Rank these 10 fighters based on infighting skills/ability

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  1. JMP

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    Riddick Bowe
    Marco Antonio Barrera
    Juan Manuel Marquez
    Jose Luis Castillo
    Israel Vazquez
    Andre Ward
    Miguel Cotto
    Bernard Hopkins
    James Toney
    Floyd Mayweather Jr
     
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  2. Richel Hersisia

    Richel Hersisia Well-Known Member Full Member

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    holding is not infighting

    ward and B-hop at the bottom.. TOney and Castillo at the top.
     
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  3. mgdb26

    mgdb26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Right because Ward was holding the entire time against Green.
     
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  4. Arcane

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    Riddick Bowe's infighting skills were crazy considering he was a tall fighter with a long reach.
     
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  5. Richel Hersisia

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    he holds and awful damn lot
     
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  6. Zopilote

    Zopilote Dinamita Full Member

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    Toney
    Castillo
    Hopkins
    Ward
    Mayweather
    Marquez
    Barrera
    Bowe
    Cotto
    Vazquez
     
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  7. the cobra

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    Best version of each, I'd say:

    Toney
    Hopkins
    Mayweather
    Bowe
    Castillo
    Ward
    Barrera
    Marquez
    Vasquez
    Cotto

    A few of those guys were better at forcing an inside fight or finding their way there than Toney was, but once there, he was the best of the lot.
     
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  8. Slickstar

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    Mayweather that high?!
     
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  9. the cobra

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    Floyd had a bit of an inside lesson in the first Castillo fight and gradually became excellent in the range. He's had to rely on it more recently as his legs have begun to fade. Mayweather of, say, the Hatton fight, yeah - I like him as #3. Toney and Hopkins are the definite top 2 here, and Floyd's sort of in the mix with a few of those others, but I'm fine with him at #3.
     
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  10. shoulderroll

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    James Toney
    Andre Ward
    Floyd Mayweather Jr
    Israel Vazquez
    Jose Luis Castillo
    Miguel Cotto
    Marco Antonio Barrera
    Juan Manuel Marquez
    Bernard Hopkins
     
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  11. Slickstar

    Slickstar Crisp This Full Member

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    :cheersYou recognize Floyd's infighting ability. You'll enjoy this

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    In the next second, which I was unable to include, he feints a jab to land a right hook to Hoya's head.
     
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  12. MAG1965

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    Toney
    Cotto
    Mayweather
    Hopkins
    Marquez
    Castillo
    Barrera
    Vasquez
    Bowe
     
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  13. dubace

    dubace Well-Known Member Full Member

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    LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:patsch:nut:rofl:rofl:rofl
    this post just proves you're a biased hopkins hater, as if all your other ones don't!
    COTTO OVER HOPKINS IN SKILL!:rofl:rofl:rofl
     
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  14. MAG1965

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    Cotto's whole game is using his shorter arms to punch and win fights. Had Duran been in this list I would have put him near the top. Hopkins is a great fighter and better than Cotto, but to hold and clinch strategically is not exactly inside skill. It is patience and experience, but not an inside skill. And Hopkins would have beaten Calzaghe,Taylor and Dawson if he mastered this. He handpicks very well.
     
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  15. Bogotazo

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    Curious as to where Castillo and Mayweather stand with respect to each other. Castillo outworked him on the inside of their first fight in my view, and though Floyd clearly beat him in a rematch, it wasn't mostly fought on the inside. But Floyd went on to improve upon his inside game against very good fighters.

    :patsch
     
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