Most overly cautious fighters

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  1. Toney F*** U

    Toney F*** U Boxing junkie Full Member

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    Who were the most overly cautious fighters in history?
     
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  2. Oddone

    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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    Can’t really say in history but I always found Guillermo Rigondeaux to be overly cautious.

    Some people label it as “defensive minded” fighter but it’s not. Mayweather jr was defensive minded to me, but Rigo seemed afraid at times he shouldn’t have been.

    Tough question... kudos!
     
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  3. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Joe Bugner- had the tools to be more offensive
     
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  4. CharlesBurley

    CharlesBurley Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Mayweather Jr. He could of won fights far more emphatically but never liked to take the chance he might get caught
     
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  5. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Post Baroudi Ezzard Charles could slow a fight to a complete standstill if he needed. It's one of the reasons why he was very unpopular.
     
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  6. BCS8

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    Wlad Klitschko is the one that frustrates me the most. He would be pecking away at a guy he could have blown away 4 rounds earlier, just in case there was still the ghost of a shadow of a chance that the guy had something left in the tank and might hurt him. For every crushing performance he'd have a snoozefest to balance it out with.
     
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  7. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Eddie Machen and Zora Folley.
     
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  8. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It’s hard to find a better example than Rigondeaux ...and I like watching him fight
     
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  9. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Lennox Lewis
     
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  10. joebeadg

    joebeadg Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Jimmy Young, Vilamar Fernandez, Howard Davis
     
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  11. quintonjacksonfan

    quintonjacksonfan Active Member Full Member

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    Hopkins
     
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  12. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I’m sure Golota, Grant and Ruddock would disagree.
     
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  13. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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  14. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Mayweather was too defensive.
     
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  15. HolDat

    HolDat Well-Known Member Full Member

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    If that's the case, he's the most confident "cautious" fighter I've ever seen.
     
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