Who is the least technical boxer in history?

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    Boxers who are so unorthodox that they have a poster in every gym that says “Don’t copy this boxer”
     
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    It's somebody we've never heard of.
     
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    No contest - it's this guy
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    I'd like to see a fight between Smith and Bill Squires... how hilarious would that be?

    If we're talking about world champs, they don't come much cruder than Freddie Mills.
     
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    This is correct, but I think think the spirit of the thread is to look at contenders and champions.

    Are we measuring technique by what's normal at the time, or 2022 standards? That makes a big difference to where lots of old guys are ranked.
     
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    Tommy “Hurricane” Jackson of ‘double uppercut’ fame (he’d uppercut with both hands at the same time) deserves mention.
     
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    Roy Jones Jr. That being said he was a GOAT before his reflexes betrayed him.
     
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    And unlike an RJJ he doesn't have a lot of natural tools besides his size
     
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    Roy Jones was very, very fundamentally sound.
     
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