Top 10 athletic fighters

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  1. Everyone gon put Roy jones lol but if like to know what other boxers people will put on their list.

    Edit: I'm talking about of all time. Not just current fighters
     
  2. MartyMaar

    MartyMaar Active Member Full Member

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    First person I thought of was Roy Jones....but after that Floyd Mayweather for sure.
     
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    shoe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    'athletic' is so vague as to be nearly nonsensical.
     
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    RJJ, SRL, Tyson, Taylor, Ali, Norris, Floyd, Pac, SRR?
     
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    Above Deck Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Floyd, Martinez.
     
  6. des3995

    des3995 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Froch? As in Carl Froch?
     
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    Pac
    Floyd
    Rigondeaux
    Bradley
    Golovkin
    Lomachenko
    Wlad
    Frampton
    Martinez
    Steve Cunningham
     
  8. des3995

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    :lol:^ Might as well be. Carl Froch wins despite his athleticism, not because of it.
     
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    TJ Max Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ray Robinson has to be at or near the top.

    If you're talking about the best athletes currently in the sport though...

    Pacquaio
    Martinez
    Mayweather
    Wladimir

    Stevenson and Rigo seem to be pretty good athletes too, but it's very difficult to define exactly what you mean.

    The most explosive guys in the sport seem to be Judah, Martinez and Pacquaio though. However, Martinez like Judah, is on the decline.
     
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    shoe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    how do you distinguish between an overall most athletic list and a p4p? need to break it up into different areas of athleticism to even have a conversation about it.
     
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    boxsensei Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    RJJ
    Mayweather
    Tyson
    Ali
    Pacquiao
    SRL
    Taylor
    Rigo
    Judah
    Donaire
     
  12. des3995

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    Does the fact that he is slowfooted, slowhanded, awkward and somewhat uncoordinated compared to most of his opposition not mitigate that a bit? When I hear the word athletic, I don't necessarily think of stamina and physical strength. Which I'm sure Froch has plenty of, but he was bullied around the ring by Andre Ward quite a bit.

    Ali, SRL, Meldrick Taylor, Pacquiao, Roy Jones, Sergio Martinez, guys like that is who I think of.
     
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    shoe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    duran went from lightweight to super middleweight but wasn't much of an athlete i guess.

    :roll:
     
  14. illwill007

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    Athleticism is rather ambiguous. Are we talking physique, stamina, fleetness of foot or hand, recovery ability, power, reflexes, etc. I'm going to assume you mean fleetness of hand and foot, and or reflexes. These athletic attributes tend to have an aesthetically pleasing attribute.

    Rigondeaux
    Floyd
    Lomachenko
    Martinez
    Pacquaio
    Khan
    Crawford
    Garcia
    Judah
    Stevenson

    no particular order
     
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    Tony Galento
    Chris Arreola
    Odlanier Solis
    Gabe Brown