Tyson vs Biggs is a personal favorite. Biggs was a talented superheavy who had won a gold medal, and Tyson made him miss a lot with jabs and powershots. I've seen a lot of footage of Pernell and Toney, although my ringside episode of Pernell got deleted. When it comes to Floyd and Bhop I was impressed by Floyd vs Marquez, and chico and BHOP vs Pavlik and Dawson even though he lost. Id love to hear some more examples especially old school guys like Pep, Locche etc. Ive seen a lot of highlights for example the only full fight of Benitez Ive seen is against Sugar ray, and although he got knocked down by a jab while being off balance, he gave SRL fits. Sorry if this has been done lately. Also do you guys rate Jack Johnsons defense as high as I have heard, that he was a master of all aspects including parrying and dodging? The footage Ive ssen of Johnson was limited and did not seem as impressive as I would have thought, however the footage was also weird bdcause it is old. So favorite displays of defensive fighting.
A lot of the impressive defensive displays have actually come when the defensive fighter has lost, maybe owing to the fact that the need to display extreme defense only gets employed when facing a superior offensive force and defense is the only means of survival. Some examples: Benitez vs. Hearns Benitez vs. Leonard Whitaker vs. DLH Lora vs. Perez Zapata vs. Chang I Zapata vs. Bassa I & II Alvarez vs. Rosi Famechon vs. Saldivar Starling vs. Curry (II in particular) Wright vs. Simon
Thanks. Ive seen Benitez vs Leonard. Leonard remarked in an interview that he never had that much trouble hitting someone. I have de la hoya whitaker recorded, Will be wathcing that soon. Ill check out the others.
Locche vs Cervantes 1 was probably the best ever I think......with every judge giving all the rounds to Locche..... Unfortunately I never watched the full fight, not sure if it´s on film, only saw the last round...
Benitez against Hearns of '82 was impressive from a defensive stand point by Wilfred...... Yes, Yes, his offense sucked against Hearns, but that's not the point..... MR.BILL
Duran against Hagler and Davey Moore of 1983 was also very good on the behalf of Duran... Duran slipped, ducked and blocked many wicked shots by Hagler and Moore..... MR.BILL
