Best Defensive Performances Ever

Sumbu Kalambay-Mike McCallum 1
Roberto Duran-Esteban Dejesus 3
Wilfred Benitez-Roberto Duran

 

Hilario Zapata v. German Torres (1981)

Zapata barely gets hit in this 15 round title defense.

 

Apparently Mike forgot this shortly thereafter when he stopped doing both.

I think "real defense" is employing anything, legal, to avoid getting hit. Upper body movement, blocking, moving your head.

 

If you consider clinching at every opportunity to be effective defense. I mean, it does temporaily keep you from getting hit, so it is defense. It is not effective over a course of a fight if it is your main tactic.

 

One of the best from recent years was Mayweather v Marquez. Marquez wasn't as formidable an adversary as the other guys mentioned on this list but Mayweather made him miss nearly 90% of his punches, and put on a clinic with some brilliant slips, rolls, and shoulder rolls.

 

Mayweather-Canelo
To me his best defensive performance

 

One thing about reading these old threads is you realize how many great posters have left.

 

What happened?

 

Good call-- that was an excellent performance too.

 

Nothing, over time people just drift way to other sites for a variety of reasons. I remember prior to joining this site I was on AOL boxing site for a couple of years, and that was also a great site. Meet Iceman John Scully on that site and since we were both on AOL at the time I use to IM him occasionally and chat. I remember he was always working on a book and he occasionally would send me excerpts of it.

Here MagnaNasakki was a great poster, he sparred with many heavyweights and he always had a well rounded and balanced view of fighters through the experience he received. I use to PM him and pick his brains about various fighters. Thought the life of a sparring partner would make for an interesting story. Damn hard way to make a living.

PhillyPhan69 was another great poster. Hell even Mag1965 the original anti-Duran dude was fun to square off with. (for awhile at least). Probably about another 1/2 dozen or more I could add to this list...

 

I thought someone figured out that Magna was faking it.