Best long range attacking fighters ever?

lewis

 

mike mccalum is great. old school fighters were exceptional at keeping an opponent at distance with jabs and movement. willie pep, muhammad ali, leonard, sweet pea, ray robinson. all excellent boxers with excellent jabs to keep their opponents right where they wanted them.

 

Hearns. If you didn't close distance with him, you got owned - even Leonard had trouble when he tried to box from outside vs Tommy. Look at Cuevas, Duran, Benitez etc. Marvin showed how to do it, you had to take the fight to Hearns by closing range aggressively, otherwise you were toast.

 

I agree with McCallum, he's good to watch. Not too unorthodox to copy.

 

tooomaas the HITMAN HEAAAAAAAAAAAARNNNNNNNNSSSSSS, his long right cross were ****ing intercontinental missiles !!!!

 

hagler was a master at hitting guys when they thought he couldnt reach them..

 

hearns by a mile

 

Don't forget Roy Jones. His ability to shoot blinding straight punches at you from a distance was like he was fighting people with a long cow whip.

 

willie pastrano was pretty good at long range he had a cracking jab

 

!! Hearns !!

 

Guys with quick feet (SRR, RJJ, Pac) can be effective from long range too because they can close the distance before you know it.

Apart from all the greats mentioned already, Kessler is pretty damned good at controling with his jab as well.

 

Wlad... unfortunetly. But thats only because of his size

Larry Holmes had a hell of a jab too.

But Thomas Hearns is as good as it gets.

 

alot of the british fighters around the 50s and 60s were brilliant long range fighters

 

I would have to rate Hearns at the top in this one. McCallum was good at distance too, really fun to watch also.