Best offensive technician since 2000s

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by tinman, Oct 23, 2018.


Best offensive technician since 2000?

  1. MAB

    3.0%
  2. Jorge Linares

    3.0%
  3. Vasyl Lomachenko

    81.8%
  4. Oleksandr Usyk

    12.1%
  1. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    I'm not saying you dont have a point about his wins but his skills are still great IMO.
     
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  2. LD Boxer-Puncher

    LD Boxer-Puncher Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Defense sets up the offense so often and vice versa that this is a hard question to answer accurately, but if we're talking about fighters that are great once they've been allowed/once they've worked their way onto the front foot, then yeah Loma can make it seem like there are three of him in there with his opponent sometimes, he's everywhere
     
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  3. Mighty Moe

    Mighty Moe Member banned Full Member

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    Sergio Martinez had amazing technical skills.
     
  4. Tri

    Tri New Member banned Full Member

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    None of the above mentioned are even the top 10.
    1. Pac
    2. JMM
    3 Joe calzaghe
    4 Cotto
    5 Antonio Maegarito
     
  5. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    Look I'm a big fan of Margarito but Maragarito and the word technique should never again be mentioned in the same breath again.
     
  6. Tri

    Tri New Member banned Full Member

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    Says the guy that has Usyk in his top 10. A guy who has not till this point demonstrated the ability to fight on the inside.
    You don't think Margarito was a good offensive fighter. How do you think he stopped Cotto (plaster of Paris on not, check Cotto's face in the second fight), Cintron, beat Martinez, beat Clottey. You couldn't name me 10 fighters that had a greater work rate than Margarito in the last 20 years. And at the height of his career,there is was no punch in the book that you could say Margarito couldn't throw.
     
  7. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    He has zero diversity in his game.

    He is a terrible mention here.
     
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  8. alahopsk

    alahopsk New Member Full Member

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    why is usyk on there? he's a bum. and the answer's mayweather.
     
  9. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    I dont deny his effectiveness I'm saying he wasnt technically skilled.

    Usyk is far more technical than Margarito. Everybody will laugh at you if you say otherwise.
     
  10. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    Well the criteria as you pointed out is difficult to define, but we can be sure that Margarito was no great offensive technician.
     
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  11. Tri

    Tri New Member banned Full Member

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    His defense was terrible. If you can look past the defense or lack there of, you will appreciate Margarito's offensive skills.
     
  12. Tri

    Tri New Member banned Full Member

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    We're talking about OFFENSIVE skills. I've never seen Usyk fight on the inside. If never seen Usky throw an uppercut. Usky is good at what he does, but in terms of offensive variety, I don't see much in his game.
     
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  13. tinman

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    His positioning and head movement is better than any fighter right now.