Heaviest Handed Defensive Fighters

Floyd Mayweather Jr had good pop at the lower weightclasses.

 

Charley Burley. Archie Moore talked about how difficult it was to land a clean punch on him, and how hard he hit with counters.

 

Rigo.

 

That’s because pretty boy Floyd could be a fairly exciting attacking fighter back then. It was only after moving up in weight that money Mayweather became a primary defensive minded fighter

 

The only one I can think of is Wilfredo Benitez at Jr. Middleweight.
His one shot ko of Maurice Hope was a thing of beauty.

 

Yep totally agree his fights vs Augustus, Ndou, Chavez, Castillo 1, Manfredy, Corley, were all entertaining fights.

 

That would be the guy in recent history. That left hand was dangerous.

I also believe that Wladimir Klitschko doesn't get credit for being the defensive fighter that He was in his late career, because obviously his defensive tactics and techniques were not pretty - but in many fights, He would get barely touched and He developed very effective defensive system, using his shoulders, leaning back and well... all the rest of that stuff that We all loved and enjoyed throughout this reign - clinching, grabbing, leaning on his opponent etc.

 

Jersey Joe Walcott.

 

You young dudes right now might not remember him but there was a great Italo-Canadian-American fighter named Arturo Gatti who was even nicknamed not for his defensive skills but for his punching power. Thunder.

 

Archie Moore and Wladimir Klitchko come to mind

 

Ezzard Charles.

 

Herol Graham