Most well rounded fighters of all time

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  1. Devon

    Devon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I’ll start.
    Ezzard Charles, Sugar Ray Robinson.
    What are some of your picks?
     
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    Pretty Boy Floyd. He could do it all. Could do all the things that Money could do, but go balls out offense too. There’s nothing he wasn’t damn good at.
     
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    Benny Leonard deserves a mention
     
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    Joe Louis
    Ezzard Charles
    Sugar Ray Robinson
    Marvelous Marvin Hagler
    Sugar Ray Leonard
    Michael Spinks
    Julio Cesar Chavez Sr
    Mike McCallum
    Floyd Mayweather Jr
     
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    Duran
    Robinson
    Napoles
    Jones
    Floyd
    Charles
     
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    Bigcheese Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Wlad and Lewis were well rounded heavyweights.
     
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    Johnny Tapia.
     
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    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    They both had weaknesses; I see the most well rounded types as those who didn't really have weaknesses. For heavyweights, a good example was Holyfield. What kind of fight, on what terms, was he in theory not capable of winning? What were his actual weaknesses in terms of physical abilities?

    Or how about The Greatest himself? He could win a chess match. He could win a nasty brawl. He could win a dirty, ugly excessive grapping affair. He could box at range. He beat Joe Frazier at his own game. What couldn't he do, other than knock out Ken Norton?
     
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    Absolute prime Joe Louis had a lot more reasonably covered off on than he is usually given credit for - especially in terms of practical mobility and defence.
     
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    How about Gene Tunney also?
     
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    Neither of them, particularly Wlad, were known for their infighting. Lewis had a reasonable inside game and his uppercut was dynamite but he kept guys at range most of the time and never looked overly comfortable fighting in a phone booth. That’s just my opinion of course.

    Of those not already mentioned I would have to say Evander Holyfield. Could box, outfight, infight and do it all very comfortably.
     
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    Hi Buddy.
    Absolutely the most definite list so far, and I would be very surprised if a better list is compiled any time soon, if I had to pick the man out of all your great pics, I would go with Napoles by a whisker.
    Nice to see you posting more George, stay safe buddy, chat soon.