P4P fighters with the best combination of defense and offense

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  1. Mr.DagoWop

    Mr.DagoWop Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Robinson had above average defense but wasn't unhitable and fantastic offense

    Pretty Boy Floyd was a really good offensive fighter

    Who else?
     
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    Obviously Duran
     
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    willie pep
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    A few off the top of my head -

    Mike Tyson
    Michael Spinks
    Archie Moore
    Roy Jones
    Sugar Ray Robinson
    Sugar Ray Leonard
    Jose Napoles
    Roberto Duran

    Moving down a tad names like Hopkins, Toney, Lewis and Gomez come to mind.
     
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    Tony Canzoneri seems to fit the bill from the little I saw of him.
     
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    Muhammad Ali when he was young.

    He was too fast for opponents to hit.
    He was too fast for opponents to avoid getting hit by him.
     
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    The best example is Roberto Duran.
     
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    Duran-DeJesus 3 is one of the best displays of mixing the two. Duran just kept pummelling Dejesus to the body and making him miss repeatedly.
     
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    Duran
    SRR
    Whitaker
     
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    Julio Cesar Chavez head movement was something else and of course that he was one of the best pressure fighters of all time, the only issue was that he usually was on defensive or offensive mode, he couldn't do both at the same time with great efficiency like Duran for example.
    Anyway, a great fighter.
     
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    Good call on Tyson. People tend to think of him as just a relentless offensive fighter but in his younger days, especially when he had Rooney as his trainer, he was unexpectedly elusive and hard to hit cleanly and it wasn't just because his opponent were too wary of his power to try and hit him but also his peek a boo, bob and weave style and quick head movement.
     
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    For sure Tyson barely got hit prior to the Douglas fight. It was front line news when he shipped a hard hit.
     
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