his size meant he was compelled to adopt a style not conducive to being a great defensive fighter), Frazier. Arguably Wlad too, if the determining factor is effectiveness alone, and so you include his clinching, allied to his range control.

 

Louis but I might put Walcott on the list.

 

Ali didn't have a textbook technique bruh

 

Joe Louis EASY. Perfection in the boxing ring

 

Holyfield Louis Holmes.. in that order. Louis Holyfield Holmes, at worst

excluding Ali

 

Joe Louis

 

Another vote for Louis from me.

Sometimes even the most technically proficient boxers aren’t always aesthetically pleasing - but The Bomber was, very much so and without any impractical, superfluous, flashy moves.

Excellent for preservation of stamina.

Of course Ali didn’t do everything by the book - but I think whatever he did lack in strict technical terms is often exaggerated.

Relatively, Ali fought very close to the book in the first Liston fight - but in other fights, Ali was even more extravagant in his moves - but that doesn’t cancel the other, fundamentally sound moves that he also practiced.

At a level below the fighters in the discussion, I would say that Zora Folley had a very technically sound style - he idolised and modelled himself on Joe Louis I believe.

It was interesting to see some of Zora’s no nonsense, by the book technique and punches gain him a few notable successes against the uber extravagant Ali.