Best head movement in boxing history?

Pure head movement it’s gotta be Niccolino Locche

 

There are alot of boxers that could dazzle if they were only focused on defense. Hell, Fernando Vargas could step back and move his head, slipping, sliding if he wasn't on the attack. The trick is integrating that head movement, defensive awareness when also punching, coming forward, making the fight.

In that realm Roberto Duran is the best.

 

I wouldn't call Duran "the best" because so many
fighters were extraordinary with that skill."
Jose Napoles , Sanchez, Whitaker, Pep,
Pedroza, Ray Leonard, prime Gomez
Pryor, (Most of his opponents were taller,
how he blitzed opponents and remained
relatively defensively sound. He attacked
and seemed to be slipping and countering his opponents
attacks all at once.) Many others, including
Tyson, Armstrong, R.Robinson, Burley, etc.
Duran was at the top of the mountain and
simply excellent with this skill. But so were
many others.

 

Except for Hagler Leonard stopped everyone in his big matches.
That's why he is remembered and revered unlike Mayweather.

 

Tevin Farmer is so underrated when it comes to this conversation

 

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Dwight Muhammad Qawi.

 

I think head movement refers to how difficult a target the fighter's head is for the opponent.
Not whether the head is moving independently of the rest of the body.
Unless we're talking about turning the head to take the steam of an incoming punch. That's actual head movement, what Witherspoon teaches as 'rubber necking'.

I absolutely believe what @greynotsoold said about seeing people in the gym throw combination and wiggling the head from side to side, thinking they are being Mike Tyson. Which is kind of silly though. I was always impressed with Tyson's side-to-side movement at the waist and the spring in his knees, coming forward. Made him very difficult to hit in the head for most opponents. Even if they could figure which way he was going, he was so flexible coming in with that sweeping side-to-side weave, took great timing to nail him right. And a lot of opponents didn't risk missing him, because they knew he'd hit them hard on the counter, so they barely committing. Very elusive when he came in like that.

 

Some of those guys like Whitaker and Pep even Burley were not offensive attacking fighters like Duran who remained slippery on the way in. I don't think Sanchez head movement and overall d was in the same ballpark with a guy like Duran. Yes though there are other fine defensive fighters.