Most technically skilled fighter since Pernell Whitaker?

The thing about Floyd is that hes a double edged sword. Not only is he very skilled, but similar like Rj hes so fast and always in shape he might get away with acouple of things without depending too much on techniques. Still, Floyd takes no risks whatsoever. Also, his opponents dont compare to the beasts Hopkins had to face so Floyd was never pushed as hard as Hopkins was, that is, with the exception of a prime Castillo. Hopkins doesnt have the slickness or athleticism of Floyd, but doesnt need to. Toney could be beat by a great jab, but he had a habit of making fighters like Nunn fight his fight at closer quarters where Toney was a force to behold. H2h prime Toney is the best, but technician a draw between Floyd and Bhops.

 

How many boxers have you seen fight Bernard's style?

That's why Hopkins trainer said Floyd is skilled AND has exceptional talent.

 

out of these 3 guys is def hopkins but only having these 3 up here tells me that you don't know much about boxing

 

Care to share who has more technical skills than Grandpa Bernard? Since the thread starter doesn't know **** according to you, why don't you tell us what he can't tell us.

 

i dont like the guy but its mayweather

 

as much as i don't like him....gayweather has the be the most technically skilled

 

didn't say more than bernand did I, I said that the list was too damn short,being that he only had 3 fighters up there, it tells me he doesn't know much.

 

technically skilled is also open to a shitload of interpretation

 

Obviously he's not going to put up Marquez, Ward, Nonito, emmanuel, etc. Most of them are just going to get a ridiculously low number of votes compared to Floyd and Bernard making them look bad.

 

the point is the debate, just don't throw up 3 fighters.

 

He's putting up the best 3 technical fighters to determine who's the best technician.

 

nobody gives the little guys any credit

 

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

 

I'm not sold on Ward just yet, I'll know more after the winner of the Froch/Johnson fight.

 

The poll results really surprise me. Floyd is not "technically skilled". He certainly is an amazing fighter but he is not a textbook, technical fighter. A leaping left hook is not textbook. A pull back counter right is not textbook and can only be executed by someone with amazing reflexes, which Floyd has.

Hopkins is a walking textbook. So is JMM.