ATG Defensive/Counter-Attack Fighters

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  1. boxingspitbucket24

    boxingspitbucket24 Active Member banned Full Member

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    I don't know boxing well enough to make my own list. Please educate me.
     
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  2. StGeorge

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    Marquez would have to be in the running
     
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  3. rossco666

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    Nicolino Locche

    Wilfred Benitez

    Willie Pep

    Benny Leonard

    Charley Burley

    Roberto Duran
     
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    Great counter puncher but he's too flat footed and doesn't have a great defence.
     
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    Marlon Starling - was rather Adept at quickly Attacking out of his Defensive Shell.
    Dwight Braxton - likewise with his Dip-Slip-an-Rip Taller fighters often found him a nightmare

    Marco Antonio Berrera - Later in his career mutated into a Counter attacking Ring General.
     
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  7. hookfromhell

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    Iron Mike. superb defense and counter shots. Check out Tyson vs Carl Williams
    for a perfect counter hook.
     
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  8. McGrain

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    Defensive and counterattacking are so different to basically make this impossible. Juan Manuel Marquez is the example that makes this apparent.
     
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  9. LobowolfXXX

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    "Greatest Defensive Fighters" per The Ultimate Book of Boxing Lists (Sugar & Atlas)

    12. Joey Maxim
    11. Jim Corbett
    10. Wilfred Benitez
    9. Young Griffo
    8. Gene Tunney
    7. Jack Johnson
    6. Maxie Rosenbloom
    5. Mike Gibbons
    4. Tommy Loughran
    3. Benny Valgar
    2. Pernell Whitaker
    1. Willie Pep
     
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  10. WhyYouLittle

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    Yep was gonna say that. Argüello - master counter puncher with good defense. Locche - surreal defense and good counter ability. Louis good defensive skills, mad counter ability. Masters at both areas are way rarer than we usually think.
     
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  11. WhyYouLittle

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    This is a pretty good list. Just not sure about the counter ability of Benitez and Locche. Wouldn't say great. Pretty good, but not great.
     
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