Is Mayweather the best pure boxer since Whitaker ?

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  1. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Definitely. Oscar was a very stiff fighter, as good as he was.
     
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  2. JMP

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    Sweet Pea was better offensively.
     
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    ...yes...damn it.
     
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    Probably
     
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  5. teeto

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    No it's not, Calderon fits the description, whether he's good enough ot not. Toney doesn't even fit the description, regardless of how good he was at what he did.
     
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  6. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Depends on what you mean by "pure boxer", I guess.
     
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  7. teeto

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    Someone with footwork at least, maybe i'm being a bit specific but Toney's exclusively a counter-puncher the way i see it, as in technically amazing from the waist up and those who are good from the waist down are his kryptonite. A pure boxer to me is someone like Howard Winstone.
     
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    Yes. Mayweathers skills are just wonderful. I just wish he would unload a bit more.
     
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  9. itrymariti

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    That doesn't mean he wasn't technical. What's untechnical about slipping punches? Whitaker always positioned himself in the correct way when slipping punches and blocked shots in a pretty textbook way as well. Ray Leonard used athletic ability; it doesn't mean he wasn't a technician.

    :rofl With his lesser jab, much more limited punch variety, marginal work-rate, and comparable power? The only offensive edge Mayweather has is faster hands, and even that's deceptive.

    But learning the shoulder roll is easy?

    He makes plenty of mistakes.
     
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  10. tliang1000

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    what fights were u watching? the fights that "floyd" runs are the ones he was injured. carlos henredez, castillo I and baldomir. Floyd fights more in the pocket than run.
     
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    Ricardo Lopez
     
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  12. bodhi

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    Toney lacks the mobility and footwork to be in consideration here.
     
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  13. lora

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    He's not exactly got much competition.Pure boxer has been a dead style for a while now at the highest level.
     
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  14. teeto

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    Yeah, there's a lot of pure boxers like Chris John, and some good ones (well imo like Andre Dirrell, but you'd be hard pressed to think of a handful of really special ones.
     
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  15. bodhi

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    Same goes for swarmers. Sadly.
     
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